GIS Algorithms: Theory and Applications for Geographic Information Science & Technology (SAGE Advances in Geographic Information Science and Technology Series) - Softcover

Xiao, Ningchuan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1446274330 ISBN 13: 9781446274330

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Geographic information systems (GIS) have become increasingly important in helping us understand complex social, economic, and natural dynamics where spatial components play a key role. The critical algorithms used in GIS, however, are notoriously difficult to both teach and understand, in part due to the lack of a coherent representation. GIS Algorithms attempts to address this problem by combining rigorous formal language with example case studies and student exercises.

Using Python code throughout, Xiao breaks the subject down into three fundamental areas:

• Geometric Algorithms
• Spatial Indexing
• Spatial Analysis and Modelling

With its comprehensive coverage of the many algorithms involved, GIS Algorithms is a key new textbook in this complex and critical area of geography.

About this title

About the Author

Ningchuan Xiao is Associate Professor of Geography at the Ohio State University. He has taught a wide ranges of courses in GIS, spatial analysis, and cartography. His research focuses on the development of effective computational methods in spatial and temporal data handling.

From the Back Cover

The critical algorithms used in GIS are notoriously difficult to both teach and understand. This book address the problem by combining rigorous formal language with example case studies and student exercises.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1446274330
• ISBN 13: 9781446274330
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336