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9780080402864

Contouring: A Guide to the Analysis and Display of Spatial Data/Book and Disk

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    9780080402864

  • ISBN10:

    0080402860

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1992-10-01
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd

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Summary

This unique book is the key to computer contouring, exploring in detail the practice and principles using a personal computer. Contouring allows a three dimensional view in two dimensions and is a fundamental technique to represent spatial data. All aspects of this type of representation are covered including data preparation, selecting contour intervals, interpolation and griding, computing volumes and output and display.Formulated for both the novice and the experienced user, this book initially conducts the reader through a step by step explanation of PC software and its application to personal data, and then presents the rationale and concepts for contouring using the computer. Accompanying the book is a set of BASIC programs, in ASCII format, on an MS-DOS 360KB floppy disk. These programs implement eighteen interpolation methods, five gradient estimation techniques, and seven types of display, and are designed to be adapted or combined to suit a wide range of possible objectives concerning either the comparative study of contouring methodology or the practical production of contour displays.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables
Series Editor's Foreword
Preface
Practical Contouringp. 1
Getting a Picturep. 3
Data Preparationp. 7
Setting Contour Levelsp. 11
Data Windowsp. 13
Adjusting Surface Tautnessp. 17
Display Typesp. 21
Changing Color-fill Colorsp. 25
Computing Volumesp. 27
Trouble Shootingp. 37
Program Adaptationsp. 41
Principles of Contouringp. 45
General Concepts of Contouringp. 47
Data Sortingp. 57
Subset Selectionp. 69
Local Coordinatesp. 75
Gradient Estimationp. 85
Interpolationp. 101
Blending Functionsp. 163
Output Techniquesp. 177
Execution Efficiencyp. 189
Some Published Programsp. 195
Glossary of Contouring Termsp. 197
References to Contouring Literaturep. 201
Appendix: Included Softwarep. 223
Indexp. 317
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