GIS and Cartographic Modeling

GIS and Cartographic Modeling

By C. Dana Tomlin
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Publication Date: 10th September 2012

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Description
GIS and Cartographic Modeling is a foundational work in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). An introduction to the concepts, conventions, and capabilities of map algebra as a general language, this book describes the analytical use of raster-based GIS. By focusing on the fundamentals of cartographic modeling techniques, C. Dana Tomlin illustrates concepts that can be applied to any GIS. This publication of GIS and Cartographic Modeling contains updated graphics and a new preface.
Details
  • Price: $71.99
  • Pages: 182
  • Publisher: Esri Press
  • Imprint: Esri Press
  • Publication Date: 10th September 2012
  • ISBN: 9781589483316
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography
Author Bio
C. Dana Tomlin is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and an adjunct professor of GIS at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is founder and co-director of Penn's Cartographic Modeling Laboratory. Tomlin is a recipient of the Perkins and the Lindback awards for distinguished teaching.
Table of Contents
Preface Preface to the 2012 edition Introduction Part I Cartographic modeling conventions Chapter 1 Data Chapter 2 Data processing Chapter 3 Data-processing control Part II Cartographic modeling capabilities Chapter 4 Characterizing individual locations Chapter 5 Characterizing locations within neighborhoods Chapter 6 Characterizing locations within zones Part III Cartographic modeling techniques Chapter 7 Descriptive modeling Chapter 8 Prescriptive modeling Appendix A Cartographic modeling operations Index
GIS and Cartographic Modeling is a foundational work in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). An introduction to the concepts, conventions, and capabilities of map algebra as a general language, this book describes the analytical use of raster-based GIS. By focusing on the fundamentals of cartographic modeling techniques, C. Dana Tomlin illustrates concepts that can be applied to any GIS. This publication of GIS and Cartographic Modeling contains updated graphics and a new preface.
  • Price: $71.99
  • Pages: 182
  • Publisher: Esri Press
  • Imprint: Esri Press
  • Publication Date: 10th September 2012
  • ISBN: 9781589483316
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography
C. Dana Tomlin is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and an adjunct professor of GIS at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is founder and co-director of Penn's Cartographic Modeling Laboratory. Tomlin is a recipient of the Perkins and the Lindback awards for distinguished teaching.
Preface Preface to the 2012 edition Introduction Part I Cartographic modeling conventions Chapter 1 Data Chapter 2 Data processing Chapter 3 Data-processing control Part II Cartographic modeling capabilities Chapter 4 Characterizing individual locations Chapter 5 Characterizing locations within neighborhoods Chapter 6 Characterizing locations within zones Part III Cartographic modeling techniques Chapter 7 Descriptive modeling Chapter 8 Prescriptive modeling Appendix A Cartographic modeling operations Index