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The handbook of geographic information science / edited by John P. Wilson and A. Stewart Fotheringham.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell companions to geography ; 7.Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008Description: xviii, 634 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1405107952
  • 9781405107952
  • 1405107960
  • 9781405107969
Other title:
  • Geographic information science [Parallel title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.285 22
LOC classification:
  • G70.2 .H356 2008
Online resources:
Incomplete contents:
Data issues -- Database trends and challenges -- Visualization -- Knowledge elicitation -- Spatial analysis -- Geographic information systems and society -- Future trends and challenges.
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."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Data issues -- Database trends and challenges -- Visualization -- Knowledge elicitation -- Spatial analysis -- Geographic information systems and society -- Future trends and challenges.

"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."--Publisher description.

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