Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: December 26, 2007
Place of publication: Los Angeles, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9781412913133
Subjects: Geographical information systems (GIS); Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geography; Reference; Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems; Science / Geography
Table of contents: title: Access to geographic information -- Accuracy -- Address standard, U.S. -- Agent-based models -- Aggregation -- Analytical cartography -- Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE) -- BLOB -- Cadastre -- Canada Geographic Information System (CGIS) -- Cartograms -- Cartographic modeling -- Cartography -- Cellular automata -- Census -- Census, U.S. -- Chorley Report -- Choropleth map -- Classification, Data -- Cognitive science -- Computer-aided drafting (CAD) -- Coordinate systems -- Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) -- Copyright and intellectual property rights -- COSIT conference series -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Cost surface -- Critical GIS -- Cybergeography -- Data access policies -- Database, Spatial -- Database design -- Database management system (DBMS) -- Database conversion -- Data integration -- Data mining, Spatial -- Data structures -- Data warehouses -- Datum -- Density -- Diffusion -- Digital Chart of the World (DCW) -- Digital Earth -- Digital Elevation Model (DEM) -- Digital library -- Direction -- Discrete versus continuous phenomena -- Distance -- Distributed GIS -- Ecological fallacy -- Economics of geographic information -- Effect, First- and Second order -- Elevation -- Enterprise GIS -- Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) -- ERDAS -- Error propagation -- Ethics in the profession -- Evolutionary algorithms -- Experimental cartography unit (ECU) -- Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) -- Extensible Markup Language (XML) -- Extent -- Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) -- First law of geography -- Fractals -- Fragmentation -- Framework data -- Fuzzy logic -- Gazetteers -- Generalizations, Cartographic -- Geocoding -- Geocomputation -- Geodemographics -- Geodesy -- Geodetic control framework -- Geographical Analysis Machine (GAM) -- Geographically weighted regression (GWR) -- Geographic information law -- Geographic information science (GISci) -- Geographic information systems (GIS) -- Geography Markup Language (GML) -- Geomatics -- Geometric primitives -- Geoparsing -- Georeference -- Georeferencing, Automated -- Geospatial intelligence -- Geostatistics -- Geovisualization -- GIS/LIS Consortium and Conference Series -- Global Positioning System (GPS) -- Google Earth -- GRASS -- Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis -- Historical studies, GIS for -- IDRISI -- Image processing -- Index, Spatial -- Integrity constraints -- Intergraph -- Interoperability -- Interpolation -- Intervisibility -- Isoline -- Isotrophy -- Kernel -- Land information systems -- Layer -- Legend -- Liability associated with geographic information -- Licenses, Data and software -- LiDAR -- Life cycle -- Linear referencing -- Location-allocation modeling -- Location-based services (LBS) -- Logical expressions -- Manifold GIS -- Maplafo -- Mathematical model -- Mental map -- Metadata, Geospatial -- Metaphor, Spatial and map -- Motes and bounds -- MicroStation -- Minimum bounding rectangle -- Minimum mapping unit (MMU) -- Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) -- Multicriteria evaluation -- Multidimensional scaling (MDS) -- Multiscale representation -- Multivalued logic -- Multivariate mapping -- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) -- National Geodetic Survey (NGS) -- National Mapping Accuracy Standards (NMAS) -- National mapping agencies -- Natural area coding system (NACS) -- Needs analysis -- Network analysis -- Network data structures -- Neural networks -- Nonstationarity -- Normalization -- Object orientation (OO) -- Ontology -- Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) -- Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGF) -- Open standards -- Optimization -- Ordinance survey (OS) -- Outliers -- Pattern analysis -- Photogrammetry -- Polygon operations -- Postcodes -- Precision -- Privacy -- Projection -- Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) -- Qualitative analysis -- Quality-assurance/quality control (QA/QC) -- Quantitative revolution -- Raster -- Regionalized variables -- Remote sensing -- Representation -- Sampling -- Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) -- Scale -- Scales of measurement -- Semantic interoperability -- Semantic network -- Shaded relief -- Simulation -- Slope measures -- Software, GIS -- Spatial analysis -- Spatial autocorrelation -- Spatial cognition -- Spatial data architecture -- Spatial data infrastructure -- Spatial data server -- Spatial decision support systems -- Spatial econometrics -- Spatial filtering -- Spatial heterogeneity -- Spatial interaction -- Spatialization -- Spatial literacy -- Spatial query -- Spatial reasoning -- Spatial relations, Qualitative -- Spatial statistics -- Spatial weights -- Spatiotemporal data models -- Specifications -- Spline -- Standards -- State Plane Coordination Systems -- Structured query language (SQL) -- Symbolization -- System implementation -- Terrain analysis -- Tessellation -- Three-dimensional GIS -- Three-dimensional visualization -- TIGER -- Tissot's Indicatrix -- Topographic map -- Topology -- Transformations, Coordinate -- Transformations, Datum -- Transformations, Cartesian coordinate -- Triangulated irregular networks (TIN) -- Uncertainty and error -- Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) -- University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) -- User interface -- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) -- Virtual environments -- Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) -- Visual variables -- Web GIS -- Web service -- z-Values.