Title: Geographic Information Systems and Science
Description: The first edition of Geographic Information Systems and Science has taken the GIS textbook market by storm, selling over 22,000 copies since publication. It is the most current, authoritative and comprehensive treatment of the field, that goes from fundamental principles to the big picture.   GISS 2e builds on the success of the first edition:    Completely revised with a new five part structure: Foundations; Principles; Techniques; Analysis; Management and Policy  All new personality boxes of current GIS practitioners  New chapters on Distributed GIS, Map Production, Geovisualization, Modeling, and Managing GIS  Specific coverage of current hot topics:     GIS and the New World Order  Security, health and well-Being  Digital differentiation in GIS consumption  The core organizing role of GIS in geography  The greening of GIS...
Subjects: Nonfiction, Science, Geographic information systems