Introductory readings in geographic information systems
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edited by Donna J. Peuquet, Duane F. Marble
Even though Geographic Information Systems GIS have been available for over 20 years, they have only recently become accessible to geographers and others as a useful tool in spacial analysis. This is a sampling of basic principles of GIS, as well as
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Part 1 What is a geographic information system?: geographical information systems - an overview, Duane F.Marble
geographical information systems - a new frontier, Roger F.Tomlinson
a classification of software components commonly used in geographical information systems, Jack Dangermond
GIS versus CAD versus DBMS - what are the differences?, David J. Cowen. Part 2 Examples of practical applications: MAGI - a state-level grid cell system, State of Maryland
ARC/INFO - a modern GIS, Environmental Systems Research Institute
technical description of the DIME system, US Bureau of the Census
prinicpal components of the census bureau's TIGER file, Joel Sobel
the Tiger system - automating the geographical structure of the United States, Robert W.Marx
current and potential uses of geographical information systems - the north American experience, Roger F.Tomlinson
an experiment in land-use allocation with a geographical information system, C.Dana Tomlin and Kevin M.Johnston
Integration Of Geological Datasets For Gold Exploration In Nova Scotia, G.F.Bonham-Carter, F.P.Agterberg and D.F.Wright
modeling community vulnerability to hazardous materials using geographical information systems, Robert B.McMaster
representing and applying knowledge about spatial processes in environmental management, J.R.Davis, P.Whingham, and I.W.Grant. Part 3 Operations and problems of building a database: creating large digital files from mapped data, Hugh W.Calkins
manual digitizing systems, E.Alan Cameron
interaction between the cartographic document and the digitizing process, Donna J.Peuquet and A.Raymond Boyle
a review of digital data commonly available and some of the practical problems of entering them into a GIS, Jack Dangermond
efficient digitizing through the combination of appropriate hardware and software for error detection and editing, Nicholas R.Chrisman. Part 4 GIS internals - data representation and analysis techniques: spatial data models - a conceptual framework and comprehensive review, Donna J.Peuquet
historical data as an explicit component of land information systems, Ric Vrana
it makes me so CROSS, David Douglas
the accuracy of map overlays - a reassessment, Nicholas R.Chrisman. Part 5 Design and evaluation of GIS: establishing a geographical information system in relation to its use, a process of strategic choices, W.H.Erik DeMan
a conceptual model of the manual digitizing process, Duane F.Marble, Jean P.Lauzon and Matthew McGranaghan
performance eval and work-load estimation for GIS, Michael Goodchild and Brian R.Rizzo
liability for information, Earl F.Epstein and Howard Roitman.
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Introductory readings in geographic information systems