Geographic Information Systems and Science
The Third Edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully revised and updated to include the latest developments in the field and still retains its accessible format to appeal to a broad range of students.\ Now divided into five clear sections the book investigates the unique, complex and difficult problems that are posed by geographic information and together they build into a holistic understanding of the key principles of GIS.\ This is the most current, authoritative and comprehensive...
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This textbook provides a broad introduction to the field of geographic information systems and science, covering principles, techniques, and analysis methods, as well as practical management issues for using GIS in businesses. Authors Longley (U. College London, UK), Goodchild (U. of California at Santa Barbara, US), Maguire (Redlands, US), and Rhind (City U. London, UK) present chapters on representing geography; the nature of geographic data, georeferencing, and uncertainty in the section on principles. Software, data modeling, data collection, creating and maintaining geographic databases, and distributed GIS are covered in the section on techniques. The section on analysis contains chapters on cartography and map production; geovisualization; query, measurement, and transformation; descriptive summary, design, and inference; and spatial modeling. Management issues are reserved for the end. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Chapter 1: Systems, Science, and StudyChapter 2: A Gallery of ApplicationsChapter 3: Representing GeographyChapter 4: The Nature of Geographic DataChapter 5: GeoreferencingChapter 6: UncertaintyChapter 7: GIS SoftwareChapter 8: Geographic Data ModelingChapter 9: GIS Data CollectionChapter 10: Creating and Maintaining Geographic DatabasesChapter 11: The GeoWebChapter 12: Cartography and Map ProductionChapter 13: GeovisualizationChapter 14: Spatial Data AnalysisChapter 15: Spatial Analysis and InferenceChapter 16: Spatial Modeling with GISChapter 17: Managing GISChapter 18: Operating Safely with GISChapter 19: GIS PartnershipsChapter 20: Epilogue: GIS&S in the Serviceof Humanity9780470721445
