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GIS: An Introduction to Mapping Technologies

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GIS: An Introduction to Mapping Technologies

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An Introduction to Mapping Technologies

GIS: An Introduction to Mapping Technologies

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GIS: An Introduction to Mapping Technologies book

An Introduction to Mapping Technologies
ByPatrick McHaffie, Sungsoon Hwang, Cassie Follett
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2018
eBook Published 11 October 2018
Pub. Location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429441028
Pages 362
eBook ISBN 9780429441028
Subjects Geography
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McHaffie, P., Hwang, S., & Follett, C. (2018). GIS: An Introduction to Mapping Technologies: An Introduction to Mapping Technologies (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429441028

ABSTRACT

Over the past few decades the world has been organized through the growth and integration of geographic information systems (GIS) across public and private sector industries, agencies, and organizations. This has happened in a technological context that includes the widespread deployment of multiple digital mobile technologies, digital wireless communication networks, positioning, navigation and mapping services, and cloud-based computing, spawning new ways of imagining, creating, and consuming geospatial information and analytics.

GIS: An Introduction to Mapping Technologies is written with the detached voices of practitioner scholars who draw on a diverse set of experiences and education, with a shared view of GIS that is grounded in the analysis of scale-diverse contexts emphasizing cities and their social and environmental geographies. GIS is presented as a critical toolset that allows analysts to focus on urban social and environmental sustainability.

The book opens with chapters that explore foundational techniques of mapping, data acquisition and field data collection using GNSS, georeferencing, spatial analysis, thematic mapping, and data models. It explores web GIS and open source GIS making geospatial technology available to many who would not be able to access it otherwise. Also, the book covers in depth the integration of remote sensing into GIS, Health GIS, Digital Humanities GIS, and the increased use of GIS in diverse types of organizations. Active learning is emphasized with ArcGIS Desktop lab activities integrated into most of the chapters.

Written by experienced authors from the Department of Geography at DePaul University in Chicago, this textbook is a great introduction to GIS for a diverse range of undergraduates and graduate students, and professionals who are concerned with urbanization, economic justice, and environmental sustainability.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|21 pages

Making Sense of Geotechnology

chapter 2|37 pages

Georeferencing

chapter 3|16 pages

Getting the World Into Your GIS

chapter 4|13 pages

Geospatial Analysis: Introduction

chapter 5|47 pages

Thematic Mapping

chapter 6|43 pages

Data Models

chapter 7|34 pages

Web GIS

chapter 8|22 pages

Open-Source GIS

chapter 9|32 pages

Introduction to Remote Sensing and GIS

chapter 10|18 pages

Introduction to Health GIS Applications

chapter 11|34 pages

GIS and Digital Humanities

chapter 12|18 pages

Organizational GIS

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