Principles of Geographical Information Systems by Peter A Burrough

Description: About this productProduct InformationThis book is a completely new version of the highly successful Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment which was first published in 1986. GIS are not just used for electronic map-making but today are major tools for the management of our physical and social environment. GIS are used to assist political decisions and play a part in market research, in the management of utility services, inautomated navigation systems and in many other fields. This book presents a strong theoretical basis for GIS, which is often lacking in other texts. Spatial data are usually based on two,dichotomous paradigms, exactly defined entities in space, such as land parcels, or the continuous variation of single attributes, such as temperature or rainfall. Methods for modelling both kinds of phenomena and storing them in spatial databases are described in detail, including the use of geostatistics for interpolating from points to continuous fields. Examples of how spatial data and an analysis of their spatial interactions are used to solve a wide range of practical problems rangingfrom site-location analysis through land degradation, the optimizing of timber extraction from forests and the redistribution of Chernobyl radioactivity by floods are explained clearly and in detail. Much attention is paid to the problems of data quality and how statistical errors in spatial data can affect the results of spatial modelling based on the two paradigms of space. Fuzzy logic and continuous classification methods are presented as methods for linking the two spatial paradigms. The book concludes with an investigation of current developments in providing spatial data for the whole world over the Internet. As such the new volume provides a comprehensive and concise introduction to the theory and practice of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Targeted at undergraduates, graduates, and professionals in disciplines such asphysical and human geography, hydrology, geology, environmental science, cartography, epidemiology, radioecology, agriculture, spatial planning, land tenure, and land evaluation the book explains why spatial data and the information systems based on them are important in the modern world.Product IdentifiersPublisherOxford University Press, IncorporatedISBN-100198233655ISBN-139780198233657eBay Product ID (ePID)1076293Product Key FeaturesAuthorRachael A. Mcdonnell, Peter A. BurroughPublication NamePrinciples of Geographical Information SystemsFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishFeaturesRevisedPublication Year1998SeriesSpatial Information Systems Ser.TypeTextbookNumber of Pages346 PagesDimensionsItem Length9.7inItem Height0.9inItem Width7.4inItem Weight28.2 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberG70.212.B87 1998Edition DescriptionRevised EditionEdition Number2ReviewsChoosing a course text in the early post-GIS years was very easy. Peter Burrough's Principles of geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment was the definitive work. Beautifully written and illustrated...Peter Burrough set himself a hard act to follow...In almost everyrespect this is a new book, and not the second edition it purports to be...So, this is a rarity in textbook publishing a second edition that improves on the first. It looks set to be my recommended course text for many years to come./David Unwin/GIS Europe June 1998., Choosing a course text in the early post-GIS years was very easy. PeterBurrough's Principles of geographical Information Systems for Land ResourcesAssessment was the definitive work. Beautifully written and illustrated...PeterBurrough set himself a hard act to follow...In almost every respect this is anew book, and not the second edition it purports to be...So, this is a rarity intextbook publishing a second edition that improves on the first. It looks set tobe my recommended course text for many years to come./David Unwin/GIS EuropeJune 1998., 'This new publication is up to date and provides comprehensive coverage of virtually all aspects of GIS. It is clearly written and technical where appropriate ... it should be recommended for postgraduate courses and for all teachers of GIS.'David Walker, The Times Higher Education Supplement, This book presents a strong theoritical basis for GIS, which is often lacking in other texts...the optimising of timber extraction from forests and the redistribution of Chernobyl radioactivity by floods are explained clearly in detail./Mapping Awareness April 1998, [This second edition] builds upon the previous work in providing a very welcome basic, concise and more up to date introduction to the principles underlying GISs ... a osund and readable introduction to a complex subject. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, v. 9 no. 3, 2000Choosing a course text in the early post-GIS years was very easy. Peter Burrough's Principles of geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment was the definitive work. Beautifully written and illustrated...Peter Burrough set himself a hard act to follow...In almost every respect this is a new book, and not the second edition it purports to be...So, this is a rarity in textbook publishing a second edition that improves on the first. It looks setto be my recommended course text for many years to come./David Unwin/GIS Europe June 1998.This book presents a strong theoritical basis for GIS, which is often lacking in other texts...the optimising of timber extraction from forests and the redistribution of Chernobyl radioactivity by floods are explained clearly in detail./Mapping Awareness April 1998'This new publication is up to date and provides comprehensive coverage of virtually all aspects of GIS. It is clearly written and technical where appropriate ... it should be recommended for postgraduate courses and for all teachers of GIS.'David Walker, The Times Higher Education Supplement, [This second edition] builds upon the previous work in providing a very welcome basic, concise and more up to date introduction to the principles underlying GISs ... a osund and readable introduction to a complex subject. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, v.9 no. 3, 2000, [This second edition] builds upon the previous work in providing a verywelcome basic, concise and more up to date introduction to the principlesunderlying GISs ... a osund and readable introduction to a complex subject.International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, v. 9 no. 3,2000Table of Content1. Geographical Information: Society, Science, and Systems2. Data models and axioms: Formal abstractions of reality3. Geographical Data in the Computer4. Data input, verification, storage and output5. Creating continuous surfaces from point data6. Optimal interpolation using geostatistics7. The analysis of discrete entities in space8. Spatial analysis using continuous fields9. Errors and quality control10. Error propagation in numerical modelling11. Fuzzy sets and fuzzy geographical objects12. Current issues and trends in GISAppendix 1 Glossary of termsAppendix 2 A selection of World Wide Web Geography and GIS serversAppendix 3 Example data setsCopyright Date1998Target AudienceCollege AudienceTopicEarth Sciences / Geography, Remote Sensing & Geographic Information SystemsLccn97-025863Dewey Decimal910.285Dewey Edition23IllustratedYesGenreTechnology & Engineering, Science

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