Geographic information systems for geoscientists :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
modelling with GIS /
First Statement of Responsibility
Graeme F. Bonham-Carter
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
First edition
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 398 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;
Dimensions
25 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Computer methods in the geosciences ;
Volume Designation
v. 13
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Introduction to GIS. What is GIS? Purpose of GIS. GIS and Related Computer Software. Custodial Versus Project-related GIS. Geological Application of GIS -- 2. Spatial Data Models. Spatial Objects. Raster and Vector Spatial Data Models. Attribute Data. The Relational Model -- 3. Spatial Data Structures. Raster Structures. Vector Data Structures -- 4. Spatial Data Input. Data Sources. Map Projections. Digitizing. Coordinate Conversion -- 5. Visualization and Query of Spatial Data. Display of Cartographic Images. Display Hardware for Digital Images. Colour. Visualization of Surfaces. Dynamically-linked Data Views. Spatial Query -- 6. Spatial Data Transformations. Point-to-area Conversions. Dilation of Spatial Objects. Sampling Transformations -- 7. Tools for Map Analysis: Single Maps. Map Reclassification. Operations on Attribute Tables. Spatial, Topological, and Geometrical Modelling. Operations on Spatial Neighbourhoods. Join Count Statistics -- 8. Tools for Map Analysis: Map Pairs