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Managers charged with the task of creating an effective geographic information system (GIS) for their organization often find that they are faced with two problems: mastering the GIS technology and managing its effective introduction and use. Existing literature in the field has focused almost entirely on explaining and teaching GIS technology, and ignored issues of implementation. In an attempt to fill that gap, this accessible volume provides a practical guide as well as a theoretical foundation of the key organizational and behavioral dynamics that can determine where a GIS should be used and how it can be employed successfully.
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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Small-Scale Map Projection Designfocuses on numerical map projection research, and is written from the perspective of the map projection user. It demonstrates how advances in the measurement of map projection distortion and in the development of low error map projections can help map-makers decide what type of map projection is best for their purpose, and shows how they can eventually design their own tailor-made map projections. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This book discusses the basic concepts and historical development of GIS; data models and data conversion; hardware and software; surveying, photogrammetry and remote sensing; data quality and analysis; and initiating GIS. It includes case studies covering GIS in a number of worldwide locations. ... Read more

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Marsha Alibrandi takes us to the cutting edge of teaching social studies and environmental education using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Learn a new tool alongside your students. Introduce them to a technology that works equally well in other classes. ... Read more

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Describes techniques for the storage and manipulation of geographic data at multiple scales and in an integrated manner which avoids redundant storage. ... Read more

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Geographic information systems (GIS) enable governments, public agencies and utilities, scientists and commercial organizations to access and integrate data from several unrelated databases at once to share information more easily. Now a group of leading GIS experts offer the first comprehensive implementation guide to geographic information management technology for mapping, storing, acquiring and manipulating spatial data. Designed to advance the understanding and implementation of this growing technology. it explains how GIS encourages the integrated activity of multiple departments to solve problems more comprehensively and systematically, while dramatically reducing the redundancies and inconsistencies that occur daily in research and industry. This book reaches out to novices by clearly answering the most frequently asked questions about the technology, defusing misconceptions and calming typical user anxieties along the way. While some knowledge of computer and data processing concepts is helpful, it is not essential to their understanding of the book - a glossary provides full explanations of basic computer terms and concepts.At the same time it serves veteran GIS practitioners by thoroughly addressing such central concerns as database development, maintenance and accrss, cost benefit analysis, selecting and upgrading hardware and software packages, minimizing the "cultural" impact of database sharing and dealing with corporate and legal issues. This book should be of interest to earth scientists, computer scientists, information technologists. ... Read more

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These Proceedings of the Third International Workshop introduce research results in the areas of information integration, development of GIS and GIS-applications for a wide spectrum of information systems varying considerably in purpose and scale. The new class of GIS - intelligent GIS - is considered, including principles of their building and programming technologies. Special attention is drawn to the development of ontologies and their use in GIS and GIS-applications.

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This digital document is an article from Focus on Geography, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2005. The length of the article is 3955 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Rapid property transactions and price changes: an exploratory study in forensic geographic information system (GIS).
Author: Hazel A. Morrow-Jones
Publication: Focus on Geography (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 48Issue: 3Page: 19(7)

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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A solid introduction to GIS with good balance and focus
This is the only text I have used in teaching intro GIS courses for the last four years.It's getting a little long in the tooth--it was written over ten years ago and the hardware illustrations in particular are quite out of date--but the presentation of the fundamentals is still uniformly solid.Newer developments, like LIDAR, GPS, and 3D visualization, are not in this book at all, but are readily learned on the Web, which tends to focus on new stuff and go light on presentations of fundamentals: Web-based GIS materials and this book complement each other well.The focus is on using a GIS for decision making and support, which leads to a good balance between management and technical issues.And unlike many other (popular) GIS texts, this one is not riddled with typographical and technical errors.

This has got to be the definitive "GIS-101" text!
Any prof teaching "Introductory GIS" can't go wrong using this as THE standard text in their course.Excellent in all facets.Solid in remote sensing and subsequent raster GIS applications.Good grounding invector GIS.And a very easy read.Will give you many "jumpingoff" points for either academic or real-world directions.Goodcase-studies sprinkled liberally throughout - Aranoff definitely ranks withThrall as one of today's GIS gurus!

An exceptional reference for anyone interested in GIS
Aronoff text is a must for anyone interested in the subject of GIS.It is a well written text that provides the reader with a solid foundation of GIS concepts, Remote Sensing, data input and output, data management, and GISanalysis functions.It is a concise and practical introduction to the useand function of GIS technology.The text presents concepts using examplesfrom a wide range of disciplines including land planning, agriculture, andmineral exploration.The author also examines the process of GISimplementation including organizational needs, costs-benefits,justification, and legal and political issues. ... Read more

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By the millennium most government departments and businesses will rely on some sort of GIS to conduct their everyday activities. The power and speed of such a tool in planning, research and managing spatial databases is invaluable. However, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the legal implications of GIS are as convoluted as those raised by the Internet. This is already becoming a field which is stretching legal systems around the world to their limit. Users, practitioners, developers, and custodians of data need a clear guide. This book, avoiding technological and legal jargon, clarifies the issues of the rights, limitations, and responsibilities of GIS. Geographic Information Systems and the Law addresses the legal relations between those who provide data and those who use the data. Areas covered include:

• the legal regimes and economic aspects of GIS
• contract law governing information technology
• data and information in a digital age
• legal liabilities — damages, negligence, and standards of care
• public access and ownership of information
• privacy and security issues — intellectual property and copyright
• international law and the globalisation of information technology

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This book discusses the basic concepts and historical development of GIS; data models and data conversion; hardware and software; surveying, photogrammetry and remote sensing; data quality and analysis; and initiating GIS. It includes case studies covering GIS in a number of worldwide locations. ... Read more