2nd Edition

Geographical Information Systems A Practical Approach

By Xuan Zhu Copyright 2025
584 Pages 229 Color & 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

584 Pages 229 Color & 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

584 Pages 229 Color & 54 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Geographical information systems (GIS) are powerful tools for reporting on the environment, natural resources and social and economic development; modelling the environmental, biophysical, social and economic processes; assessing environmental and social impacts; evaluating environmental, social and economic policies and actions and dissimilating spatial information. Geographical Information... Read more

Chapter 1.         GIS Overview

Chapter 2.         Spatial Data and Data Management

Chapter 3.         Spatial Data Input and Manipulation

Chapter 4.         Spatial Visualisation

Chapter 5.         Spatial Analysis

Chapter 6.         Spatial Data Exploration with Statistics

Chapter 7.         Remote Sensing Data Analysis 

Chapter 8.         Terrain Analysis

Chapter 9.         Spatial Modeling and Decision Analysis 

Chapter 10.      Applications of GIS

Biography

Xuan Zhu is Senior Lecturer in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Australia. He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh and has over 30 years of international experience in GIS and remote sensing and their applications in environmental and regional resource use planning. Dr Zhu is the author/co-author/co-editor of four academic books and over 100 academic papers and book chapters.