Geographic Information Systems and Science

Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, David W. Rhind

480 pages, parution le 15/03/2005 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

The 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 2/e builds on the success of the first edition:

Completely revised with a new five part structure: Foundations; Principles; Techniques; Analysis; Management and Policy
All new personality boxes of current GIS practitioners
New chapters on Distributed GIS, Map Production, Geovisualization, Modeling, and Managing GIS
Specific coverage of current hot topics: GIS and the New World Order; Security, health and well-Being; Digital differentiation in GIS consumption;The core organizing role of GIS in geography; The greening of GIS; Grand challenges of GIS science; Science and explanation

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.

L'auteur - Paul A. Longley

Paul A. Longley, Professor of Geographic Information Science (Department of Geography, UCL), acts as Deputy Director of CASA. He has degrees from the University of Bristol (B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.). His research is focused around the principles and techniques of geographic information science (GISc), with research applications in geodemographics, urban morphological analysis and urban remote sensing.

Sommaire

I Introduction
- 1 Systems, science, and study
- 2 A gallery of applications
II Principles
- 3 Representing geography
- 4 The nature of geographic data
- 5 Georeferencing
- 6 Uncertainty
III Techniques
- 7 GIS Software
- 8 Geographic data modeling
- 9 GIS data collection
- 10 Creating and maintaining geographic databases
- 11 Distributed GIS
IV Analysis
- 12 Cartography and map production
- 13 Geovisualization
- 14 Query, measurement, and transformation
- 15 Descriptive summary, design, and inference
- 16 Spatial modeling with GIS
V Management and Policy
- 17 Managing GIS
- 18 GIS and management, the Knowledge Economy, and information
- 19 Exploiting GIS assets and navigating constraints
- 20 GIS partnerships
- 21 Epilog

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, David W. Rhind
Parution	15/03/2005
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	480
Format	20 x 26
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1400g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470870013
ISBN13	978-0-470-87001-3