Economics - General & Miscellaneous, Geography - General & Miscellaneous, Cartography, Natural Resources - General & Miscellaneous, Environmental Conservation & Protection of Natural Resources
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Overview
Addresses the needs of land resource managers - agriculture, forestry, water, botany, minerals - by identifying appropriate information technologies remotely sensed data, digitized and retrieve/manipulated via GIS and outlining potential applications.; The book integrates theory and practice, offering both examples of application but also working through the process of identifying user needs, designing a system to meet those needs, and then implementing that system.Editorials
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Discusses the geographical/spatial information systems required for the management of environmental, agricultural, urban, and water resources, and provides a theoretical basis to the methodology of acquiring information, explaining remote sensing, GIS, and field data collection. Case studies illustrate the use of techniques from GIS, modeling, and statistical analysis. Includes an appendix on digital image data and systems. For geographers, agronomists, foresters, hydrologists, and urban and regional planners involved in designing, building, implementing, and operating resource management information systems as decision support tools in resource management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
May 1, 1995
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages
542
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780748401192