Geographic information systems demystified / Stephen R. Galati.
Material type: TextSeries: Artech House mobile communications seriesPublisher: Boston : Artech House, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xxvi, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 158053533X
- 9781580535335
- 910.285 22
- G70.212 .G345 2006
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910.285 BEN Tourism information technology / | 910.285 BEN Tourism information technology / | 910.285 BEN Tourism information technology / | 910.285 GAL Geographic information systems demystified / | 910.285 HAN The handbook of geographic information science / | 910.285 INT NZADL 2003 : proceedings : International workshop on georeferenced digital libraries, 1-3 May 2003, Auckland, N.Z / | 910.285 INT Integration of GIS and remote sensing / |
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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