GIS: The Geographic Language of Our Age - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 825192426X ISBN 13 : 9788251924269

Editeur : Tapir Academic Press, 2009

Synopsis

Today, few texts offer a comprehensive overw of geographic information systems (GIS). The literature common in academic circles is highly technical and pays little attention to the role GIS plays as a tool in the planning and shaping of society and the world around us. The contributors to this book feel strongly about the potential inherent in the concepts and methodologies that make up a GIS. Similarly, the contributors are aware of the limitations of the uniformly technical and structural approach that dominates discussions about GIS in many professional circles. This book is a guide and an educational, easy-to-understand journey that introduces the concepts and methodologies that lie behind today's GIS. It makes GIS both more familiar and more relevant to a far broader section of the professional circles which plan, organize, and shape our surroundings.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to geographic information systems (GIS). It explains the ideas and methodology behind GIS, and discusses all aspects of the process of collection, processing, analysis, and presentation of geographic information. In this respect, the book differs from more technically oriented literature on GIS. GIS is increasingly employed as a tool to support planning and management across diverse areas of society, and so the emphasis is placed on how GIS works as a geographic language in different contexts. The book is informative, easy to follow, and aims to make GIS applicable and relevant to professional planners who organise and shape our environments. In this second edition, the content has been updated by various experts. The new chapter on the use of geographic information and GIS as a basis for military decisions, may also be very relevant for other disciplines. All of the authors have academic backgrounds, high levels of expertise, and long experience in the use of GIS at the Norwegian Military Academy and the NDEA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tapir Academic Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 825192426X
• ISBN 13: 9788251924269
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 212
• Éditeur: Grinderud Knut, Rasmussen Haakon, Nilsen Steinar, Lillethun Arvid, Holten Atle, Sanderud Øystein
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible