Burrough, P. A.

Principles of geographical information systems / Peter A. Burrough and Rachael A. McDonnell. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. - xiii, 333 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Spatial information systems and Geostatistics .

Contents;

ONE Geographical information: Society, Science, and Systems 1

TWO Data Models and Axioms: Formal Abstraction of Reality 17

THREE Geographical Data in the Computer 35

FOUR Data Input, Verification, Storage, and Output 75

FIVE Creating Continuous Surfaces from Point Data 98

SIX Optimal Interpolation using Geostatistics 132

SEVEN The Analysis of Discrete Entities in Space 162

EIGHT Spatial Analysis using Continuous Fields 183

NINE Errors and Quality Control 220

TEN Error Propagation in Numerical Modelling 241

ELEVEN Fuzzy sets and Fuzzy Geographical Objects 265

TWELVE Current Issues and Trends in GIS 292

Includes bibliographical references and index.


Includes bibliographical references and index



9780198233657


Geographic information systems.

910.285 / BUR