Books - APPLIED GEOGRAPHY & SPATIAL SCIENCES

Books: APPLIED GEOGRAPHY & SPATIAL SCIENCES

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GIS: Fundamentals, Applications and Implementations

This book explains the concepts of GIS in a simple language. Topics like development of GIS, data structures, database concepts, map projections, requirement of hardware and software for...More

Interoperating Geographic Information Systems

Geographic information systems have developed rapidly in the past decade, and are now a major class of software, with applications that include infrastructure maintenance, resource management,...More

Spatial and Temporal Reasoning in Geographic Information Systems (Spatial Information Systems) (Hardcover)

In an effort to further investigation into critical development facets of geographic information systems (GIS), this book explores the reasoning processes that apply to geographic space and...More

GIS-based Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Studies in the humanities and the social sciences can be enhanced through the use of geographic information systems (GIS). Resulting from a six-year project entitled Spatial Information Science...More

GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Modeling

A guide for geographic analysts, modelers, software engineers, and GIS professionals, this book discusses agent-based modeling, dynamic feedback and simulation modeling, as well as links between...More

Geographic Information Systems for the Social Sciences : Investigating Space and Place

This book takes a cutting-edge approach to integrating spatial concepts into the social sciences. It is written for both the practitioner and the academic. Specifically, it focuses upon the...More

Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, 2nd Edition

This look at GIS doesn't overwhelm with details, equations or computer codes. Instead the author interweaves the ideas of geographic inquiry and spatial discovery, inviting readers to join in...More

Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Modeling Techniques for Simulating Social and Ecological Processes (Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity)

From Book News, Inc. Nine contributions from Gimblett (U. of Arizona) and other scientists discuss the use of geographic information systems in connection with agent-based modeling techniques...More

Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems

Major advances in the use of GIS have been made in both anthropology and archaeology. Yet there are few published discussions of these new applications and their use in solving complex problems....More

An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, Second Edition

Focuses on the practical applications of GIS, & considers how the technology works. Each chapter addresses a specific theme & is backed up with examples, case studies, direct reading &...More

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Towards a Global Licensing Framework for Geospatial Data

Is it time for a global licensing framework for geospatial data? The GSDI Legal and Economic Working group thinks so and offered a presentation and a way forward at the GSDI 13 conference held in Quebec City in May. The effort aims to harmonize existing licensing without changing fundamental access policies and funding models and be compatible with the diferences in national legal systems. That's a tall order, but an important one as the world moves toward geodata sharing. Geoff Zeiss reports.