The history of geographic information systems : perspectives from the pioneers

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    • Foresman, Timothy W.

書誌事項

The history of geographic information systems : perspectives from the pioneers

Timothy W. Foresman, editor

(Prentice Hall series in geographic information science)

Prentice Hall, c1998

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

To understand the power of Geographical Information Systems and Geographical Positioning Systems today, it is essential to understand their background and history, and the needs they were designed to answer .

目次

I. INTRODUCTION. 1. GIS Early Years and the Threads of Evolution, Timothy W. Foresman. II. REFLECTIONS ON THE STARTING POINTS. 2. The Canada Geographic Information Systems, Roger Tomlinson. 3. Academic Origins of GIS, Nicholas R. Chrisman. III. ADVANCES IN DATA STRUCTURES AND COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS. 4. Topology and TIGER: The Census Bureau's Contribution, Donald F. Cooke. 5. Raster Based GIS, Nickolas Faust. 6. Investments in Personal Computing, Lawrie E. Jordan, III and Bruce Q. Rado. IV. APPLICATIONS SECTOR PERSPECTIVES. 7. Land Information Systems: Development of Multipurpose Parcel-Based Systems, D. David Moyer and Bernard J. Niemann, Jr. 8. AM/FM Entry: 25-Year History, Keith McDaniel, Chuck D. Howard, and Hank Emery. 9. Remote Sensing and GIS in Agriculture and Forestry-The Early Years, Roger Hoffer. V. NATIONAL AGENCY DEVELOPMENT. 10. Development of Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing and Raster GIS, John E. Estes and John R. Jensen. 11. GIS Development in the Department of Interior, David Greenlee and Stephen C. Guptill. 12. GIS Technology Takes Root in the Department of Defense, William Goran. 13. A Quarter Century of GIS at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jerome E. Dobson and Richard C. Durfee. 14. State and Local Government GIS Initiatives, Lisa Warnecke. VI. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES. 15. The Incubation of GIS in Europe, David Rhind. 16. The Development of GIS in Australia: From Infancy Towards Maturity, Barry J. Garner and John F. O'Callaghan. 17. Canada Today, David Forrest. 18. International Applications of GIS, Wayne Mooneyhan. VII. REFLECTIONS. 19. What Next? Reflections from the Middle of the Growth Curve, Michael Goodchild. Index.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA34626800
  • ISBN
    • 0138621454
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Upper Saddle River, N.J.
  • ページ数/冊数
    xiii, 397 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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