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| List of figures | |
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| Preface | |
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| Guided tour | |
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| Case studies | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Publisher's acknowledgements | |
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| Abbreviations and acronyms | |
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| About the authors | |
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| Fundamentals of GIS | |
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| What is GIS? | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Defining GIS | |
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| Components of a GIS | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Web links | |
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| Spatial data | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Maps and their influence on the character of spatial data | |
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| Thematic characteristics of spatial data | |
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| Other sources of spatial data | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Web links | |
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| Spatial data modelling | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Entity definition | |
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| Spatial data models | |
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| Spatial data structures | |
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| Modelling surfaces | |
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| Modelling networks | |
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| Building computer worlds | |
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| Modelling the third dimension | |
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| Modelling the fourth dimension | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Web links | |
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| Database management | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why choose a database approach? | |
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| Database data models | |
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| Creating a database | |
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| GIS database applications | |
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| Developments in databases | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Data input and editing | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Methods of data input | |
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| Data editing | |
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| Towards an integrated database | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Web links | |
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| Data analysis | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Measurements in GIS - lengths, perimeters and areas | |
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| Queries | |
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| Reclassification | |
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| Buffering and neighbourhood functions | |
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| Integrating data - map overlay | |
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| Spatial interpolation | |
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| Analysis of surfaces | |
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| Network analysis | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Analytical modelling in GIS | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Process models | |
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| Modelling physical and environmental processes | |
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| Modelling human processes | |
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| Modelling the decision-making process | |
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| Problems with using GIS to model spatial processes | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Web links | |
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| Output: from new maps to enhanced decisions | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Maps as output | |
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| Non-cartographic output | |
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| Spatial multimedia | |
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| Mechanisms of delivery | |
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| GIS and spatial decision support | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Web links | |
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| Issues in GIS | |
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| The development of computer methods for handling spatial data | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Handling spatial data manually | |
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| The development of computer methods for handling spatial data | |
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| The development of GIS | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Data quality issues | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Describing data quality and errors | |
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| Sources of error in GIS | |
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| Finding and modelling errors in GIS | |
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| Managing GIS error | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Web links | |
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| Human and organizational issues | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| GIS applications | |
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| GIS users | |
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| Justifying the investment in GIS | |
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| Choosing and implementing a GIS | |
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| Organizational changes due to GIS | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Web links | |
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| GIS project design and management | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Problem identification | |
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| Designing a data model | |
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| Project management | |
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| Implementation problems | |
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| Project evaluation | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Web links | |
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| The future of GIS | |
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| Learning outcomes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| GIS in the 1990s | |
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| Where next for GIS in the twenty-first century? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Revision questions | |
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| Further study - activities | |
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| Further study - reading | |
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| Web links | |
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| References | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |