Title: Geographic information systems : applications in forestry and natural resources management /
Authors: Bettinger, Pete, 1962-; Wing, Michael G.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Higher Education,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Forests and forestry Remote sensing; Natural resources Remote sensing.; Geographic information systems
Contents: 1. Geographic information systems. -- 2. GIS databases: map projections, structures, and scale. -- 3. Acquiring, creating, and editing GIS databases and examining errors. -- 4. Map design. -- 5. Selecting landscape features based on their attributes. -- 6. Obtaining information about a specific geographic region. -- 7. Buffering landscape features. -- 8. Combining and splitting landscape features and merging GIS databases. -- 9. Joining and linking spatial and nonspatial databases. -- 10. Updating GIS databases. -- 11. Overlay processes. -- 12. Synthesis of techniques applied to advanced topics. -- 13. Raster GIS database analyses. -- 14. Trends in GIS technology. -- 15. Institutional challenges and opportunities related to GIS users. -- Appendix A:GIS-related terminology. -- Appendix B:GIS-related professional organizations and journals. -- Appendix C:GIS software developers.