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Geoscience after IT : a view of the present and future impact of information technology on geoscience /
Most geoscientists are aware of recent IT developments, but cannot spend time on obscure technicalities. Few have considered their implications for the science as a whole. Yet the information industry is moving fast: electronic delivery of hyperlinked multimedia; standards to support interdisciplina...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Pergamon,
2000.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Computer methods in the geosciences ;
17. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Geoscience after IT: A view of the present and future impact of information technology on geoscience; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Part 1: Motivation; Chapter 1. Geoscience after IT. Part A. Defining Information Technology, its Significance in Geoscience, and the aims of this Publication; 1. Defining Information Technology; 2. The significance of IT to geoscience; 3. This publication; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Geoscience after IT. Part B. Benefits for geoscience from information technology, and an example from geological mapping of the need for a broad view
- 1. The geoscience literature2. Managing a knowledge base; 3. Sharing information; 4. The need for a broad view; 5. Towards a user requirement; References; Part 2: Familiarization with IT; Chapter 3. Geoscience after IT. Part C. Familiarization with It applications to support the individual geoscientist; 1. The route to IT familiarization; 2. Desktop hardware; 3. Word processors; 4. Spreadsheets and business graphics; 5. Capturing data and images; 6. Information delivery and presentation; References
- Chapter 4. Geoscience after IT. Part D. Familiarization with It applications to support the workgroup1. Project and workgroup; 2. Communicating in the workgroup; 3. Sharing information, metadata; 4. Designing an investigation; 5. Project management; 6. Project documents; 7. IT applications in the cycle of project activities; References; Chapter 5. Geoscience after IT. Part E. Familiarization with it background; 1. The need to look at the IT background; 2. What computers do; 3. The computing system; 4. Communication; 5. Generic software systems; 6. Programming languages; References
- Chapter 6. Geoscience after IT. Part F. Familiarization with quantitative analysis1. Background; 2. Measurement and number; 3. Descriptive statistics; 4. Matrix algebra and spatial data; 5. Multivariate statistics; References; Chapter 7. Geoscience after IT. Part G. Familiarization with spatial analysis; 1. Digital cartography; 2. The spatial model; 3. Spatial relationships; 4. Spatial transformations; 5. Spatial statistics and surface fitting; 6. The fractal model; 7. Spatial configuration; References
- Chapter 8. Geoscience after IT. Part H . Familiarization with managing the information base1. The framework; 2. Documents; 3. Database; 4. Spatial data; 5. Object-oriented methods; References; Part 3: The emerging system; Chapter 9. Geoscience after IT. Part I.A view of the conventional geoscience information system; 1. A scheme of ideas; 2. Systems; 3. A student looks at the real world; 4. How memory orders our thoughts; 5. Interfaces in a conventional system; 6. Conventional repositories; 7. Processes in the conventional system; 8. Business aspects; References