Exploring Geographic Information Systems - Softcover

Chrisman, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471108421 ISBN 13: 9780471108429

Verlag: John Wiley and Sons (WIE), 1997

Inhaltsangabe

This exploration of geographic information and geographic information systems (GIS) describes all existing operations, and places GIS in its social and cultural context. It views GIS simultaneously as a technical problem, an empowering application, a scientific endeavour, and a social necessity.

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is the organized activity by which people:

• measure aspects of geographic phenomena and processes;
• represent these measurements, usually in the form of a computer database, to emphasize spatial themes, entities, and relationships;
• operate upon these representations to produce more measurements, and to discover new relationships by integrating disparate sources; and,
• transform these representations to conform to other frameworks of entities and relationships.

These activities reflect the larger context, such as institutions and cultures, in which these people carry out their work. In turn, the GIS may influence these structures. This text provides the comprehensive coverage you will need to master this powerful new technology.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons (WIE)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471108421
• ISBN 13: 9780471108429
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 314
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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