Getting Started With Geographic Information Systems (Prentice Hall Series in Geographic Information Science) - Softcover
Designed to make the complexity of this rapidly-growing high-tech field accessible to beginning students, this text provides a basic, non-technical and student-friendly introduction to GIS. The book clearly links theory and practice, and helps apply the material to the real world by providing interviews with practising GIS professionals. It features simple explanations, many illustrations and photographs, extensive chapter-end study aids, and generic laboratory assignments for use with any GIS software.
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This best-selling non-technical, reader-friendly introduction to GIS makes the complexity of this rapidly growing high-tech field accessible to beginners. Clearly linking theory and practice, it uses a "learn-by-seeing" approach that features clear, simple explanations, an abundance of illustrations and photos, and generic practice labs for use with any GIS software. Comprehensive and integrated, it provides single-volume coverage of necessary topics drawn from cartography, GIS, spatial analysis, and quantitative methods. What Is a GIS? GIS's Roots in Cartography. Maps as Numbers. Getting the Map into the Computer. What Is Where? Why Is It There? Making Maps with GIS. How to Pick a GIS. GIS in Action. The Future of GIS. For anyone interested in a hands-on introduction to Geographic Information Systems.
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- PublisherPrentice Hall College Div
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0132947862
- ISBN 13 9780132947862
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages353
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