Analytical and Computer Cartography
2nd Edition
Published on 6. April 1995
Book
Mixed media product
352 pages
978-0-13-341900-9 (ISBN)
Description
Appropriate for courses in Introduction to Digital Cartography, Computer Mapping, Computer Cartography, or Digital Mapping.
The best-selling cartography text on the market has been totally revised to include information on access to spatial data and information on the Internet and network tools. Comprehensive coverage makes this text appropriate as a stand alone text or as a supplement for G.I.S. courses. This revision launches the Prentice Hall Series in Geographic Information Science.
The best-selling cartography text on the market has been totally revised to include information on access to spatial data and information on the Internet and network tools. Comprehensive coverage makes this text appropriate as a stand alone text or as a supplement for G.I.S. courses. This revision launches the Prentice Hall Series in Geographic Information Science.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Width: 240 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
691 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-341900-9 (9780133419009)
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Previous edition
Keith C. Clarke
Analytical and Computer Cartography
Book
01/1995
2nd Edition
Prentice Hall
€86.60
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Content
I. COMPUTER CARTOGRAPHY.
1. The Computer and Cartography.
2. Hardware.
3. Software.
II. THE REPRESENTATION OF CARTOGRAPHIC DATA.
4. Geocoding.
5. Data Storage and Representation.
6. Access to Spatial Data.
7. Spatial Data Structures for Computer Cartography.
8. Map Data Structures.
III. ANALYTICAL CARTOGRAPHY.
9. Non-map Data Structures.
10. A Transformational View of Cartography.
11. Map Transformations.
12. Data Structure Transformations.
13. Terrain Analysis.
IV. PRODUCING THE MAP.
14. Designing the Map.
15. Cartographic Computer Programming.
16. Writing Cartographic Software.
1. The Computer and Cartography.
2. Hardware.
3. Software.
II. THE REPRESENTATION OF CARTOGRAPHIC DATA.
4. Geocoding.
5. Data Storage and Representation.
6. Access to Spatial Data.
7. Spatial Data Structures for Computer Cartography.
8. Map Data Structures.
III. ANALYTICAL CARTOGRAPHY.
9. Non-map Data Structures.
10. A Transformational View of Cartography.
11. Map Transformations.
12. Data Structure Transformations.
13. Terrain Analysis.
IV. PRODUCING THE MAP.
14. Designing the Map.
15. Cartographic Computer Programming.
16. Writing Cartographic Software.