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      Names: Green, Kass.

      Title: Imagery and GIS : best practices for extracting information from imagery / Kass Green, Russell G. Congalton, and Mark Tukman.

      Description: Redlands, California : Esri Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017016441 | ISBN 9781589484542 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      Subjects: LCSH: Remote sensing. | Geographic information systems. | Image processing.

      Classification: LCC G70.4 .G743 2017 | DDC 621.36/78--dc23 LC record available at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lccn.loc.gov_2017016441&d=DwIFAg&c=n6-cguzQvX_tUIrZOS_4Og&r=RhmcbAxStnbJpr06ef1onNDeVX-gjVopdqeQ8i7DbIY&m=D46jekE3rLqAedyzhCR6CiiAjGL2PtB677NAry_6e8E&s=w10SupBXRhN_tmghKOJHZR5cg_2T3Fm6g8l3KW9nzM8&e=

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