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GIS For Dummies

 

 

GIS For Dummies

by Michael N. DeMers 

2009 (384 pages)

ISBN:9780470236826

Whether you're in charge of creating GIS applications for your business or you simply love maps, this guide is packed with information on everything from the parts that make up the systems to the spatial information products that the systems produce.

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GIS For Dummies

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Introduction

Part I - GIS: Geography on Steroids

Chapter 1

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Seeing the Scope of GIS

Chapter 2

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Recognizing How Maps Show Information

Chapter 3

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Reading, Analyzing, and Interpreting Maps

Part II - Geography Goes Digital

Chapter 4

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Creating a Conceptual Model

Chapter 5

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Understanding the GIS Data Models

Chapter 6

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Keeping Track of Data Descriptions

Chapter 7

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Managing Multiple Maps

Chapter 8

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Gathering and Digitizing Geographic Data

 

Part III - Retrieving, Counting, and Characterizing Geography

Chapter 9

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Finding Information in Raster Systems

Chapter 10

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Finding Features in Vector Systems

Chapter 11

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Searching for Geographic Objects, Distributions, and Groups

Part IV - Analyzing Geographic Patterns

Chapter 12

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Measuring Distance

Chapter 13

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Working with Statistical Surfaces

Chapter 14

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Exploring Topographical Surfaces

Chapter 15

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Working with Networks

Chapter 16

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Comparing Multiple Maps

Chapter 17

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Map Algebra and Model Building

Part V - GIS Output and Application

Chapter 18

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Producing Cartographic Output

Chapter 19

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Generating Non-Cartographic Output

Chapter 20

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GIS in Organizations

Part VI - The Part of Tens

Chapter 21

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Ten GIS Software Vendors

 

Chapter 22

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Ten Questions to Ask Potential Vendors

Chapter 23

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Ten GIS Data Sources