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A low-stress introduction to GIS
Forget everything you've been told about geographic informationsystems. Today's simpler, less expensive, and far more refined GISsoftware can be operated on a PC or Mac, and in this book you'lldiscover a new approach to GIS site design and land planning thatmakes the entire process easier, faster, and more designerfriendly.
GIS in Site Design demonstrates how to use GIS the same way youwould work with tracing paper and markers. The only difference isthat now you'll be meeting your clients' needs to employ GIS dataand deliver products in a GIS
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A low-stress introduction to GIS

Forget everything you've been told about geographic informationsystems. Today's simpler, less expensive, and far more refined GISsoftware can be operated on a PC or Mac, and in this book you'lldiscover a new approach to GIS site design and land planning thatmakes the entire process easier, faster, and more designerfriendly.

GIS in Site Design demonstrates how to use GIS the same way youwould work with tracing paper and markers. The only difference isthat now you'll be meeting your clients' needs to employ GIS dataand deliver products in a GIS environment.

The companion CD-ROM contains a tutorial library of all the GISdata in the book. Using techniques explained on the CD to modelyour own drawings, you'll learn to use GIS for:
* Landscape architecture, site design, and land planning
* Visual resource analysis
* Design of large sites--subdivisions, golf courses, parks,campuses, and more
* Design of linear systems such as greenways, trails, and riparianrestorations

GIS in Site Design is an indispensable resource that will help youmaster this increasingly important tool and gain access to largerand more challenging site design projects.
Autorenporträt
KAREN CALHOON HANNA is Departmental Chairperson of LandscapeArchitecture at the University of Arkansas. A registered landscapearchitect in California and Arkansas, she holds certification withthe Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards. Shebegan working with geographical information systems in the early1970s.

R. BRIAN CULPEPPER is a Research Specialist with the Center forAdvanced Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas,Fayetteville. He is a consultant and founding partner of Culpepper,Dzur & Johnson, LLC, a GIS consulting firm.