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Ian Heywood, previously Director of Director of Growing Business and Skills for Scottish Enterprise Grampian, Director of Open and Distance Learning for RobertGordonUniversity, Aberdeen, and a Senior Lecturer in GIS at ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity, is now a freelance consultant and Director of the Ideas Academy Ltd.

Sarah Cornelius is a Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen, specializing in adult and online learning. She was previously an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and has taught GIS at Manchester Metropolitan University and the Free University of Amsterdam.

Steve Carver is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Leeds. He is Director of the MA in GIS and MSc in GIS.



Table of Contents

Part 1 Fundamentals of GIS

1 What is GIS?
2 Spatial data
3 Spatial data modelling
4 Database management
5 Data input and editing
6 Data analysis
7 Analytical modelling in GIS
8 Output: from new maps to enhanced decisions

Part 2 Issues in GIS

9 The development of computer methods for handling spatial data
10 Data quality issues
11 Human and organizational issues
12 GIS project design and management

13.The Future of GIS

Introduction to Geographical Information Systems

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      Publisher Pearson Education Limited
      Published 23 June 2011
      ISBN-13 9780273722595
      978-0273722595
      ISBN-10 027372259X
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Geographical information systems Teaching of a specific subject

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Ian Heywood, previously Director of Director of Growing Business and Skills for Scottish Enterprise Grampian, Director of Open and Distance Learning for RobertGordonUniversity, Aberdeen, and a Senior Lecturer in GIS at ManchesterMetropolitanUniversity, is now a freelance consultant and Director of the Ideas Academy Ltd.

      Sarah Cornelius is a Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen, specializing in adult and online learning. She was previously an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and has taught GIS at Manchester Metropolitan University and the Free University of Amsterdam.

      Steve Carver is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Leeds. He is Director of the MA in GIS and MSc in GIS.



      Table of Contents

      Part 1 Fundamentals of GIS

      1 What is GIS?
      2 Spatial data
      3 Spatial data modelling
      4 Database management
      5 Data input and editing
      6 Data analysis
      7 Analytical modelling in GIS
      8 Output: from new maps to enhanced decisions

      Part 2 Issues in GIS

      9 The development of computer methods for handling spatial data
      10 Data quality issues
      11 Human and organizational issues
      12 GIS project design and management

      13.The Future of GIS

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