Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice An Introduction to GIS

Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice An Introduction to GIS

The goals of this textbook are to help students acquire the technical skills of using software and managing a database, and develop research skills of collecting data, analyzing information and presenting results. We emphasize that the need to investigate the potential and practicality of GIS techno...

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Main Authors: Fang, Yiping (Author), Shandas, Vivek (Author), Cordero, Eugenio Arriaga (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Portland State University Library [2014]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Computer Science > Textbooks
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Defining a Geographic Information System
  • Chapter 2: Coordinate Systems and Projecting GIS Data
  • Chapter 3: Topology and Creating Data
  • Chapter 4: Mapping People with Census Data
  • Chapter 5: Lying with Maps
  • Chapter 6: To Standardize or Not to Standardize?
  • Chapter 7: Geographic Considerations in Planning Practice.
  • Chapter 8: Manipulating GIS Data
  • Chapter 9: Raster Data Models
  • Chapter 10: The Future of GIS

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