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GIS For Dummies
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This book is ideal for beginners interested in GIS, including professionals tasked with creating GIS applications, students learning about geography and spatial analysis, and anyone passionate about maps and their practical uses.
An easy-to-understand reference for navigating through geographic information systems (GIS) This guide avoids equations, computer codes, and overwhelming detail and instead provides a clear explanation as to how GIS technology captures, stores, counts, characterizes, integrates, analyzes, and displays data about the earth.
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An easy-to-understand reference for navigating through geographic information systems (GIS)
GIS (geographic information system) is a totally cool technology that has been called "geography on steroids." GIS is what lets you see the schools in your neighbourhood or tells you where the nearest McDonald's is. GIS For Dummies tells you all about mapping terminology and digital mapping, how to locate geographic features and analyse patterns such as streets and waterways, and how to generate travel directions, customer location lists, and much more with GIS.
Whether you're in charge of creating GIS applications for your business or you simply love maps, you'll find GIS For Dummies is packed with information. For example, you can:
- Learn all the hardware and software necessary to collect, analyse, and manipulate GIS data
- Explore the difference between 2D and 3D maps, create a map, or manage multiple maps
- Analyse patterns that appear in maps and interpret the results
- Measure distance in absolute, comparative, and functional ways
- Recognise how spatial factors relate to geographic data
- Discover how GIS is used in business, the military, city planning, emergency services, land management, and more
- Find out how GIS can help you discover where flooding may occur
- Determine what your organisation needs, do appropriate analyses, and plan and design a GIS system
You'll find dozens of applications for GIS queries and analyses, and even learn to create animated GIS output. Additionally, you can learn about sources of GIS data and GIS software vendors (and even what questions to ask potential vendors). Whether your goal is to implement a geographic information system or just have fun, GIS For Dummies will get you there!
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780470236826
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 February 2009
Country: United States
Imprint: For Dummies
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 185.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 499g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Michael N. DeMers is a Professor of Geography with more than 25 years of GIS experience. He is also CEO of DeMers Geographics, a provider of educational resources for GIS students and educators.
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