Principles of geographical information systems

Abstract

1. Geographical Information: Society, Science, and Systems 2. Data models and axioms: Formal abstractions of reality 3. Geographical Data in the Computer 4. Data input, verification, storage and output 5. Creating continuous surfaces from point data 6. Optimal interpolation using geostatistics 7. The analysis of discrete entities in space 8. Spatial analysis using continuous fields 9. Errors and quality control 10. Error propagation in numerical modelling 11. Fuzzy sets and fuzzy geographical objects 12. Current issues and trends in GIS APPENDIX 1 GLOSSARY OF TERMS APPENDIX 2 A SELECTION OF WORLD WIDE WEB GEOGRAPHY AND GIS SERVERS APPENDIX 3 EXAMPLE DATA SETS

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