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In the context of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) the book offers a timely review of Map Projections. The first chapters are of foundational type. We introduce the mapping from a left Riemann manifold to a right one specified as conformal, equiaerial and equidistant, perspective and geodetic. In particular, the mapping from a Riemann manifold to a Euclidean manifold ("plane") and the design of various coordinate systems are reviewed . A speciality is the treatment of surfaces of Gaussian curvature zero. The largest part is devoted to the mapping the sphere and the ellipsoid-of-revolution to tangential plane, cylinder and cone (pseudo-cone) using the polar aspect, transverse as well as oblique aspect. Various Geodetic Mappings as well as the Datum Problem are reviewed. In the first extension we introduce optimal map projections by variational calculus for the sphere, respectively the ellipsoid generating harmonic maps. The second extension reviews alternative maps for structures ,  namely torus (pneu), hyperboloid (cooling tower), paraboloid (parabolic mirror), onion shape (church tower) as well as clothoid (Hight Speed Railways) used in Project Surveying. Third, we present the Datum Transformation described by the Conformal Group C10 (3) in a threedimensional Euclidean space , a ten parameter conformal transformation. It leaves infinitesimal angles and distance ratios equivariant. Numerical examples from classical and new map projections as well as twelve appendices document the Wonderful World of Map Projections.

Map projection --- Cartography --- Conformal mapping --- Data processing. --- Mathematics. --- Conformal representation of surfaces --- Mapping, Conformal --- Transformation, Conformal --- Geometric function theory --- Mappings (Mathematics) --- Surfaces, Representation of --- Transformations (Mathematics) --- Cartography, Primitive --- Chartography --- Map-making --- Mapmaking --- Mapping (Cartography) --- Mathematical geography --- Surveying --- Maps --- Projection --- Geographical information systems. --- Physical geography. --- Geography. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Geography, general. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Geography --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Geophysics. --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Physics

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This book discusses the advanced kernel learning algorithms and its application on face recognition. The book focuses on the theoretical deviation, the system framework and experiments involving kernel based face recognition. This authors aim to solve the parameter selection problems endured by kernel learning algorithms, and presents kernel optimization method with the data dependent kernel. This text extends the definition of data-dependent kernel and applies it to kernel optimization. Included within are algorithms of kernel based face recognition and the feasibility of the kernel based face recognition method.

Human face recognition (Computer science) --- Kernel functions. --- Pattern recognition systems. --- Pattern classification systems --- Pattern recognition computers --- Functions, Kernel --- Face recognition, Human (Computer science) --- Facial pattern recognition (Computer science) --- Engineering. --- Image processing. --- Computational intelligence. --- Electrical engineering. --- Signal, Image and Speech Processing. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Image Processing and Computer Vision. --- Electric engineering --- Engineering --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Pictorial data processing --- Picture processing --- Processing, Image --- Imaging systems --- Optical data processing --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Pattern perception --- Computer vision --- Functions of complex variables --- Geometric function theory --- Optical pattern recognition --- Telecommunication. --- Computer vision. --- Machine vision --- Vision, Computer --- Image processing --- Pattern recognition systems --- Electric communication --- Mass communication --- Telecom --- Telecommunication industry --- Telecommunications --- Communication --- Information theory --- Telecommuting --- Signal processing. --- Speech processing systems. --- Optical data processing. --- Computational linguistics --- Electronic systems --- Modulation theory --- Oral communication --- Speech --- Telecommunication --- Singing voice synthesizers --- Processing, Signal --- Information measurement --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Optical computing --- Visual data processing --- Bionics --- Electronic data processing --- Integrated optics --- Photonics --- Computers --- Optical equipment --- Machine learning. --- Algorithms.