An accessible guide to the ideas and technologies underlying such
applications as GPS, Google Maps, Pokemon Go, ride-sharing,
driverless cars, and drone surveillance. Billions of people around
the globe use various applications of spatial computing daily-by
using a ride-sharing app, GPS, the e911 system, social media
check-ins, even Pokemon Go. Scientists and researchers use spatial
computing to track diseases, map the bottom of the oceans, chart
the behavior of endangered species, and create election maps in
real time. Drones and driverless cars use a variety of spatial
computing technologies. Spatial computing works by understanding
the physical world, knowing and communicating our relation to
places in that world, and navigating through those places. It has
changed our lives and infrastructures profoundly, marking a
significant shift in how we make our way in the world. This volume
in the MIT Essential Knowledge series explains the technologies and
ideas behind spatial computing. The book offers accessible
descriptions of GPS and location-based services, including the use
of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and RFID for position determination out of
satellite range; remote sensing, which uses satellite and aerial
platforms to monitor such varied phenomena as global food
production, the effects of climate change, and subsurface natural
resources on other planets; geographic information systems (GIS),
which store, analyze, and visualize spatial data; spatial
databases, which store multiple forms of spatial data; and spatial
statistics and spatial data science, used to analyze
location-related data.
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