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Geographic information systems & science

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  • Contributor: Longley, Paul
    Edition: 3rd ed.
    Date:
    Copyrighted
    2011
    Summary:

    Effective use of today's powerful GIS technology requires an understanding of the science of problemsolving that underpins it.

    Contents:
    • Systems, science, and study
    • A gallery of applications
    • Representing geography
    • The nature of geographic data
    • Georeferencing
    • Uncertainty
    • GIS software
    • Geographic data modeling
    • GIS data collection
    • Creating and maintaining geographic databases
    • The GeoWeb
    • Cartography and map production
    • Geovisualization
    • Spatial data analysis
    • Spatial analysis and inference
    • Spatial modeling with GIS
    • Managing GIS
    • Operating safely with GIS
    • GIS partnerships
    • Epilogue: GIS&S in the service of humanity.
    Genre:
    Math and science
    Subject(s): Geographic information systems | Problem solving
    Original Publisher: Hoboken, NJ, Wiley
    Language(s): English