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9780470766538

The Handbook of Geographic Information Science

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470766538

  • ISBN10:

    0470766530

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2008-04-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This Handbook is an essential reference and a guide to the rapidly expanding field of Geographic Information Science. Designed for students and researchers who want an in-depth treatment of the subject, including background information Comprises around 40 substantial essays, each written by a recognized expert in a particular area Covers the full spectrum of research in GIS Surveys the increasing number of applications of GIS Predicts how GIS is likely to evolve in the near future

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Contributors
Preface
Geographic Information Science: An Introduction
Data Issues
The Availability of Geographic Data The Current Technical and Institutional Environment
Social Data
Remote Sensing
Spatialization
Uncertainty in Spatial Databases
On the Identification of Uncertainties in Spatial Data and Their Quantification with Probability Distribution Functions
Database Trends and Challenges
Object-Oriented Database Management Systems
Adding the Z Dimension
Adding Time into Geographic Information Science Databases
Geospatial Data Integration
Visualization
Mapping in a Digital Age
Generalization of Spatial Databases
Geographic Information Science and Surfaces
Fuzzy Classification and Mapping
Rule-Based Mapping
Multivariate Geovisualization
Virtual Reality in Geographic Information Science
Knowledge Elicitation
Inference and Spatial Data
Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
The Geospatial Semantic Web
Spatial Analysis
Quantitative Methods and Geographic Information Systems
Spatial Cluster Analysis
Terrain Analysis
Dynamic Modeling
GIS and Society
Institutional Geographic Information Science and GI Partnering
Participatory Geographic Information Science
Geographic Information Science and Participatory Decision Making
Surveys of People and Place
Geographic Information, Personal Privacy, and the Law
Geographic Information in Education
Future Trends and Challenges
Web-based Geographic Information Science
Location-based Services and Geographic Information Science
Geographic Information Science: The Grand Challenges
Geographic Information Science: Where Next?
Index
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