A.Stewart Fotheringham / John Wilson (eds.)

The Handbook of Geographic Information Science

Herausgeber: Wilson, John P; Fotheringham, A Stewart

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Handbook is an essential reference and a guide to the rapidly expanding field of Geographic Information Science. Designed to suit those who want an in-depth treatment of the subject, it comprises over thirty substantial essays, each written by a recognized expert in a particular area. The Handbook covers the full spectrum of research in the field. Contributors explore the major trends influencing the collection, organization, and dissemination of geographically referenced data sets, and review the defining characteristics of the database solutions used in GIS products. They consider the opportunities for using GIS to conduct spatial analysis, and examine the ways in which it has been used to advance cartographic modeling and visualization. Finally, they portray GIS at work, surveying its increasing number of applications. The editors introduce the Handbook with an essential overview of the origins, history, and state of the art of Geographic Information Science, before providing brief summaries of the chapters that follow. They conclude the book with two final chapters setting out how Geographic Information Science is likely to evolve in the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 652
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1404g
• ISBN-13: 9781405107952
• ISBN-10: 1405107952
• Artikelnr.: 23903044

Autorenporträt

Stephanie Wilson believes storytelling can save lives. Her MBA and over a decade of artistic training both help her live out that passion. Born in New Jersey, but raised in Florida, she lives to laugh and is a lover of animals. As a kid, Stephanie dreamed of being the first female president, but always added the disclaimer that if she couldn't make that happen, she just wanted her life to be a good story. In her eyes, she definitely got her wish. Stephanie resides in New York City's Upper West Side with her scruffy Puerto Rican street dog, Luna.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Geographic Information Science: An Introduction: A. Stewart Fotheringham
(National University of Ireland) and John P. Wilson (University of Southern
California).
Part I: Data Issues:.
1. The Availability of Geographic Data: The Current Technical and
Institutional Environment: David J. Cowen (University of South Carolina).
2. Social Data: David J. Martin (University of Southampton).
3. Remote Sensing: Brian G. Lees (University of New South Wales).
4. Spatialization: Andre Skupin (San Diego State University) and Sara I.
Fabrikant (University of Zurich).
5. Uncertainty in Spatial Databases: Ashley Morris (DePaul University).
6. On the Identification of Uncertainties in Spatial Data and Their
Quantification with Probability Distribution Functions: James D. Brown
(Universiteit van Amsterdam) and Gerald B. M. Heuvelink (Wageningen
University and Research Centre).
Part II: Database Trends and Challenges:.
7. Object-Oriented Database Management Systems: Shashi Shekhar and Ranga
Raju Vatsavai (University of Minnesota).
8. Adding the Z Dimension: Michael F. Hutchinson (Australian National
University).
9. Adding Time into Geographic Information Science Databases: May Yuan
(University of Oklahoma).
10. Geospatial Data Integration: Craig A. Knoblock and Cyrus Shahabi
(University of Southern California).
Part III: Visualization:.
11. Mapping in a Digital Age: William E. Cartwright (RHIT University).
12. Generalization of Spatial Databases: William A. Mackaness (University
of Edinburgh).
13. Geographic Information Science and Surfaces: Nicholas J. Tate
(University of Leicester), Peter F. Fisher (City University), and David J.
Martin (University of Southampton).
14. Fuzzy Classification and Mapping: Vincent B. Robinson (University of
Toronto).
15. Rule-Based Mapping: A-Xing Zhu (University of Wisconsin).
16. Multivariate Geovisualization: Mark Gahegan (Pennsylvania State
University).
17. Virtual Reality in Geographic Information Science: Michael Batty
(University College London).
Part IV: Knowledge Elicitation:.
18. Inference and Spatial Data: Chris Brunsdon (University of Leicester).
19. Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: Harvey J. Miller
(University of Utah).
20. The Geospatial Semantic Web: Frederico Fonseca (Pennsylvania State
University).
Part V: Spatial Analysis:.
21. Quantitative Methods and Geographic Information Systems: Martin
Charlton (National University of Ireland).
22. Spatial Cluster Analysis: Geoffrey M. Jacquez (BioMedware, Inc., Ann
Arbor).
23. Terrain Analysis: Yongxin Deng (Western Illinois University), John P.
Wilson (University of Southern California), and John C. Gallant (CSIRO Land
and Water, Canberra).
24. Dynamic Modeling: Jochen Albrecht (City University of New York).
Part VI GIS and Society:.
25. Institutional Geographic Information Science and GI Partnering: David
Tulloch (State University of New Jersey).
26. Participatory Geographic Information Science: Daniel Weiner and Trevor
M. Harris (West Virginia University).
27. Geographic Information Science and Participatory Decision Making: Piotr
Jankowski (San Diego State University) and Timothy L. Nyerges (University
of Washington).
28. Surveys of People and Place: Peter H. Dana (Georgetown).
29. Geographic Information, Personal Privacy, and the Law: George C. H. Cho
(University of Canberra).
30. Geographic Information in Education: Joseph J. Kerski (Denver Federal
Center).
Part VII: Future Trends and Challenges:.
31. Web-based Geographic Information Science: Christopher B. Jones (Cardiff
University) and Ross S. Purves (University of Zurich).
32. Location-based Services and Geographic Information Science: Allan J.
Brimicombe (University of East London).
33. Geographic Information Science: The Grand Challenges: Michael F.
Goodchild (University of California).
34. Geographic Information Science: Where Next?: Andreas Reuter (European
Media Laboratory, Heidelberg) and Alexander Zipf (University of Applied
Sciences FH Mainz).
Index

Rezensionen

"Each chaptercontains a valuable list of literature, and the book ends with anexten-sive, 15-page index. This makes this textbook a valuableand useful companion for students of geoinformation,geoinformatics, geocompu-tation, and geoprocessing(GIScience), as well as for experienced scientists andprofessionals applying GIS."(Geologos,2010)

"This book is quite extraordinary value providing a timelyand extensive review of much of the discipline. Serious researchersand students alike should see it as an essential addition to theirGIScience library." (Journal of Regional Science, May2009)

"The topics covered are wide ranging, covering many aspects ofGI science ... .A good spread of authors from Europe, NorthAmerica and Australia." (Reference Reviews, Issue 62008)