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• Title:A primer of GIS : fundamental geographic and cartographic concepts / Francis Harvey.
  
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• Author/Creator:Harvey, Francis (Francis James), author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Ebooks Corporation.
  
• Published/Created:New York, NY : The Guilford Press, [2016]
  

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  • Call Number: G70.212
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Geographic information systems.
  Cartography.
  
• Edition:Second edition.
  
• Description:1 online resource.
  
• Reproduction note:Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  Description based on print version record.
  
• ISBN:9781462522200 (electronic bk.)
  1462522203 (electronic bk.)
  9781462522170
  1462522173
  9781462522187
  1462522181
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Your World and Gl Technology
  ch. 1 Goals of Cartography and Gl: Representation and Communication
  Representation and Communication
  Power of Maps
  Types of Maps
  Mental Maps
  Geography and Cartography in Harmony
  Distinguishing Gl from Maps
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercises
  Extended Exercise
  ch. 2 Choices in How We Make Representations
  Geographic Representation
  Measurement, Observations, and Relationships
  Types of Measurement
  Sinton's Framework and Geographic Representation
  Choices and Geographic Representation
  Cartographic Representation
  Choices for Cartographic Representation
  Cartographic Communication
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercises
  Extended Exercise
  ch. 3 Gl and Cartography Issues
  From a Round to a Flat Surface: Projections
  Additional Fundamental Choices
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercises
  Extended Exercises
  ch. 4 Some History and the Continued Many Uses of GIS
  Brief History of What We Now Call GIS
  Ongoing and Future Developments
  Some Examples of Choices and Conventions
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercises
  pt. 2 Fundamentals and Functions
  ch. 5 Projections
  Maps without Projections
  Brief History of Projections
  Roles of Projections
  Making Projections
  Putting the Models Together: Demythologizing the Datum
  Types of Projection and Their Characteristics
  Calculating Projections
  Distortions
  Combining Gl from Different Projections
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercises
  Extended Exercise
  ch. 6 Locational and Coordinate Systems
  Applying Projections
  Locational Systems
  Scales and Transformations
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercise
  Extended Exercise
  ch. 7 Databases, Cartography, and Gl
  What Is a Database?
  Representing and Communicating
  Data Types
  Data Storage and Applications
  Entities and Relationships
  Normalization
  Data Modeling, Geographic Representation, and Cartographic Representation
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercises
  ch. 8 Surveying, GPS, Digitization
  Surveying
  GPS and GNSS
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercise
  Extended Exercises
  ch. 9 Remote Sensing
  Electromagnetic Radiation
  Resolution
  Types of Sensors
  Applications
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercises
  ch. 10 Locations and Fields: Discrete and Nondiscrete Gl
  Gl Representation Types
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercise
  Extended Exercise
  pt. 3 Techniques and Practices
  ch. 11 Cartographic Representation
  Maps and Visualizations
  Pragmatic Cartographic Representation Issues
  Cartographic Representation Types
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Extended Exercise
  ch. 12 Map Cultures, Misuses, and Gl
  Cultures of Maps
  Gl and Map Misuses
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  ch. 13 Administration of Spaces
  Administration of the World We Know
  Cadastre: Recording Land Ownership and More
  Administration Impacts on Gl Technologies
  Government Sources of Gl
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercise
  ch. 14 Online Mapping and Geocoded Worlds
  Online GIS
  Online Mapping
  Geocoded Worlds
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercises
  Extended Exercise
  pt. 4 Fundamentals of Gl Analysis: Understanding the World
  ch. 15 Gl Analysis and GIS
  Analysis for Communication
  Basic Gl Analysis Types and Applications
  GIS in a Nutshell
  Examples of GIS Applications
  Environmental and Conservation Applications
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Exercise
  ch. 16 Geostatistics
  Patterns Indicate Processes
  Spatial Autocorrelation
  Ecological Fallacy
  Terrain Analysis
  Chi-Square Analysis
  Spatial Interpolation
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources
  Extended Exercise
  ch. 17 Considering the Past and Future of GIS
  Where Has GIS Been?
  Where Is GIS Going?
  Summary
  Review Questions
  Answers
  Chapter Readings
  Web Resources.