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Geographic information analysis / / David O'Sullivan and David J. Unwin
| Geographic information analysis / / David O'Sullivan and David J. Unwin |
| Autore | O'Sullivan David <1966-> |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.285 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geographic information systems
Spatial analysis (Statistics) |
| ISBN |
1-119-02387-4
0-470-54909-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Geographic Information Analysis; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Preface to the First Edition; 1 Geographic Information Analysis and Spatial Data; Chapter Objectives; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Spatial Data Types; The Object View; The Field View; Choosing the Representation to Be Used; Types of Spatial Object; 1.3 Some Complications; Objects Are Not Always What They Appear to Be; Objects Are Usually Multidimensional; Objects Don't Move or Change; Objects Don't Have Simple Geometries; Objects Depend on the Scale of Analysis; Objects Might Have Fractal Dimension
Objects Can Be Fuzzy and/or Have Indeterminate Boundaries1.4 Scales for Attribute Description; Nominal Measures; Ordinal Measures; Interval and Ratio Measures; Dimensions and Units; 1.5 GIS and Spatial Data Manipulation; 1.6 The Road Ahead; Chapter Review; References; 2 The Pitfalls and Potential of Spatial Data; Chapter Objectives; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Bad News: The Pitfalls of Spatial Data; Spatial Autocorrelation; The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem; The Ecological Fallacy; Scale; Nonuniformity of Space and Edge Effects; 2.3 The Good News: The Potential of Spatial Data; Distance AdjacencyInteraction; Neighborhood; Summarizing Relationships in Matrices; Proximity Polygons; Chapter Review; References; 3 Fundamentals-Mapping It Out; Chapter Objectives; 3.1 Introduction: The Cartographic Tradition; 3.2 Geovisualization and Analysis; 3.3 The Graphic Variables of Jacques Bertin; 3.4 New Graphic Variables; Animation and Graphics Scripts; Linking and Brushing; Projection; 3.5 Issues in Geovisualization; 3.6 Mapping and Exploring Points; Dot or Pin Maps; Kernel Density Maps; Located Proportional Symbol Maps; 3.7 Mapping and Exploring Areas; Color Patch Maps; Choropleth Maps Classless ChoroplethsMaps of Relative Rates; Dasymetric Mapping; Surface Models for Area Objects; Area Cartograms; 3.8 Mapping and Exploring Fields; Point Values: Spot Heights, Benchmarks, and Bubble Plots; Contours and Isolines; Enhancing the Isoline; Other Ways of Displaying Surfaces; 3.9 The Spatialization of Nonspatial Data; 3.10 Conclusion; Chapter Review; References; 4 Fundamentals-Maps as Outcomes of Processes; Chapter Objectives; 4.1 Introduction: Maps and Processes; 4.2 Processes and the Patterns They Make; Deterministic Processes; A Stochastic Process and Its Realizations 4.3 Predicting the Pattern Generated by a Process4.4 More Definitions; 4.5 Stochastic Processes in Lines, Areas, and Fields; Line Objects; Area Objects; Fields; 4.6 Conclusions; Chapter Review; References; 5 Point Pattern Analysis; Chapter Objectives; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Describing a Point Pattern; Centrography; Density-Based Point Pattern Measures; Quadrat Count Methods; Distance-Based Point Pattern Measures; Edge Effects; 5.3 Assessing Point Patterns Statistically; Quadrat Counts; Nearest-Neighbor Distances; The G and F Functions; The K Function; 5.4 Monte Carlo Testing; 5.5 Conclusions Chapter Review |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139409603321 |
O'Sullivan David <1966->
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geographic information analysis / / David O'Sullivan and David J. Unwin
| Geographic information analysis / / David O'Sullivan and David J. Unwin |
| Autore | O'Sullivan David <1966-> |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.285 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geographic information systems
Spatial analysis (Statistics) |
| ISBN |
1-119-02387-4
0-470-54909-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Geographic Information Analysis; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Preface to the First Edition; 1 Geographic Information Analysis and Spatial Data; Chapter Objectives; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Spatial Data Types; The Object View; The Field View; Choosing the Representation to Be Used; Types of Spatial Object; 1.3 Some Complications; Objects Are Not Always What They Appear to Be; Objects Are Usually Multidimensional; Objects Don't Move or Change; Objects Don't Have Simple Geometries; Objects Depend on the Scale of Analysis; Objects Might Have Fractal Dimension
Objects Can Be Fuzzy and/or Have Indeterminate Boundaries1.4 Scales for Attribute Description; Nominal Measures; Ordinal Measures; Interval and Ratio Measures; Dimensions and Units; 1.5 GIS and Spatial Data Manipulation; 1.6 The Road Ahead; Chapter Review; References; 2 The Pitfalls and Potential of Spatial Data; Chapter Objectives; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Bad News: The Pitfalls of Spatial Data; Spatial Autocorrelation; The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem; The Ecological Fallacy; Scale; Nonuniformity of Space and Edge Effects; 2.3 The Good News: The Potential of Spatial Data; Distance AdjacencyInteraction; Neighborhood; Summarizing Relationships in Matrices; Proximity Polygons; Chapter Review; References; 3 Fundamentals-Mapping It Out; Chapter Objectives; 3.1 Introduction: The Cartographic Tradition; 3.2 Geovisualization and Analysis; 3.3 The Graphic Variables of Jacques Bertin; 3.4 New Graphic Variables; Animation and Graphics Scripts; Linking and Brushing; Projection; 3.5 Issues in Geovisualization; 3.6 Mapping and Exploring Points; Dot or Pin Maps; Kernel Density Maps; Located Proportional Symbol Maps; 3.7 Mapping and Exploring Areas; Color Patch Maps; Choropleth Maps Classless ChoroplethsMaps of Relative Rates; Dasymetric Mapping; Surface Models for Area Objects; Area Cartograms; 3.8 Mapping and Exploring Fields; Point Values: Spot Heights, Benchmarks, and Bubble Plots; Contours and Isolines; Enhancing the Isoline; Other Ways of Displaying Surfaces; 3.9 The Spatialization of Nonspatial Data; 3.10 Conclusion; Chapter Review; References; 4 Fundamentals-Maps as Outcomes of Processes; Chapter Objectives; 4.1 Introduction: Maps and Processes; 4.2 Processes and the Patterns They Make; Deterministic Processes; A Stochastic Process and Its Realizations 4.3 Predicting the Pattern Generated by a Process4.4 More Definitions; 4.5 Stochastic Processes in Lines, Areas, and Fields; Line Objects; Area Objects; Fields; 4.6 Conclusions; Chapter Review; References; 5 Point Pattern Analysis; Chapter Objectives; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Describing a Point Pattern; Centrography; Density-Based Point Pattern Measures; Quadrat Count Methods; Distance-Based Point Pattern Measures; Edge Effects; 5.3 Assessing Point Patterns Statistically; Quadrat Counts; Nearest-Neighbor Distances; The G and F Functions; The K Function; 5.4 Monte Carlo Testing; 5.5 Conclusions Chapter Review |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830229703321 |
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O'Sullivan David <1966->
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Teaching geographic information science and technology in higher education [[electronic resource] /] / David Unwin ... [et al.]
| Teaching geographic information science and technology in higher education [[electronic resource] /] / David Unwin ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.71/1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | UnwinD (David John) |
| Soggetto topico | Geographic information systems - Study and teaching (Higher) |
| ISBN |
1-119-96243-9
1-283-40475-3 9786613404756 1-119-95059-7 1-119-95058-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Teaching GeographicInformation Scienceand Technology inHigher Education; Contents; About the editors; List of contributors; Foreword; Editors' preface; SECTION I GIS&T IN THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM - INTRODUCTION; 1 GIS&T in higher education: challenges for educators, opportunities for education; 2 Making the case for GIS&T in higher education; 3 The internationalization of Esri higher education support, 1992-2009; 4 Reflections on curriculum development in the US and abroad: from core curriculum to body of knowledge; SECTION II ISSUES IN CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN
5 Using the GIS&T Body of Knowledge for curriculum design: different design for different contexts6 Scope and sequence in GIS&T education: learning theory, learning cycles and spiral curricula; 7 Building dynamic, ontology-based alternative paths for GIS&T curricula; 8 Addressing misconceptions, threshold concepts, and troublesome knowledge in GIScience education; 9 Active pedagogy leading to deeper learning: fostering metacognition and infusing active learning into the GIS&T classroom; 10 Where to begin? Getting started teaching GIS&T 11 Issues in curriculum and course design: discussion and prospectSECTION III PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING GIS&T; 12 The University of Minnesota master of geographic information science (MGIS) program: a decade of experience in professional education; 13 Geospatial education at US community colleges; 14 The GIS Professional Ethics project: practical ethics for GIS professionals; 15 An exploration of spatial thinking in introductory GIS courses; 16 Teaching spatial literacy and spatial technologies in the digital humanities; 17 Discussion and prospect; SECTION IV DIGITAL WORLDS AND TEACHING GIS&T 18 Virtual geographic environments19 Using web-based GIS and virtual globes in undergraduate education; 20 Trying to build a wind farm in a national park: experiences of a geocollaboration experiment in Second Life; 21 From location-based services to location-based learning: challenges and opportunities for higher education; 22 GIS is dead, long live GIS&T: an educational commentary on the opening of Pandora's Box; SECTION V DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING; 23 Media and communications systems in cartographic education; 24 UNIGIS - networked learning over a distance; 25 The Esri Virtual Campus 26 Delivering GIScience education via blended learning: the GITTA experience27 GIS&T in the open educational resources movement; 28 Experiences in 'e' and 'distance-' learning: a personal account; CONCLUSION; 29 Ways forward for GIS&T education; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141228103321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley Blackwell, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Teaching geographic information science and technology in higher education / / David Unwin ... [et al.]
| Teaching geographic information science and technology in higher education / / David Unwin ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 p.) |
| Disciplina | 910.71/1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | UnwinD (David John) |
| Soggetto topico | Geographic information systems - Study and teaching (Higher) |
| ISBN |
9786613404756
9781119962434 1119962439 9781283404754 1283404753 9781119950592 1119950597 9781119950585 1119950589 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Teaching GeographicInformation Scienceand Technology inHigher Education; Contents; About the editors; List of contributors; Foreword; Editors' preface; SECTION I GIS&T IN THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM - INTRODUCTION; 1 GIS&T in higher education: challenges for educators, opportunities for education; 2 Making the case for GIS&T in higher education; 3 The internationalization of Esri higher education support, 1992-2009; 4 Reflections on curriculum development in the US and abroad: from core curriculum to body of knowledge; SECTION II ISSUES IN CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN
5 Using the GIS&T Body of Knowledge for curriculum design: different design for different contexts6 Scope and sequence in GIS&T education: learning theory, learning cycles and spiral curricula; 7 Building dynamic, ontology-based alternative paths for GIS&T curricula; 8 Addressing misconceptions, threshold concepts, and troublesome knowledge in GIScience education; 9 Active pedagogy leading to deeper learning: fostering metacognition and infusing active learning into the GIS&T classroom; 10 Where to begin? Getting started teaching GIS&T 11 Issues in curriculum and course design: discussion and prospectSECTION III PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING GIS&T; 12 The University of Minnesota master of geographic information science (MGIS) program: a decade of experience in professional education; 13 Geospatial education at US community colleges; 14 The GIS Professional Ethics project: practical ethics for GIS professionals; 15 An exploration of spatial thinking in introductory GIS courses; 16 Teaching spatial literacy and spatial technologies in the digital humanities; 17 Discussion and prospect; SECTION IV DIGITAL WORLDS AND TEACHING GIS&T 18 Virtual geographic environments19 Using web-based GIS and virtual globes in undergraduate education; 20 Trying to build a wind farm in a national park: experiences of a geocollaboration experiment in Second Life; 21 From location-based services to location-based learning: challenges and opportunities for higher education; 22 GIS is dead, long live GIS&T: an educational commentary on the opening of Pandora's Box; SECTION V DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING; 23 Media and communications systems in cartographic education; 24 UNIGIS - networked learning over a distance; 25 The Esri Virtual Campus 26 Delivering GIScience education via blended learning: the GITTA experience27 GIS&T in the open educational resources movement; 28 Experiences in 'e' and 'distance-' learning: a personal account; CONCLUSION; 29 Ways forward for GIS&T education; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811360103321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley Blackwell, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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