Publisher's Synopsis
Based on a series of articles within the "GIS World" magazine, this book is made up of sections accompanied by practical examples conveying the underlying GIS theory. Overall, it aims to encourage new understandings of mapped data, data analysis procedures and the uses of maps, which promote GIS as being an effective analytical tool in many complex processes.;The text is divided into ten topics and outlines the potential and pitfalls of GIS, as well as the concepts and procedures of specific map analysis operations. Five of these topics are concerned with broad issues, whilst those remaining present more technical issues.
