GIS

von Schuurman

184 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This guide enables students of human geography to take a critical look at the set of practices, hardware and software that are together described as GIS.

- - A guide to GIS for students of human geography. - Outlines the distinct approaches to inquiry employed in GIS and illustrates their relevance for human geographers. - Traces the history of GIS and human geography from 1970 to the present. - Illustrates the challenges of data collection, classification in the context of multiple stakeholders and epistemological approaches. - Tracks the use of GIS in applied contexts through the stages of problem definition, data acquisition and classification, choice of software, spatial analysis and graphic output. - Includes an inventory of tools and information related to GIS, including web-based resources. - Supported by a website, www.blackwellpublishing.com/schuurman.

• Reihe: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN: 9780631235330
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2004
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons