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A Computing Perspective
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A GIS is at the heart of a special kind of computer-based information system which is designed to handle data spatially referenced to to geographic locations on the Earth. From a computing perspective, a GIS may be viewed as a software system mounted on a hardware platform, supplied with appropriate data, for use by people. The software and hardware should match each other, and together support a range of user requirements. In this comprehensive and exciting book, Michael Worboys clearly sets out the principles of GIS in the general context of computing, setting and answering the fundamental question, "What is special about spatial information?"The book follows a path which begins with high-level conceptualizations of spatial information and then progresses downwards through computer-based spatial models and structures to the architectures and interfaces of the machines which support the GIS. It covers, inter alia, topics of current research interest - including 3D GIS, spatio-temporal GIS, and knowledge-based approaches to GIS. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography and references.
Key Features:
* One of our best-selling GIS titles
* Provides a solid computing approach to GIS
* Specially written for undergraduates and readers from all backgrounds
* Deep technical knowledge is not required
CRC Press; October 1995
391 pages; ISBN 9780203481554
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391 pages; ISBN 9780203481554
Read online, or download in secure PDF format or MobiPocket
Subject categories
- Academic > Geography > Maps > By region or country > Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia, Africa, etc. > Europe
- Academic > Geography > Philosophy. Relation to other topics. Methodology
- Academic > Geography > Arctic and Antarctic regions
- Science > Geography
- Computers > Database Management
- Technology > Remote Sensing
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9781135750428
9781135750411
9780748400652
9780203481554
0203481550
