Geographic Information Systems and Science
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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
1Systems, science, and study32A gallery of applications353Representing geography634The nature of geographic data855Georeferencing1096Uncertainty1277GIS software1578Geographic data modeling1779GIS data collection19910Creating and maintaining geographic databases21711Distributed GIS24112Cartography and map production26313Geovisualization28914Query, measurement, and transformation31515Descriptive summary, design, and inference34116Spatial modeling with GIS36317Managing GIS38518GIS and management, the knowledge economy, and information40519Exploiting GIS assets and navigating constraints42520GIS partnerships44721Epilog471
