Geographic Information Systems and Science, 2nd Edition

by Paul A. Longley (University College London, UK); Michael F. Goodchild (University of California at Santa Barbara); David J. Maguire (ESRI, Redlands, California); David W. Rhind (City University, London, UK)

• ISBN13: 9780470870013
• ISBN10: 047087001X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

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 2e 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Addendum

Preface

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

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