Introduction to GIS
Publisher: Self-publishing
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Translated from: spa
Translation of: Introducción a los SIG
Format: E-book
Number of pages: 125
Description: This is a free book about the fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems. This is a (very) abridged version of the [*Libro Libre SIG*](http://volaya.github.io/libro-sig/) (only available at the moment in Spanish).
Table of contents: label: What is GIS?; label: History of GIS; label: The evolution of GIS as a discipline; label: The evolution of technology; label: The evolution of data; label: The evolution of theories and techniques; label: Fundamentals of cartography and geodesy; label: Basic concepts of geodesy; label: Basic cartographic concepts; label: Geographical data; label: Data and information. Types of information; label: Subdivision of information. Layers; label: Geographical information models; label: Data sources; label: Remote sensing; label: Printed cartography. Digitization; label: GPS; label: Voluntary Geographical Information; label: Metadata; label: Software and technology; label: Desktop GIS; label: Web mapping. Clients and servers; label: Some techniques related to GIS services; label: Standards; label: Mobile GIS; label: Databases; label: Relational databases; label: Database management systems; label: Queries; label: Spatial analysis; label: Some examples of spatial analysis; label: Particularities of spatial data for its analysis; label: Visualization of geographical data; label: Basic ideas about data visualization; label: Maps and cartographic communication; label: Types of thematic maps; label: Visualization in a GIS