Web services, cloud computing, location based services, NoSQLdatabases, and Semantic Web offer new ways of accessing, analyzing, and elaborating geo-spatial information in both real-world and virtual spaces. This book explores the how-to of the most promising recurrent technologies and trends in GIS, such as Semantic GIS, Web GIS, Mobile GIS, NoSQL Geographic Databases, Cloud GIS, Spatial Data Warehousing-OLAP, and Open GIS. The text discusses and emphasizes the methodological aspects of such technologies and their applications in GIS.
Biographical Box 10.3 Mike Worboys , mathematician and computer scientist Mike Worboys is a graduate in mathematics and holds a masters degree in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics . His Ph.D. in pure mathematics ...
Essentials of Geographic Information Systems
This 3-volumes reference provides an up-to date account of this growing discipline through in-depth reviews authored by leading experts in the field.
Fuzzy logic and continuous classification methods are presented as methods for linking the two spatial paradigms.
The new edition has been substantially revised and updated to include coverage of the latest advances in GIS technology and applications (particularly web-based and mobile applications) and to provide pointers to recent research and ...
Geographic information systems (GIS)--a central repository of geographic data collected from various sources, including satellites and GPS--is emerging as one of the most intriguing and promising high-tech fields. This easy-to-understand...
Principles of Geographic Information Systems: An Introductory Textbook
Fischer , M.M. , Nijkamp , P. ( 1992 ) " Geographic Information Systems and Spatial - Analysis " Annals of Regional Science , Vol . 26 , Iss 1 , pp . 3-17 . Fisher , P. ( 1996 ) " Geographic Information Systems for Geoscientists ...
This text provides a clear introduction to the world of Geographical Information Systems and explains how they are actually used, across a variety of disciplines and within a range of...
Integrating these two methods makes it possible to achieve high-accuracy satellite data processing. This book considers aspects of GIS technology applications with space science technology and innovation approaches.