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GIS for dummies /
"GIS (geographic information system) is a totally cool technology that has been called "geography on steroids". GIS is what lets you see the schools in your neighborhood or tells you where the nearest McDonald's is. GIS For Dummies tells you all about mapping terminology and digi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. : Chichester :
Wiley ; John Wiley [distributor],
©2009.
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| Colección: | --For dummies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- PART I: GIS: GEOGRAPHY ON STEROIDS
- 1. Seeing the scope of GIS
- 2. Recognizing how maps show information
- 3. Reading, analyzing, and interpreting maps
- PART II: GEOGRAPHY GOES DIGITAL
- 4. Creating a conceptual model
- 5. Understanding the GIS data models
- 6. Keeping track of data description
- 7. Managing multiple maps
- 8. Gathering and digitizing geographic data
- PART III: RETRIEVING, COUNTING, AND CHARACTERIZING GEOGRAPHY
- 9. Finding information in raster systems
- 10. Finding features in vector systems
- 11. Searching for geographic objects, distributions, and groups
- PART IV: ANALYZING GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS
- 12. Measuring distance
- 13. Working with statistical surfaces
- 14. Exploring topographical surfaces
- 15. Working with networks
- 16. Comparing multiple maps
- 17. Map algebra and model building
- PART V: GIS OUTPUT AND APPLICATION
- 18. Producing cartographic output
- 19. Generating non-cartographic output
- 20. GIS in organizations
- PART VI: THE PART OF TENS
- 21. Ten GIS software vendors
- 22. Ten questions to ask potential vendors
- 23. Ten GIS data sources.