ESRI Publishers.ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, www.esri.com) The world's leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, including programs that plot ZIP codes and addresses, demographic information and detailed, color-coded data. Publishers 380 New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100 www.esri.com Two new GIS titles deserve a spot in any serious college-level collection: they cover analysis and evolutionary processes and provide both historical background and keys to future changes. Ayse Pamuk's MAPPING GLOBAL CITIES: GIS METHODS IN URBAN ANALYSIS (1589481437, $49.95) surveys modern urban policymaking pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: processes and the impact of GIS results on the planning process. Important connections between data obtained from GIS and its strengths in spatial analysis (Data West Research Agency definition: see GIS glossary.) Analytical techniques to determine the spatial distribution of a variable, the relationship between the spatial distribution of variables, and the association of the variables of an area. makes for chapters which review how spatial data Data that is represented as 2D or 3D images. A geographic information system (GIS) is one of the primary applications of spatial data (land maps). See spatial analysis, spatial resolution and GIS glossary. contributes to GIS analysis and the decision-making process as a whole. Nick Chrisman's CHARTING THE UNKNOWN: HOW COMPUTER MAPPING AT HARVARD BECAME GIS (1589481186, $34.95) narrows the focus to the Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis, the origin of the birth of the modern GIS system. The history surveys early programming efforts, the evolution of Odyssey, the prototype for modern GIS software, and the influence of individuals and businesses on GIS development. An excellent background pick for any studying the history of GIS. |
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