Geographical Information Systems and ScienceThe first edition of Geographic Information Systems and Science has taken the GIS textbook market by storm, selling over 22,000 copies since publication. It is the most current, authoritative and comprehensive treatment of the field, that goes from fundamental principles to the big picture. GISS 2e builds on the success of the first edition:
A new suite of instructor resources including a companion website with an on-line lab resource and personal student sullabus and a cehensive Instructor's Manual that maps the textbook to various disciplines and levels of courses. |
Contents
Systems science and study | 3 |
Questions for further study | 33 |
Principles | 61 |
The nature of geographic data | 85 |
Questions for further study | 107 |
Questions for further study | 126 |
Questions for further study | 153 |
Further reading | 175 |
Analysis | 261 |
Geovisualization | 289 |
Questions for further study | 312 |
Descriptive summary design | 341 |
Questions for further study | 362 |
Management and Policy | 383 |
Questions for further study | 402 |
Exploiting GIS assets and navigating | 425 |
Questions for further study | 196 |
transfer | 211 |
Creating and maintaining geographic | 217 |
Questions for further study | 238 |
Questions for further study | 445 |
Epilog | 471 |
Further reading | 486 |
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Geographic Information Systems and Science Paul A. Longley,Michael F. Goodchild,David J. Maguire,David W. Rhind No preview available - 2005 |
Common terms and phrases
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