The Design and Implementation of Geographic Information Systems

The Design and Implementation of Geographic Information Systems

Author: John E. Harmon

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2003-03-11

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0471431524

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Presents strategies for application development, interface design, and enabling Web-based access. Includes numerous case studies and examples from the private and public sectors. Provides information on integrating legacy MIS systems and planning for future developments in database design.


Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources Engineering

Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources Engineering

Author: Lynn E. Johnson

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1420069144

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State-of-the-art GIS spatial data management and analysis tools are revolutionizing the field of water resource engineering. Familiarity with these technologies is now a prerequisite for success in engineers' and planners' efforts to create a reliable infrastructure.GIS in Water Resource Engineering presents a review of the concepts and application


ERDAS Field Guide

ERDAS Field Guide

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 9781553957652

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This book is designed for a widely diverse audience, from those new to geoprocessing to veteran industry users. For newcomers, the Guide "provides a brief history of the field, an extensive glossary of terms, and notes about applications for the different processes described." For more experienced users, the Guide "includes the formulas and algorithms that are used in the code," so that exactly how each operation works can be readily seen. -- from Introduction.


Drawing the Line

Drawing the Line

Author: Mark S. Monmonier

Publisher: Mark Monmonier

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780805025811

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Argues that maps can be manipulated to distort the truth, and shows how they have been used for propaganda in international affairs, political districting, and finding toxic dump sites


Manual of Geospatial Science and Technology

Manual of Geospatial Science and Technology

Author: John D. Bossler

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2001-11-22

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 9780748409242

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Professionals in local and national government and in the private sector frequently need to draw on Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS), often in an integrated manner. This manual shows a hands-on operator how to work across the range of geospatial science and technology, whether as a user or as a contractor of services employing these technologies, and without either specialist education or substantial experience. The manual covers the fundamentals of each of these topical areas, providing the requisite mathematics, computer science and physics necessary to understand how the technologies work, assuming some elementary background in calculus and physics. It also shows how the technologies can be used together and focuses on their commonalities. A number of applications such as mapping and environmental modeling are presented, and a website accompanies the book.


GIS Applications for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems

GIS Applications for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems

Author: U.M. Shamsi

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2005-01-27

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 1420039253

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Professionals involved in the planning, design, operation, and construction of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems need to understand the productivity-enhancing applications of GIS. Inspired by an ASCE-sponsored continuing education course taught by the author, GIS Applications for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems focuses on t


Fundamentals of Spatial Data Quality

Fundamentals of Spatial Data Quality

Author: Rodolphe Devillers

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-01-05

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 0470394811

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This book explains the concept of spatial data quality, a key theory for minimizing the risks of data misuse in a specific decision-making context. Drawing together chapters written by authors who are specialists in their particular field, it provides both the data producer and the data user perspectives on how to evaluate the quality of vector or raster data which are both produced and used. It also covers the key concepts in this field, such as: how to describe the quality of vector or raster data; how to enhance this quality; how to evaluate and document it, using methods such as metadata; how to communicate it to users; and how to relate it with the decision-making process. Also included is a Foreword written by Professor Michael F. Goodchild.