Introduction to geographic information systems /
Kang-Tsung Chang
- 8th edition
- New York : McGraw Hill, c2016.
- xvi, 429p. : ill.; 24cm
CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Introduction 1
1.1 GIS 1.2 Elements of GIS 1.3 Applications of GIS 1.4 Integration of desktop GIS, Web GIS, and mobile technology 1.5 Organization of this book 1.6 Concepts and terms
Chapter 2
Coordinate system
2.1 Geographic Coordinate system 2.2 Map Projections 2.3 Commonly used map Projections 2.4 Projected coordinate systems 2.5 Options for coordinate systems in GIS
Chapter 3
Vector data Model
3.1 Representation of simple feature 3.2 Topology 3.3 Georelational data model 3.4 Object-based data model 3.5 Representation of composite features
Chapter 4
Raster data model
4.1 Elements of the raster data model 4.2 Satellite Images 4.3 Digital Elevation Model 4.4 Other types of raster data 4.5 Raster data structure etc
Chapter 5
GIS Data Acquisition
5.1 Existing GIS data 5.2 Metadata 5.3 Conversion of existing data 5.4 Creation of new data
Chapter 6
Geometric transformation
6.1 Geometric transformation 6.2 Root mean Square (RMS) error 6.3 Interpretation of RMS Errors on digitized maps 6.4 Resampling of pixel values
8.1 Attribute data in GIS 8.2 The relational model 8.3 Joins, Relates, and Relationship classes 8.4 Attribute data entry 8.5 Manipulation of field and attribute data
Chapter 9
Data display and cartography
9.1 Cartographic representation 9.2 Types of quantitative maps 9.3 Typography 9.4 Map design 9.5 Animated maps 9.6 Map production
Chapter 10
Data exploration
10.1 Data exploration 10.2 Map-based data manipulation 10.3 Attribute data query 10.4 Spatial data query 10.5 Raster data query