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Geographic information systems demystified / Stephen R. Galati.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Artech House mobile communications seriesPublisher: Boston : Artech House, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xxvi, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 158053533X
  • 9781580535335
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.285 22
LOC classification:
  • G70.212 .G345 2006
Contents:
1. How does a GIS work? -- 2. Why use a GIS? -- 3. The structure of geographic data -- 4. Geospatial metadata -- 5. The basics of geodesy and scale -- 6. The ellipsoid -- 7. The horizontal datum -- 8. The vertical datum -- 9. The map projection -- 10. The coordinate system -- 11. Thematic mapping -- 12. GIScience, engineering, and related applications -- 13. GIS and environment -- 14. GIS and the public -- 15. Getting started with GIS : an overview of environments, tools, and data -- App. A. Reference ellipsoid parameters -- App. B. Worldwide geodetic datums.
Review: "This volume offers a straightforward approach to learning the fundamentals of GIS, helping professionals become functional and knowledgeable in this burgeoning area. This book also addresses several common misconceptions about GIS, such as it only related to GPS or that it is simply a "map maker." Additionally, this resource presents an original, comprehensive and innovative treatment of spatial coordinate systems, a topic rarely covered in GIS literature."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index.

1. How does a GIS work? -- 2. Why use a GIS? -- 3. The structure of geographic data -- 4. Geospatial metadata -- 5. The basics of geodesy and scale -- 6. The ellipsoid -- 7. The horizontal datum -- 8. The vertical datum -- 9. The map projection -- 10. The coordinate system -- 11. Thematic mapping -- 12. GIScience, engineering, and related applications -- 13. GIS and environment -- 14. GIS and the public -- 15. Getting started with GIS : an overview of environments, tools, and data -- App. A. Reference ellipsoid parameters -- App. B. Worldwide geodetic datums.

"This volume offers a straightforward approach to learning the fundamentals of GIS, helping professionals become functional and knowledgeable in this burgeoning area. This book also addresses several common misconceptions about GIS, such as it only related to GPS or that it is simply a "map maker." Additionally, this resource presents an original, comprehensive and innovative treatment of spatial coordinate systems, a topic rarely covered in GIS literature."--BOOK JACKET.

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