Title: GIS-based studies in the humanities and social sciences /
Authors: Okabe, Atsuyuki, 1945-
Publisher: CRC/Taylor & Francis,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Social sciences Research Methodology; Humanities Research Methodology.; Geographic information systems.; Spatial analysis (Statistics); Geographic information systems Japan Databases Case studies.; Geodatabases Japan Case studies.
Contents: A tool for creating pseudo-3D spaces with hyperphoto : an application in ethnographic studies / Hiroya Tanaka [and others] -- A laser-scanner system for acquiring archaelogical data : case of the Tyre remains / Ryosuke Shibasaki [and others] -- A laser-scanner system for acquiring walking-trajectory data and its possible application to behavioral science / Huijing Zhao, Katsuyuki Nakamura, and Ryosuke Shibasaki -- A method for constructing a historical population-grid database from old maps and its applications / Yoshio Arai and Shiro Koike -- Urban employment areas : defining Japanese metropolitan areas and constructing the statistical database for them / Yoshitsugu Kanemoto and Reiji Kurima -- Data modeling of archaeological sites using a unified modeling language / Teruko Usui [and others] -- How to find free software packages for spatial analysis via the Internet / Atsuyuki Okabe, Atsushi Masuyama, and Fumiko Itoh --^