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Geographic information systems : applications in forestry and natural resources management

Title: Geographic information systems : applications in forestry and natural resources management / Peter Bettinger, Michael G. Wing.
Author: Bettinger, Pete, 1962-
Publication: Boston [Mass.] : McGraw-Hill, Higher Education, ©2004.

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Additional Authors

Wing, Michael G.

Description

x, 230 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm

Subject

Genre/Form

geographic information systems.
Geographic information systems.
Systèmes d'information géographique.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Geographic information systems. -- 2. GIS databases: map projections, structures, and scale. -- 3. Acquiring, creating, and editing GIS databases and examining errors. -- 4. Map design. -- 5. Selecting landscape features based on their attributes. -- 6. Obtaining information about a specific geographic region. -- 7. Buffering landscape features. -- 8. Combining and splitting landscape features and merging GIS databases. -- 9. Joining and linking spatial and nonspatial databases. -- 10. Updating GIS databases. -- 11. Overlay processes. -- 12. Synthesis of techniques applied to advanced topics. -- 13. Raster GIS database analyses. -- 14. Trends in GIS technology. -- 15. Institutional challenges and opportunities related to GIS users. -- Appendix A:GIS-related terminology. -- Appendix B:GIS-related professional organizations and journals. -- Appendix C:GIS software developers.

ISBN

0072562420
9780072562422
0071215905
9780071215909

LCCN

2003056175

OCLC

ocm52455373
52455373
SCSB-13975088

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library