• Published by Sage Publications

Geographic information science (GIScience) is an emerging field that combines aspects of many different disciplines. Spatial literacy is rapidly becoming recognized as a new, essential pier of basic education, alongside grammatical, logical and mathematical literacy. The Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science covers the essence of this exciting, new, and expanding field in an easily understood but richly detailed style. In addition to contributions from some of the best recognized scholars in GIScience, this volume contains contributions from experts in GIS' supporting disciplines who explore how their disciplinary perspectives are expanded within the context of GIScience, what changes when consideration of location is added, what complexities in analytical procedures are added when we consider objects in 2, 3 or even 4 dimensions, what can we gain by visualizing our analytical results on a map or 3D display?

Review:

"this volume will serve most students and researchers as an excellent introduction to geographic information studies."
--Lawrence Looks at Books, March 2008

• Published/Released: February 2008
• Original Copyright: 2008
• ISBN 13: 9781412953962
• ISBN 10: 1412953960
• Product number: 234985
• Shipping Weight: 0.00 lbs (0.00 kgs)

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