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Description
This guide enables students of human geography to take a critical look at the set of practices, hardware and software that are together described as GIS.
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    - A guide to GIS for students of human geography.
    - Outlines the distinct approaches to inquiry employed in GIS and illustrates their relevance for human geographers.
    - Traces the history of GIS and human geography from 1970 to the present.
    - Illustrates the challenges of data collection, classification in the context of multiple stakeholders and epistemological approaches.
    - Tracks the use of GIS in applied contexts through the stages of problem definition, data acquisition and classification, choice of software, spatial analysis and graphic output.
    - Includes an inventory of tools and information related to GIS, including web-based resources.
    - Supported by a website, www.blackwellpublishing.com/schuurman.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
184
Release Date:
2004-04-05
Publication Date:
2004-04-30
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0631235337
ISBN13:
9780631235330
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Weight:
276 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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