Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective
Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective by Stan Aronoff
English | 1991 | ISBN: 0921804911 | 294 Pages | PDF | 105.7 MB
English | 1991 | ISBN: 0921804911 | 294 Pages | PDF | 105.7 MB
The geographic information system (GIS) has dramatically changed the rate at which georeferenced data can be produced, updated, and disseminated. It has made the production and analysis of geographic information more efficient, and has changed the way this information is perceived and used. GISes now play an essential role in the management of land resources from the local to the global scale, from municipal planning to natural resource assessment. Provides a concise and practical introduction to the use of GIS technology. General concepts are introduced with examples that show a wide range of applications including agriculture, land use planning, mining exploration, and municipal information management. A chapter is devoted to the fundamentals of remote sensing, which has become a major GIS data source. The procedures and equipment used for data input and output are reviewed. Data quality, data management, and GIS analysis functions are presented and, finally, the process of GIS implementation is examined.