UID:
almahu_9949384175002882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780429441028
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0429441029
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9780429804786
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0429804784
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9780429804779
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0429804776
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9780429804762
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0429804768
Content:
Over the past few decades the world has been organized through the growth and integration of geographic information systems (GIS) across public and private sector industries, agencies, and organizations. This has happened in a technological context that includes the widespread deployment of multiple digital mobile technologies, digital wireless communication networks, positioning, navigation and mapping services, and cloud-based computing, spawning new ways of imagining, creating, and consuming geospatial information and analytics. GIS: An Introduction to Mapping Technologies is written with the detached voices of practitioner scholars who draw on a diverse set of experiences and education, with a shared view of GIS that is grounded in the analysis of scale-diverse contexts emphasizing cities and their social and environmental geographies. GIS is presented as a critical toolset that allows analysts to focus on urban social and environmental sustainability. The book opens with chapters that explore foundational techniques of mapping, data acquisition and field data collection using GNSS, georeferencing, spatial analysis, thematic mapping, and data models. It explores web GIS and open source GIS making geospatial technology available to many who would not be able to access it otherwise. Also, the book covers in depth the integration of remote sensing into GIS, Health GIS, Digital Humanities GIS, and the increased use of GIS in diverse types of organizations. Active learning is emphasized with ArcGIS Desktop lab activities integrated into most of the chapters. Written by experienced authors from the Department of Geography at DePaul University in Chicago, this textbook is a great introduction to GIS for a diverse range of undergraduates and graduate students, and professionals who are concerned with urbanization, economic justice, and environmental sustainability.
Note:
Making sense of geotechnology -- Georeferencing -- Getting the world into your GIS -- Geospatial analysis: introduction -- Thematic mapping -- Data models -- Web GIS -- Open-source GIS -- Introduction to remote sensing and GIS -- Introduction to health GIS applications -- GIS and digital humanities -- Organizational GIS.
Additional Edition:
Print version: McHaffie, Patrick. GIS. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2019] ISBN 9781498740234
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429441028
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