Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information SystemsThis title is intended for Geographic Information Systems courses held in departments of Geography or Anthropology. Fully updated to reflect advances in GIS concepts and techniques, this text approaches the subject from the broader context of information technology. Complete, up-to-date coverage is given to the concepts and techniques pertaining to every stage of the systems development life cycle of GIS, as well as its applications to various areas of spatial problem solving and decision making. It emphasizes GIS and mainstream IT integration. It explores new spatial analysis techniques/landscape metrics. It expands discussion of geovisualization. It examines new terrain data acquisition by LiDAR; and covers emerging technology in mobile computing and location-based services. |
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Maps and Geospatial Data | 21 |
Digital Representation and Organization of Geospatial Data | 66 |
Geospatial Data Quality and Standards | 108 |
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accuracy ArcGIS ArcInfo attribute data cartographic cells census Chapter classification color components concepts and techniques coordinate system data files data mining data model data processing data quality data sets datum DBMS defined digital terrain data display Earth elevation entity errors ESRI example Figure format functions Geographical Information Systems geoid georeferencing geospatial data geospatial database geospatial information geovisualization GIS applications GIS software GIS users grid identified implementation input interface land Landsat map layers map projection measurements methods Open Geospatial Consortium operations output overlay parcel Photogrammetric pixel points polygons programs quadtree raster data raster geoprocessing raster images raster layer reference relationships Remote Sensing represented requirements resource result sample satellite scale Section software packages spatial analysis spatial data analysis spatial objects specific stored surface surveying tion topographic maps topological transformation types USGS values vector data vector geoprocessing visualization