Islamic area studies with geographical information systems
By: edited by Atsuyuki Okabe.
Contributors: Okabe, Atsuyuki, 1945-
Series: New horizons in Islamic studies; New horizons in Islamic area studies.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Geographic information systems -- Asia.; Geographic information systems -- Islamic countries.; Asia -- Geography.; Islamic countries -- Geography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing Geographic Information Systems in Islamic Area Studies; title: Spatial data construction and a method for preliminary analysis: Constructing spatial databases from old paper documents; Constructing spatial databases from old maps : a case in historical studies; An exploratory method for discovering qualitatively changed areas using low   resolution remotely sensed data : a case in the Persian Gulf area during 1982-1993; Estimating land use using high resolution remotely sensed data (Landsat TM) : a case study in Ponneri, India; title: Regional analysis: Islamic rule and local society in eighteenth century South India; Modeling the spatial structure of the administrative system in Ponneri, India, during the late eighteenth century; The Ferghana project : central Asian area studies with GIS; The use of GIS to locate abandoned villages listed in the Temettuat registers of Bal'kesir county, Anatolia; title: Urban analysis: The spatial structure of commercial areas in Turkey and other Islamic countries; The water supplies and public fountains in Istanbul; title: Network analysis with space syntax: Application of GIS to network analysis : characterization of traditional Turkish urban street networks; A three-dimensional analysis of the street network in Istanbul : an extension of space syntax using GIS; The space occupied by marketplaces and their societies in the Islamic world with particular reference to Isfahan and Istanbul; title: 3-dimensional spatial analysis: Three-dimensional view analysis using GIS : the locational tendency of mosques in Bursa, Turkey; An analysis on the visibility of minarets in Sana's old city of Yemen.