Geographic information science & systems / Paul A. Longley, University College London, UK, Michael F. Goodchild, University Of California, Santa Barbara, USA, David J. Maguire, University of Greenwich, UK, David W. Rhind, City University, London, UK.
Material type:
- 9781118676950 (paperback)
- Geographic information science and systems
- 910.285 23
- G70.212 LON 2015
- TEC036000
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Includes index.
Machine generated contents note: FOREWORD DEDICATION PREFACE LIST OF ACRONYMS 1 Geographic Information: Science, Systems, and Society 2 The Nature of Geographic Data 3 Representing Geography 4 Georeferencing 5 Uncertainty 6 GI System Software 7 Geographic Data Modeling 8 Data Collection 9 Creating and Maintaining Geographic Databases 10 The GeoWeb 11 Cartography and Map Production 12 Geovisualization 13 Spatial Data Analysis 14 Spatial Analysis and Inference 15 Spatial Modeling with GI Systems 16 Managing GI Systems 17 Information and Decision-making 18 Navigating the Risks 19 Epilogue: GISS in the Service of Humanity INDEX.
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