The Handbook of Geographic Information Science

This Handbook is an essential reference and a guide to the rapidly expanding field of Geographic Information Science. Designed to suit those who want an in–depth treatment of the subject, it comprises over thirty substantial essays, each written by a recognized expert in a particular area.
The Handbook covers the full spectrum of research in the field. Contributors explore the major trends influencing the collection, organization, and dissemination of geographically referenced data sets, and review the defining characteristics of the database solutions used in GIS products. They consider the opportunities for using GIS to conduct spatial analysis, and examine the ways in which it has been used to advance cartographic modeling and visualization. Finally, they portray GIS at work, surveying its increasing number of applications.
The editors introduce the Handbook with an essential overview of the origins, history, and state of the art of Geographic Information Science, before providing brief summaries of the chapters that follow. They conclude the book with two final chapters setting out how Geographic Information Science is likely to evolve in the future.

Spis treści:
List of Figures.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Geographic Information Science: An Introduction: A. Stewart Fotheringham (National University of Ireland) and John P. Wilson (University of Southern California).
Part I: Data Issues:.
1. The Availability of Geographic Data: The Current Technical and Institutional Environment: David J. Cowen (University of South Carolina).
2. Social Data: David J. Martin (University of Southampton).
3. Remote Sensing: Brian G. Lees (University of New South Wales).
4. Spatialization: Andre Skupin (San Diego State University) and Sara I. Fabrikant (University of Zurich).
5. Uncertainty in Spatial Databases: Ashley Morris (DePaul University).
6. On the Identification of Uncertainties i n Spatial Data and Their Quantification with Probability Distribution Functions: James D. Brown (Universiteit van Amsterdam) and Gerald B. M. Heuvelink (Wageningen University and Research Centre).
Part II: Database Trends and Challenges:.
7. Object–Oriented Database Management Systems: Shashi Shekhar and Ranga Raju Vatsavai (University of Minnesota).
8. Adding the Z Dimension: Michael F. Hutchinson (Australian National University).
9. Adding Time into Geographic Information Science Databases: May Yuan (University of Oklahoma).
10. Geospatial Data Integration: Craig A. Knoblock and Cyrus Shahabi (University of Southern California).
Part III: Visualization:.
11. Mapping in a Digital Age: William E. Cartwright (RHIT University).
12. Generalization of Spatial Databases: William A. Mackaness (University of Edinburgh).
13. Geographic Information Science and Surfaces: Nicholas J. Tate (University of Leicester), Peter F. Fisher (City University), and David J. Martin (University of Southampton).
14. Fuzzy Classification and Mapping: Vincent B. Robinson (University of Toronto).
15. Rule–Based Mapping: A–Xing Zhu (University of Wisconsin).
16. Multivariate Geovisualization: Mark Gahegan (Pennsylvania State University).
17. Virtual Reality in Geographic Information Science: Michael Batty (University College London).
Part IV: Knowledge Elicitation:.
18. Inference and Spatial Data: Chris Brunsdon (University of Leicester).
19. Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: Harvey J. Miller (University of Utah).
20. The Geospatial Semantic Web: Frederico Fonseca (Pennsylvania State University).
Part V: Spatial Analysis:.
21. Quantitative Methods and Geographic Information Systems: Martin Charlton (National University of Ireland).
22. Spatial Cluster Analysis: Geoffrey M. Jacquez (BioMedware, Inc., Ann Arbor).
23. Terrain Analysis: Yongxin Deng (Western Illinois University ), John P. Wilson (University of Southern California), and John C. Gallant (CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra).
24. Dynamic Modeling: Jochen Albrecht (City University of New York).
Part VI GIS and Society:.
25. Institutional Geographic Information Science and GI Partnering: David Tulloch (State University of New Jersey).
26. Participatory Geographic Information Science: Daniel Weiner and Trevor M. Harris (West Virginia University).
27. Geographic Information Science and Participatory Decision Making: Piotr Jankowski (San Diego State University) and Timothy L. Nyerges (University of Washington).
28. Surveys of People and Place: Peter H. Dana (Georgetown).
29. Geographic Information, Personal Privacy, and the Law: George C. H. Cho (University of Canberra).
30. Geographic Information in Education: Joseph J. Kerski (Denver Federal Center).
Part VII: Future Trends and Challenges:.
31. Web–based Geographic Information Science: Christopher B. Jones (Cardiff University) and Ross S. Purves (University of Zurich).
32. Location–based Services and Geographic Information Science: Allan J. Brimicombe (University of East London).
33. Geographic Information Science: The Grand Challenges: Michael F. Goodchild (University of California).
34. Geographic Information Science: Where Next?: Andreas Reuter (European Media Laboratory, Heidelberg) and Alexander Zipf (University of Applied Sciences FH Mainz).
Index

Nota biograficzna:
John P. Wilson is Professor of Geography and Director of the GIS Research Laboratory at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
A. Stewart Fotheringham is Director of the National Centre for Geocomputation at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
They are both editors of the journal Transactions in GIS, also published by Blackwell.

Okładka tylna:
This Handbook is an essential reference and a guide to th e rapidly expanding field of Geographic Information Science. Designed to suit those who want an in–depth treatment of the subject, it comprises over thirty substantial essays, each written by a recognized expert in a particular area.
The Handbook covers the full spectrum of research in the field. Contributors explore the major trends influencing the collection, organization, and dissemination of geographically referenced data sets, and review the defining characteristics of the database solutions used in GIS products. They consider the opportunities for using GIS to conduct spatial analysis, and examine the ways in which it has been used to advance cartographic modeling and visualization. Finally, they portray GIS at work, surveying its increasing number of applications.
The editors introduce the Handbook with an essential overview of the origins, history, and state of the art of Geographic Information Science, before providing brief summaries of the chapters that follow. They conclude the book with two final chapters setting out how Geographic Information Science is likely to evolve in the future.