geographic data Books and Publications

Geographical Data Acquisition

This book is dedicated to the theory and methodology of geographical data acquisition, providing comprehensive coverage ranging from the definition of geo-referencing systems, transformation between these systems to the acquisition of geographical data using different methods. Emphasis is placed on conceptual ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Fuzzy Surfaces in GIS and Geographical Analysis: Theory, Analytical Methods, Algorithms and Applications

Surfaces are a central to geographical analysis. Their generation and manipulation are a key component of geographical information systems (GISs). However, geographical surface data is often not precise. When surfaces are used to model geographical entities, the data inherently contains ...

By Taylor & Francis Group (USA)

Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources Engineering

GIS technology is increasingly used in water resources engineering in a variety of ways. This book provides a fundamental understanding of GIS, including how to develop and analyze geographic data, how to differentiate between the various types of geographic data, and how to assess the operational requirements ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources Engineering

GIS technology is increasingly used in water resources engineering in a variety of ways. This book provides a fundamental understanding of GIS, including how to develop and analyze geographic data, how to differentiate between the various types of geographic data, and how to assess the operational requirements ...

By Taylor & Francis Group (USA)

Geocomputation and Urban Planning

Sixteen years ago, Franklin estimated that about 80% of data contain geo-referenced information. To date, the availability of geographic data and information is growing, together with the capacity of users to operate with IT tools and instruments. Spatial data infrastructures are growing and allow a wide ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Spatial Data Types for Database Systems

Database research in the last decade has increasingly focused on providing support for non-standard applications. One important domain is representation and processing of spatial information, needed, e.g., in geographical information systems. Spatial data types provide a fundamental abstraction for ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Geographic Information Science

are spatial relations, geographic dynamics, and spatial data types. A significant number of papers deal ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

WorldMinds

WorldMinds provides broad exposure to a geography that is engaged with discovery, interpretation, and problem solving. Its 100 succinct chapters demonstrate the theories, methods, and data used by geographers, and exemplify the conceptual and topical richness of contemporary geography. The 150 contributing ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Geographic Information Metadata for Spatial Data Infrastructures

Metadata play a fundamental role in both DLs and SDIs. Commonly defined as "structured data about data" or "data which describe attributes of a resource" or, more simply, "information about data", it is an essential requirement for locating and evaluating available data. Therefore, this book focuses on the ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems

including but not limited to Conceptual and logical models, Data management and retrieval, Geographical ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Analysis of Urban Growth and Sprawl from Remote Sensing Data

data and geographic information system techniques can be used in mapping, monitoring, measuring, ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Geographic Information Science

are Voronoi diagram representation, geospacial database design, vector data transmission, geographic ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Geocoding Health Data: The Use of Geographic Codes in Cancer Prevention and Control, Research and Practice

In the past, disease pattern mapping depended on census tracts based on political units, such as states and counties. However, with the advent of geographic information systems (GIS), researchers can now achieve a new level of precision and flexibility in geographic locating. This emerging technology ...

By Taylor & Francis Group (USA)

Understanding Dynamics of Geographic Domains

Although the dynamic aspect of the world is widely recognized, information systems have lagged in their ability to represent these dynamics and provide support for users and analysts, especially those who work with dynamic geographic domains. A collection of peer-reviewed articles, Understanding Dynamics of ...

By Taylor & Francis Group (USA)

Spatial Epidemiological Approaches in Disease Mapping and Analysis

Containing method descriptions and step-by-step procedures, the Spatial Epidemiological Approaches in Disease Mapping and Analysis equips readers with skills to prepare health-related data in the proper format, process these data using relevant functions and software, and display the results as mapped or ...

By Taylor & Francis Group (USA)

Conceptual Modeling for Advanced Application Domains

are organized in topical sections on geographical conceptual modeling; spatial storage, indexing, ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Niche Modeling: Predictions from Statistical Distributions

Using theory, applications, and examples of inferences, Niche Modeling: Predictions from Statistical Distributions demonstrates how to conduct and evaluate niche modeling projects in any area of application. It features a series of theoretical and practical exercises for developing and evaluating niche models using the R statistics language. The author discusses applications of predictive ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Drought Assessment

such as satellite remote sensing data analysis and Geographical Information system for assessment. Assessment ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Developments in Spatial Data Handling

The International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling is the premier research forum for Geographic Information Science. It is the primary event organized by the International Geographical Union's Study Group on Geographical Information Science. The Symposium is particularly strong in respect to identifying ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Perspectives in Conceptual Modeling

This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of five international workshops held in conjunction with the 24th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2005, in Klagenfurt, Austria, in October 2005. The 40 revised full papers presented together with the abstracts of seven tutorials were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. The papers are organized in topical ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

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