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Geographic Information Systems for the Social Sciences

Author : Steven J. Steinberg,Sheila L. Steinberg
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483303468

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Geographic Information Systems for the Social Sciences by Steven J. Steinberg,Sheila L. Steinberg Pdf

Geographic Information Systems for the Social Sciences: Investigating Space and Place is the first book to take a cutting-edge approach to integrating spatial concepts into the social sciences. In this text, authors Steven J. Steinberg and Sheila L. Steinberg simplify GIS (Geographic Information Systems) for practitioners and students in the social sciences through the use of examples and actual program exercises so that they can become comfortable incorporating this research tool into their repertoire and scope of interest. The authors provide learning objectives for each chapter, chapter summaries, links to relevant Web sites, as well as suggestions for student research projects.

Research Trends in Geographic Information Science

Author : Gerhard Navratil
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540882442

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Research Trends in Geographic Information Science by Gerhard Navratil Pdf

In June/July 2008 the Institute for Geoinformation and Cartography at the Vienna University of Technology organized a scientific colloquium in this city, where 15 well-known scientists presented their ideas on research for the upcoming decade. This book contains papers prepared by the participants as well as by other researchers. The eighteen papers in this book reflect the opinion of a core group of Geoinformation scientists about future research topics. Dealing with these topics poses multiple research questions for the coming years

Collaborative Geographic Information Systems

Author : Balram, Shivanand,Dragicevic, Suzana
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781591408475

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Collaborative Geographic Information Systems by Balram, Shivanand,Dragicevic, Suzana Pdf

"This book provides a comprehensive treatment of collaborative GIS focusing on system design, group spatial planning and mapping; modeling, decision support, and visualization; and internet and wireless applications"--Provided by publisher.

A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science

Author : Robert B. McMaster,E. Lynn Usery
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0849327288

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A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science by Robert B. McMaster,E. Lynn Usery Pdf

A close relationship exists between GIS and numerous applications, including cartography, photogrammetry, geodesy, surveying, computer and information science, and statistics, among others. Scientists coined the term "geographic information science (GIScience)" to describe the theory behind these fields. A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science extensively details the issues and fundamental scientific problems that must be solved if the use of GIS in these and other fields is to advance. Immediately following the founding of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), the group identified in a Research Agenda the topics that represented major challenges to the GIS research community. The first chapter of this book delivers an introduction to the agenda and to the collective guidance that the agenda provides to researchers. Chapters 2-10 discuss nine original research challenges. Chapters 11-14 provide the basis of the agenda's four "Emerging Themes." Each chapter, written by researchers involved in the conception of the topics, discusses basic research elements, the UCGIS approach, the need for the National research agenda, contributions to knowledge and society, and offers a complete set of references. The final section draws general conclusions about the UCGIS approach and the defined research challenges.

Geographic Information Systems in Business

Author : Pick, James
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781591404019

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Geographic Information Systems in Business by Pick, James Pdf

This book contains state-of-the-art research studies on the concepts, theory, processes, and real world applications of geographical information systems (GIS) in business. Its chapters are authored by many of the leading experts in applying GIS and geospatial science to business. The book utilizes a wide variety of approaches and methodologies including conceptual theory development, research frameworks, quantitative and qualitative methods, case studies, systems design, DSS theory, and geospatial analysis combined with point-of-sale. Since relatively little research has been published on GIS in business, this book is pioneering and should be the principal compendium of the latest research in this area. The book impacts not only the underlying definitions, concepts, and theories of GIS in business and industry, but its practice as well.

A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science

Author : Robert B. McMaster,E. Lynn Usery
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000611595

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A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science by Robert B. McMaster,E. Lynn Usery Pdf

A close relationship exists between GIS and numerous applications, including cartography, photogrammetry, geodesy, surveying, computer and information science, and statistics, among others. Scientists coined the term "geographic information science (GIScience)" to describe the theory behind these fields. A Research Agenda for Geographic Information

Advancing Educational Research With Emerging Technology

Author : Kennedy, Eugene,Qian, Yufeng
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799811756

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Advancing Educational Research With Emerging Technology by Kennedy, Eugene,Qian, Yufeng Pdf

Advances in technology and media have fundamentally changed the way people perceive research, how research studies are conducted, and the ways data are analyzed/how the findings are presented. Emerging internet-enabled technological tools have enhanced and transformed research in education and the way educators must adapt to conduct future studies. Advancing Educational Research With Emerging Technology provides innovative insights into cutting-edge and long-standing digital tools in educational research and addresses theoretical, methodological, and ethical dimensions in doing research in the digital world. The content within this publication examines such topics as computational linguistics, individualized learning, and mobile technologies. The design of this publication is suited for students, professors, higher education faculty, deans, academicians, researchers, and practitioners looking to expand their research through the use of a broad range of digital tools and resources.

Crowdsourcing Geographic Knowledge

Author : Daniel Sui,Sarah Elwood,Michael Goodchild
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400745872

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Crowdsourcing Geographic Knowledge by Daniel Sui,Sarah Elwood,Michael Goodchild Pdf

The phenomenon of volunteered geographic information is part of a profound transformation in how geographic data, information, and knowledge are produced and circulated. By situating volunteered geographic information (VGI) in the context of big-data deluge and the data-intensive inquiry, the 20 chapters in this book explore both the theories and applications of crowdsourcing for geographic knowledge production with three sections focusing on 1). VGI, Public Participation, and Citizen Science; 2). Geographic Knowledge Production and Place Inference; and 3). Emerging Applications and New Challenges. This book argues that future progress in VGI research depends in large part on building strong linkages with diverse geographic scholarship. Contributors of this volume situate VGI research in geography’s core concerns with space and place, and offer several ways of addressing persistent challenges of quality assurance in VGI. This book positions VGI as part of a shift toward hybrid epistemologies, and potentially a fourth paradigm of data-intensive inquiry across the sciences. It also considers the implications of VGI and the exaflood for further time-space compression and new forms, degrees of digital inequality, the renewed importance of geography, and the role of crowdsourcing for geographic knowledge production.

Geographic Information Systems and Health Applications

Author : Khan, Omar A.,Skinner, Ric
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781591400769

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Geographic Information Systems and Health Applications by Khan, Omar A.,Skinner, Ric Pdf

"This book presents a sampling of the many applications utilizing GIS in the field of health, including needs of less-developed countries in utilizing the concepts and technologies of mapping"--Provided by publisher.

A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science at the United States Geological Survey

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Mapping Science Committee,Committee on Research Priorities for the USGS Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309179201

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A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science at the United States Geological Survey by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Mapping Science Committee,Committee on Research Priorities for the USGS Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science Pdf

Comprehensive and authoritative baseline geospatial data content is crucial to the nation and to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS founded its Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS) in 2006 to develop and distribute national geospatial data assets in a fast-moving information technology environment. In order to fulfill this mission, the USGS asked the National Research Council to assess current GIScience capabilities at the USGS, identify current and future needs for GIScience capabilities, recommend strategies for strengthening these capabilities and for collaborating with others to maximize research productivity, and make recommendations regarding the most effective research areas for CEGIS to pursue. With an initial focus on improving the capabilities of The National Map, the report recommends three priority research areas for CEGIS: information access and dissemination, data integration, and data models, and further identifies research topics within these areas that CEGIS should pursue. To address these research topics, CEGIS needs a sustainable research management process that involves a portfolio of collaborative research that balances short and long term goals.

Geographic Information Research

Author : Massimo Craglia,H Onsrud
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203211397

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Geographic Information Research by Massimo Craglia,H Onsrud Pdf

Geographic Information Research is a broad discipline, and is being actively pursued world-wide. A group of researchers in both North America and Europe have come together as contributors to this volume as a way of combining their expertise. The emphasis is on matters of political, strategic and organizational importance, rather than on technology or systems, and covers the theory and social and political practice which goes hand-in-hand with GIS.

Geographic Information Research

Author : Massimo Craglia,H. Couclelis
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000124064

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Geographic Information Research by Massimo Craglia,H. Couclelis Pdf

The contributors to this edited collection demonstrate that geographic information research is truly global in character, cutting across a wide range of disciplines and addressing conceptual, methodological, technical, ethical and political issues alike. Of the six themes, two are broadly concerned with data integration (geographic data infrastructures, GIS diffusion and implementation); two are more technical and conceptual in nature (generalisation, concepts and paradigms), and two reflect to a larger extent the application-driven nature of GIS technology (spatial analysis and multimedia). Each section is introduced by chapters highlighting the key research issues. Further chapters explore these issues in greater depth, and benefit from the international collaboration. Through the comparison of results included in this book, the prospects for advancing the field and addressing the challenges of GIS research are greatly improved.

Historical GIS Research in Canada

Author : Marcel Fortin,Jennifer Bonnell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1552387089

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Historical GIS Research in Canada by Marcel Fortin,Jennifer Bonnell Pdf

Fundamentally concerned with place, and our ability to understand human relationships with environment over time, Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) as a tool and a subject has direct bearing for the study of contemporary environmental issues and realities. To date, HGIS projects in Canada are few and publications that discuss these projects directly even fewer. This book brings together case studies of HGIS projects in historical geography, social and cultural history, and environmental history from Canada's diverse regions. Projects include religion and ethnicity, migration, indigenous land practices, rebuilding a nineteenth-century neighborhood, and working with Google Earth.

Geographic Information

Author : Wade Bishop,Tony H. Grubesic
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319794280

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Geographic Information by Wade Bishop,Tony H. Grubesic Pdf

The history and future of geographic information (GI) in the context of big data creates new avenues of concern over its organization, access and use. In this book the authors explore both the background and present challenges facing the preservation of GI, focusing on the roles of librarians, archivists, data scientists, and other information professionals in the creation of GI records for its organization, access, and use.

The Handbook of Geographic Information Science

Author : John P. Wilson,A. Stewart Fotheringham
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780470766538

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The Handbook of Geographic Information Science by John P. Wilson,A. Stewart Fotheringham Pdf

This Handbook is an essential reference and a guide to the rapidly expanding field of Geographic Information Science. Designed for students and researchers who want an in-depth treatment of the subject, including background information Comprises around 40 substantial essays, each written by a recognized expert in a particular area Covers the full spectrum of research in GIS Surveys the increasing number of applications of GIS Predicts how GIS is likely to evolve in the near future