Locate Your Place in the Exciting Field of GIS

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89316) has announced the
addition of "Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems, 4th
Edition" to their offering

In existence since 1962, Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
are really coming into their own today. And not just in your car's GPS
system or your cell phone's tracking capabilities. GIS is finding
applications throughout science, government, business, and industry,
from regional and community planning, architecture, and transportation
to public health, crime mapping, and national defense.

Michael DeMers's Fundamentals of Geographic Information, Fourth
Edition brings an already essential text up to date, capturing the
significant developments in the field and responding to the needs of a
diverse set of readers, from geographers to students in a host of
other fields.

If you are a non-geographer or new to GIS, get a quick
introduction to the "lay of the land" of GIS through the new "Spatial
Learner's Permit" section. Then join in the excitement of discovery
with GIS databases as you absorb the such concepts and skills as
digital geographic data and maps, GIS data models, spatial analysis,
measurement and classification, cartographic modeling, and GIS design.

Responding to both the needs and technical skills of today's
students, this Fourth Edition:

-- Makes concepts accessible to students from a wide range of
backgrounds

-- Offers more practical and relevant coverage of GIS design and
implementation

-- Reflects the latest changes in GIS applications

-- Examines in greater depth the underlying computer science
behind GIS

-- Uncovers the most recent developments on GIS research

-- Expands coverage of the increasingly robust literature on
cartographic visualization

-- Includes Web-based labs and links to current and updated
dataset resources

Taking an open-ended, hands-on approach that gets you to ask your
own questions about the underlying concepts, the Fourth Edition helps
you not only master the basics but acquire the active problem-solving
skills that are a key component of success in the GIS industry.

Key Topics:

-- Introduction to Digital Geography.

-- Basic Geographic Concepts.

-- Map Basics.

-- GIS: Computer Structure Basics.

-- GIS Data Models.

-- GIS Input.

-- Data Storage and Editing.

-- Spatial Analysis.

-- Query and Description.

-- Measurement.

-- Classification.

-- Statistical Surfaces.

-- Terrain Analysis.

-- Spatial Arrangement

-- Map Overlay.

-- Cartographic Modeling.

-- Cartography and Visualization.

-- GIS Design.

For more information visit
here

Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager
Fax: +353 1 4100 980
press@researchandmarkets.com

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