Introduction to geographic information systems / Kang-tsung Chang

CONTENTS
Introduction
GIS
GIS applications
Geospatial data
GIS operations
Web mapping and GIS
e.tc

Coordinate Systems
Geographic coordinate system
Map projections
Commonly used map projections
Projected coordinate systems
Working with coordinate systems in GIS
e.tc

Vector data model
Representation of simple features
Topology
Georelational data model
Representation of composite features
e.tc


Raster data model
Elements of the raster data model
Types of raster data
Raster data structures
Raster data compression
Data conversion and integration
GIS data acquisition
Existing GIS data
Metadata
Conversion of existing data
Creating new data
e.tc

Geometric transformation
Geometric transformation
Root mean square (RMS) error
Interpretation of RMS errors on digitised MAPS
Resampling of pixel values
e.tc

Spatial data accuracy and quality
Location errors
Spatial data accuracy standards
Topological errors
Topological editing
e.tc

Attribute data management
Attribute data in GIS
The relational model
Joins, relates and relationship
Attribute data entry
e.tc

Data display and Cartography
Cartographic representation
Types of quantitative maps
Typography
Map design
e.tc

Data exploration
Data exploration
Map-based data manipulation
Attribute data query
Spatial data query
e.tc

Vector data analysis
Buffering
Overlay
Distance measurement
Pattern analysis
Feature manipulation
e.tc

Raster data analysis
Data analysis environment
Local operations
Neighbourhood operations
Zonal operations
e.tc

Terrain mapping and analysis
Data for terrain mapping and analysis
Terrain mapping
Slope and aspect
Surface curvature
e.tc

View sheds and watersheds
View shed analysis
Parameters of view shed analysis
Applications of view shed analysis
Watershed analysis
e.tc

Spatial interpolation
Elements of spatial interpolation
Global methods
Local methods
Kriging
e.tc

Geocoding and dynamic segmentation
Geocoding
Variations of geocoding
Applications of geocoding
Dynamic segmentation
e.tc

Least-cost path analysis and network analysis
Least-cost path analysis
Applications of least cost path analysis
Network
Putting together a network
e.tc

GIS models and modelling
Basic elements of GIS modelling
Binary models
Index models
Regression models
e.tc

Includes References and Index