Self-contained chapters for easy classroom discussion and learning
Explores enduring GIS challenges such as map projections, scale, and generalization
Uses examples from multiple geography subdisciplines to promote understanding
Companion website with figures, code, and updated resources for enhanced learning
Written by David O'Sullivan, an expert in both geography and GIS
Summarized by Shop
Geographic information science (GISc) and systems (GIS) have grown rapidly in recent decades, increasingly on a separate track from geographic thought. As geography's "big ideas"--such as space, place, boundaries, scale, process, and relationality--have evolved, what does this mean for their computational representation? This book conside
