UID:
edocfu_9958336006102883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 103 p.) :
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ill., maps.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9786612262432
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1-78034-379-5
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1-282-26243-2
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0-85702-444-2
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1-84920-651-1
Content:
Showing what can be done with geographic information systems data (GIS), this text is an applied primer on some of the key concepts and techniques in the field.
Note:
Published in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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List of figures --
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Preface --
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Creating digital data --
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Spatial data --
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Sampling --
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Remote sensing --
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Global positioning systems --
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Digitizing and scanning --
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attribute component of geographic data --
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Accessing existing data --
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Data exchange --
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Conversion --
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Metadata --
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Matching geometries (projection and coordinate systems) --
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Geographic web services --
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Handling uncertainty --
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Spatial data quality --
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How to handle data quality issues --
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Spatial search --
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Simple spatial querying --
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Conditional querying --
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query process --
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Selection --
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Background material : Boolean logic --
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Spatial relationships --
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Recoding --
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Relationships between measurements --
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Relationships between features --
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Combining spatial data --
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Overlay --
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Spatial Boolean logic --
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Buffers --
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Buffering in spatial search --
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Combining operations --
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Thiessen polygons --
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Location-allocation --
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best way --
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Gravity model --
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Location modeling --
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Allocation modeling --
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Map algebra --
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Raster GIS --
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Local functions --
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Focal functions --
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Zonal functions --
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Global functions --
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Map algebra scripts --
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Terrain modeling --
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Triangulated irregular networks (TINs) --
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Visibility analysis --
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Digital elevation and terrain models --
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Hydrological modeling --
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Spatial statistics --
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Geo-statistics --
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Inverse distance weighting --
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Global and local polynomials --
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Splines --
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Kriging --
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Spatial analysis --
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Geometric descriptors --
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Spatial patterns --
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modifiable area unit problem (MAUP) --
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Geographic relationships --
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Geocomputation --
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Fuzzy reasoning --
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Neural networks --
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Genetic algorithms --
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Cellular automata --
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Agent-based modeling systems --
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Epilogue : Four-dimensional modeling --
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Glossary --
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References --
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Index.
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Also available in print version.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4129-1015-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4129-1016-1
Language:
English
