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Analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT)

You're reading from   Analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT) Intelligent analytics for your intelligent devices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787120730
Length 378 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Defining IoT Analytics and Challenges 2. IoT Devices and Networking Protocols FREE CHAPTER 3. IoT Analytics for the Cloud 4. Creating an AWS Cloud Analytics Environment 5. Collecting All That Data - Strategies and Techniques 6. Getting to Know Your Data - Exploring IoT Data 7. Decorating Your Data - Adding External Datasets to Innovate 8. Communicating with Others - Visualization and Dashboarding 9. Applying Geospatial Analytics to IoT Data 10. Data Science for IoT Analytics 11. Strategies to Organize Data for Analytics 12. The Economics of IoT Analytics 13. Bringing It All Together

Processing geospatial data


Specialized software can help in processing and visualizing geospatial data. This can be useful for small data and one-time analyses. Even if you have a big data solution, using these tools can help you communicate your findings more effectively to others.

Geospatial analysis software

We will review the most popular Geographic Information System (GIS) tools, so you have some familiarity with them. They are useful support tools for geospatial analytics.

ArcGIS

ArcGIS is the de facto standard for paid GIS software. It was developed and is maintained by the ESRI corporation. It has an awe-inspiring amount of functionality and is used by most professional geospatial analysts. It has world-class support by ESRI and many training options abound. It links to useful datasets and geospatial analytic capabilities, which are also maintained by ESRI.

ArcGIS is available as a desktop application or as a cloud service. You can sign up for a 60-day free trial (https://www.arcgis.com...

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