Encyclopedia of Geographical Information Sciences

The **Encyclopedia of GIS** features a comprehensive, authoritative treatment of this subject matter, with a simple A-Z format providing easy access to the field. Authored and peer-reviewed by world experts, the entries explain the key software, data sets, and processes used by geographers and computational scientists. Nearly 200 topics include major overviews such as Geoinformatics, Spatial Cognition, and Location-Based Services. Short entries, cross-referenced to related larger entries, define specific terms and concepts such as the Global Positioning System, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model, and Remote Sensing. Larger entries include key citations to the literature, and (online) internal hyperlinks to definitional entries and current standards. Published as a print volume with abundant black and white art, the **Encyclopedia of GIS** will be available simultaneously as an XML online reference with hyperlinked citations, cross-references, four-color art, links to web-based maps, and other interactive features. The Encyclopedia of GIS features a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of Geographic Information Science, with an A-Z format providing easy access to the field. Extensive cross-references support efficient, user-friendly searches. Authored and peer-reviewed by world experts, the entries explain the key software, data sets, and processes used by geographers and computational scientists. Over 200 topics include major overviews such as Geoinformatics, Spatial Cognition, and Location-Based Services. Short entries, cross-referenced to related larger entries, define specific terms and concepts such as the Global Positioning System, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model, and Remote Sensing. Larger entries include key citations to the literature, and (online) internal hyperlinks to definitional entries and current standards. In addition to alphabetical entries, the Encyclopedia of GIS includes a listing of current standards (e.g. OGIS) in the back-matter. Online appendices hyperlink to relevant entries. Published as a print volume with abundant black and white art, the Encyclopedia of GIS will be available simultaneously as an XML online reference with hyperlinked citations, cross-references, four-color art, links to web-based maps, and other interactive features. Active Database Technology -- Computational Geometry -- Critical Evaluation Of Standards Proposals -- Data Semantics And Models -- Geoinformatics -- Geoprivacy -- Geosecurity.-geospatial Data Versioning -- Graphical Aspects -- Human Spatial Reasoning -- Image Databases -- Interoperability And Standards -- Languages For Metadata Management -- Management Of Raster And Vector Data -- Middleware Architectures -- Practical Approaches From Computational Geometry -- Real-time Spatio-temporal Databases -- Spatial Aspects Of Bioinformatics -- Spatial Aspects Of Mobile Computing -- Spatial Cognition -- Spatial Data Mining And Knowledge Discovery -- Spatial Extensibility Of O-r Dbmss -- Systems Architectures -- Technology Forecasting And Transfer -- Traffic Management System -- Uncertainty And Imprecision -- Virtual Reality And 3d -- Visual Query Languages -- Wireless Networks Shashi Shekhar, Hui Xiong (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References (p. [1279]-1353) The Encyclopedia of GIS features an alphabetically arranged comprehensive and authoritative treatment of this subject matter. Authored by world experts and peer-reviewed for accuracy and currency, the entries explain the key software, data sets, and processes used by geographers and computational scientists.Nearly 200 topics include major overviews, such as Geoinformatics, Spatial Cognition, and Location-Based Services. Short entries define specific terms and concepts, such as the Global Positioning System, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model, and Remote Sensing. Larger entries include key citations to the literature, and (online) internal hyperlinks to definitional entries and current standards.The reference is published as a print volume with abundant black and white art, and simultaneously as an XML online reference with hyperlinked citations, cross-references, four-color art, links to web-based maps, and other interactive features. cover-large.jpg 1 front-matter.pdf 2 fulltext.pdf 38 fulltext_001.pdf 39 fulltext_002.pdf 40 fulltext_003.pdf 41 fulltext_004.pdf 72 fulltext_005.pdf 97 fulltext_006.pdf 229 fulltext_007.pdf 293 fulltext_008.pdf 340 fulltext_009.pdf 355 fulltext_010.pdf 455 fulltext_011.pdf 499 fulltext_012.pdf 631 fulltext_013.pdf 632 fulltext_014.pdf 638 fulltext_015.pdf 660 fulltext_016.pdf 795 fulltext_017.pdf 820 fulltext_018.pdf 866 fulltext_019.pdf 958 fulltext_020.pdf 970 fulltext_021.pdf 1040 fulltext_022.pdf 1174 fulltext_023.pdf 1209 fulltext_024.pdf 1239 fulltext_025.pdf 1268 fulltext_026.pdf 1300 fulltext_027.pdf 1301 back-matter.pdf 1302 Foreword by Brian Berry 1 Foreword by Michael Goodchild 1 Preface 1 Topical Table of Contents 1 About the Editors 1 Field Editors 1 List of Contributors 1 3 1 4 1 9 1 A 1 B 1 C 1 D 1 E 1 F 1 G 1 H 1 I 1 J 1 K 1 L 1 M 1 N 1 O 1 P 1 Q 1 R 1 S 1 T 1 U 1 V 1 W 1 X 1 Z 1 Bibliography 1302 Entry List 1377 Entries explain the key software, data sets, and processes used by geographers and computational scientists. Includes major overviews on topics, such as geoinformatics, spatial cognition, and location-based services. Shorter entries define specific terms and concepts, such as the global positioning system, digital elevation/terrain model, and remote sensing The Encyclopedia of GIS provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide, contributed by experts and peer-reviewed for accuracy, and alphabetically arranged for convenient access. The reference will be published as a print volume and as online reference with hyperlinked citations.