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The handbook of geographic information science /

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A reference and guide to the field of Geographic Information Science. It covers the research in the field. It explores the trends influencing the collection, organization, and dissemination of geographically referenced data sets, and reviews the defining characteristics of the database solutions use...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wilson, John P. (John Peter), 1955-, Fotheringham, A. Stewart
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
Series:Blackwell companions to geography ; 7.
Subjects:
Geography > Data processing.
Geographic information systems.
Geography.
Geographic Information Systems
Geography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Figures; Contributors; Geographic Information Science: An Introduction; Part I Data Issues; Chapter 1 The Availability of Geographic Data: The Current Technical and Institutional Environment David J. Cowen; Chapter 2 Social Data David J. Martin; Chapter 3 Remote Sensing Brian G. Lees; Chapter 4 Spatialization AndrĂ© Skupin and Sara I. Fabrikant; Chapter 5 Uncertainty in Spatial Databases Ashley Morris; Chapter 6 On the Identification of Uncertainties in Spatial Data and Their Quantification with Probability Distribution Functions James D. Brown and Gerald B.M. Heuvelink.