GIS
A Short Introduction
Short Introductions to Geography
1. Auflage April 2004
184 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This guide enables students of human geography to take a critical
look at the set of practices, hardware and software that are
together described as GIS.
* * A guide to GIS for students of human geography.
* Outlines the distinct approaches to inquiry employed in GIS and
illustrates their relevance for human geographers.
* Traces the history of GIS and human geography from 1970 to the
present.
* Illustrates the challenges of data collection, classification
in the context of multiple stakeholders and epistemological
approaches.
* Tracks the use of GIS in applied contexts through the stages of
problem definition, data acquisition and classification, choice of
software, spatial analysis and graphic output.
* Includes an inventory of tools and information related to GIS,
including web-based resources.
* Supported by a website,
www.blackwellpublishing.com/schuurman.
List of Tables.
Series Editor's Preface.
Author's Acknowledgements.
1.Introducing The Identities Of GIS.
2.GIS, Human Geography, And The Intellectual Territory Between
Them.
3.The Devil Is In The Data: Collection, Representation, And
Standardization.
4.Bringing It All Together Using GIS To Analyse And Model
Spatial Phenomena.
5.Where Do I Go From Here? GIS Training And Research.
References.
Index.
should read this book. It is an important contribution that
elegantly illuminates GIS systems and GIS science. By giving close
attention to the details of rigorous GIS analysis, the impact of
GIS on society, and the relationship of GIS to geographic
epistemologies and social theory, Schuurman provides a unique and
up-to-date summary of the field." Eric Sheppard,
University of Minnesota
"This is an excellent choice for an introductory undergraduate
GIS class, and it should also be required reading for all critics
who have dismissed GIS as being purely technical enterprise. It
takes the reader through the nuts and bolts of GIS concepts while
at the same time scrutinizing its intellectual and social
implications. The discussion of GIS applications, highlighted by
contemporary case studies, does an admiral job of conveying the
curious messiness of actual GIS practice" Stacy Warren, Eastern
Washington University.
"Schuurman develops an intellectual and practical history of the
field and of the technology....the book offers insights into the
development of our field that have recieved little coverage in
other venues. Further, Schuurmann offers excellent examples of
reflexivity in GIS practice, showing how we might make the social
processes of GIS use more transparent to ourselves and to others."
Progress in Human Geography, Vol 29/1, 2005
