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GIS: A Short Introduction

GIS: A Short Introduction

Schuurman

Paperback

Series: Short Introductions to Geography, Book 4

Geography

ISBN10: 0631235337
ISBN13: 9780631235330
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: Apr 30 2004
Pages: 169
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.08
Language: English
This guide enables students of human geography to take a critical look at the set of practices, hardware and software that are together described as GIS.

  • A guide to GIS for students of human geography.
  • Outlines the distinct approaches to inquiry employed in GIS and illustrates their relevance for human geographers.
  • Traces the history of GIS and human geography from 1970 to the present.
  • Illustrates the challenges of data collection, classification in the context of multiple stakeholders and epistemological approaches.
  • Tracks the use of GIS in applied contexts through the stages of problem definition, data acquisition and classification, choice of software, spatial analysis and graphic output.
  • Includes an inventory of tools and information related to GIS, including web-based resources.
  • Supported by a website, www.blackwellpublishing.com/schuurman.

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