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Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Techniques, Management and Applications, 2nd Edition, Abridged
Edited by Paul Longley,
University College London, UK
Edited by Michael F. Goodchild,
Univ. of California at Santa Barbara
Edited by David Maguire,
ESRI, US
Edited by David Rhind,
City University, London, UK
ISBN: 978-0-471-73545-8
©2005
404 pages
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Description
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Unmatched in scope by any other reference on the subject, Geographical Information Systems, Second Edition provides crucial background on basic GIS concepts and addresses the radical shifts and changes that have taken place in GIS technology and its uses. This affordable Abridged Edition provides a convenient reader for students taking any of a wide range of GIS courses. Included are twenty-four chapters covering topics as diverse as issues of space and time in GIS, problems with data quality, uncertainty and error detection, spatial analysis, developments in GIS architecture and spatial databases, GIS data collection, data transformation and linkage, implementing GIS and using it as a management tool, and the societal and legal implications of GIS and spatial information.
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