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Encyclopedia of GIS (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2017)
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Encyclopedia of GIS (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2017)
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New In This Edition: This second edition of the Encyclopedia of GIS
includes 30% to 50% new content. It provides up-to-date information
on emerging topics such as spatial big data, smart-phone GIS, urban
computing and mobile recommender systems. It also expands the first
edition's rich set of GIS-related commercial and societal
applications such as geo-targeting, geo-fencing and understanding
climate changes, while enabling more comprehensive coverage of
classical GIS topics such as map projections, global positioning
systems and spatial cognition. The entries explain the key
software, data sets and processes used by geographers and
computational scientists. Additionally, the reference emphasizes
the role of GIS in business and mobile intelligence. By offering
more diversified GIS-related topics from theory and research than
most of the other available literature, the authors equip newcomers
to the field with principles as well as applications. With an
accessible breadth of content and intuitive A-Z organization, this
new edition of the encyclopedia is an invaluable reference for
newcomers to the field of GIS, as well as researchers, students,
developers and professionals who are interested in exploring this
new dynamic area. Praise For The First Edition: "The focus here,
however, is on the mathematical and computational aspects of GIS
... . This is very welcome to those practitioners who have been
less exposed to some of the mathematical and computational aspects
of GIS. This is also very welcome to the researcher or graduate
student within any of the interdisciplinary areas that use GIS. ...
I highly recommend it." (Pascal V. Calarco, ACM Computing Reviews,
November, 2008) "This single-volume reference work is a highly
welcome ... addition to the rapidly advancing field of geographic
information systems. Peer-reviewed entries from over 300
contributors cover 41 topical subfields, with an overall emphasis
on computational aspects of GIS. The volume is adequately
illustrated with 723 figures and 90 tables in black and white. A
full bibliography and concise list of entry terms are provided at
the back of the work. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended.
Upper-division geography students through professionals." (C. E.
Smith, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (11), 2008) "The encyclopedia is divided
into 41 fields, each one an important sub-area within GIS. ... the
editors' organization of the material and comprehensive and
systematic approach are superb and shall give students, eager
readers as well as researchers an understanding of the topics in
quite full depth and breadth. ... is lavishly illustrated with
figures, graphs and tables, the design and execution of which are
as perfect as the material they illustrate. ... it is sturdy and
opens out nicely for study and reference." (Current Engineering
Practice, 2008).
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