1st Edition
Classics from IJGIS Twenty years of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science and Systems
Edited By Peter Fisher
Copyright 2007
572 Pages
by
CRC Press
572 Pages
by
CRC Press
572 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The past 20 years can be regarded as the adolescence of geographic information science (GIS), as it grew from a burgeoning area of study into a mature and thriving field. During those two decades, the International Journal of Geographic Information Science (formerly Systems) (IJGIS) was one of the most prominent academic guiding forces in GIScience, and looks to remain so for the foreseeable... Read more
Introduction - Twenty Years of IJGIS: Choosing the Classics. A Mark 1 Geographical Analysis Machine for the Automated Analysis of Point Data Sets. A Review and Conceptual Framework of Automated Map Generalization . Propagation of Errors in Spatial Modelling with GIS . A Comparison of Techniques for Calculating Gradient and Aspect from a Gridded Digital Elevation Model . Object-Oriented Data Modelling for Spatial Databases . Point-Set Topological Spatial Relations . Modelling Accessibility Using Space-Time Prism Concepts within Geographical Information Systems . Geographical Information Science . Algorithm and Implementation Uncertainty in Viewshed Analysis . Development of a Geomorphological Spatial Model Using Object-Oriented Design . Integrating Geographical Information Systems and Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Methods . The Geography of Parameter Space: An Investigation of Spatial Non-Stationarity . Qualitative Spatial Reasoning: Cardinal Directions as an Example . Assessing, Representing, and Transmitting Positional Uncertainty in Maps . Loose Coupling a Cellular Automaton Model and GIS: Long-Term Urban Growth Prediction for San Francisco and Washington/Baltimore . Overcoming the Semantic and Other Barriers to GIS Interoperability . Interactive Maps for Visual Data Exploration . Geographical Categories: An Ontological Investigation . Extending GIS-Based Visual Analysis: The Concept of Visualscapes . Collaboration Networks Revealed by IJGIS Authors. Contributor List. Index.
Biography
Peter Fisher
