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Principles of geographical information systems / Peter A. Burrough y Rachael A. McDonnell

By: Burrough, Peter AContributor(s): McDonnell, Rachael A [coautor]Publication details: New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1998 Description: xiii; 333 páginas : gráficos ; 19 x 24 centímetrosContent type: texto Media type: sin medio Carrier type: volumenISBN: 0198233663Subject(s): GEOGRAFÍA | INFORMÁTICA | CALIDAD | CONTROL DE CALIDAD | GEOGRAFIA
Contents:
One. Geographical Information: Society, Science, and Systems - Two. Data models and axioms: formal abstractions of reality - Three. Geographical data in the computer - Four. Data input, verification, storage and output - Five. Creating continuous surfaces from point data - Six. Optimal interpolation using geostatistics - Seven. The analysis of discrete entities in space - Eight. Spatial analysis using continuous fields - Nine. Errors and quality control - Ten. Error propagation in numerical modelling - Eleven. Fuzzy sets and fuzzy geographical objects - Twelve. Current issues and trends in GIS.
Summary: This book presents a strong theoretical basis for GIS, which is often lacking in other texts. Spatial data are usually based on two, dichotomous paradigms, exactly defined entities in space, such as land parcels, or the continuous variation of single attributes, such as temperature or rainfall. Methods for modelling both kinds of phenomena and storing them in spatial databases are described in detail, including the use of geostatistics for interpolating from points to continuous fields. Examples of how spatial data and an analysis of their spatial interactions are used to solve a wide range of practical problems ranging from site-location analysis through land degradation, the optimizing of timber extraction from forests and the redistribution of Chernobyl radioactivity by floods are explained clearly and in detail / Este libro presenta una sólida base teórica para los SIG, a menudo ausente en otros textos. Los datos espaciales suelen basarse en dos paradigmas dicotómicos: entidades definidas con precisión en el espacio, como parcelas de tierra, o la variación continua de atributos individuales, como la temperatura o la precipitación. Se describen en detalle los métodos para modelar ambos tipos de fenómenos y almacenarlos en bases de datos espaciales, incluyendo el uso de la geoestadística para interpolar de puntos a campos continuos. Se explican de forma clara y detallada ejemplos de cómo se utilizan los datos espaciales y el análisis de sus interacciones para resolver una amplia gama de problemas prácticos, desde el análisis de la ubicación de sitios hasta la degradación del suelo, la optimización de la extracción de madera de los bosques y la redistribución de la radiactividad de Chernóbil por inundaciones.
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One. Geographical Information: Society, Science, and Systems - Two. Data models and axioms: formal abstractions of reality - Three. Geographical data in the computer - Four. Data input, verification, storage and output - Five. Creating continuous surfaces from point data - Six. Optimal interpolation using geostatistics - Seven. The analysis of discrete entities in space - Eight. Spatial analysis using continuous fields - Nine. Errors and quality control - Ten. Error propagation in numerical modelling - Eleven. Fuzzy sets and fuzzy geographical objects - Twelve. Current issues and trends in GIS.

This book presents a strong theoretical basis for GIS, which is often lacking in other texts. Spatial data are usually based on two, dichotomous paradigms, exactly defined entities in space, such as land parcels, or the continuous variation of single attributes, such as temperature or rainfall. Methods for modelling both kinds of phenomena and storing them in spatial databases are described in detail, including the use of geostatistics for interpolating from points to continuous fields. Examples of how spatial data and an analysis of their spatial interactions are used to solve a wide range of practical problems ranging from site-location analysis through land degradation, the optimizing of timber extraction from forests and the redistribution of Chernobyl radioactivity by floods are explained clearly and in detail / Este libro presenta una sólida base teórica para los SIG, a menudo ausente en otros textos. Los datos espaciales suelen basarse en dos paradigmas dicotómicos: entidades definidas con precisión en el espacio, como parcelas de tierra, o la variación continua de atributos individuales, como la temperatura o la precipitación. Se describen en detalle los métodos para modelar ambos tipos de fenómenos y almacenarlos en bases de datos espaciales, incluyendo el uso de la geoestadística para interpolar de puntos a campos continuos. Se explican de forma clara y detallada ejemplos de cómo se utilizan los datos espaciales y el análisis de sus interacciones para resolver una amplia gama de problemas prácticos, desde el análisis de la ubicación de sitios hasta la degradación del suelo, la optimización de la extracción de madera de los bosques y la redistribución de la radiactividad de Chernóbil por inundaciones.

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