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Nature of geographic information : an open geospatial textbook

"The purpose of this text is to promote understanding of the Geographic Information Science and Technology enterprise (GIS&T, also known as "geospatial")"--BC Campus website.

Subjects:: Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Keywords:: Geographic information systems Geospatial data Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

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Nature of Geographic Information Systems

The purpose of this text is to promote understanding of the Geographic Information Science and Technology enterprise (GIS&T, also known as “geospatial”).

Subjects:: Computing, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Keywords:: Textbooks Geographic information systems
Resource Type:: e-book

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Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS

The goals of this textbook are to help students acquire the technical skills of using software and managing a database, and develop research skills of collecting data, analyzing information and presenting results. We emphasize that the need to investigate the potential and practicality of GIS technologies in a typical planning setting and evaluate its possible applications. GIS may not be necessary (or useful) for every planning application, and we anticipate these readings to provide the necessary foundation for discerning its appropriate use. Therefore, this textbook attempts to facilitate spatial thinking focusing more on open-ended planning questions, which require judgment and exploration, while developing the analytical capacity for understanding a variety of local and regional planning challenges. While this textbook provides the background for understanding the concepts in GIS as applicable to urban and regional planning, it is best when accompanied by a hands-on tutorial, which will enable readers to develop an in-depth understanding of the specific planning applications of GIS. In the end of each chapter, we also provided several discussion questions, together with contextual applications through some web links.

Subjects:: Computing, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Keywords:: Textbooks Geographic information systems
Resource Type:: e-book

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