ABSTRACT

This book aims to offer research at the cutting edge. The individual chapters are fully revised and updated versions of contributions to the first focused scientific symposium on research in geographic information systems GISRUK. The book provides the reader with a comprehensive outline of the full range and diversity of innovative research program

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

part |4 pages

SECTION I Computational Support for GIS

chapter 2|17 pages

Automatic GIS data capture and conversion

ByColin Flanagan, Cullen Jennings, Neil Flanagan

chapter 3|14 pages

Computer-assisted tools for cartographic data capture

ByTim Mayo

chapter 7|16 pages

Incorporating the temporal dimension in a GIS

ByZarine Kemp, Arek Kowalczyk

chapter 8|12 pages

Towards temporality in GIS

ByMonica Wachowicz, Richard Healey

part |2 pages

SECTION III Applications of GIS

chapter 16|13 pages

Modelling environmental systems with GIS: theoretical barriers to progress

ByDavid Livingstone, Jonathan Raper

chapter 18|12 pages

Using GIS to target agri-environmental policy

ByCharlotte Norman, Clive Potter, Hadrian Cook