The Handbook of Geographic Information Science

List of Figures. List of Contributors. Preface. Geographic Information Science: An Introduction: A. Stewart Fotheringham (National University of Ireland) and John P. Wilson (University of Southern California). Part I: Data Issues:. 1. The Availability of Geographic Data: The Current Technical and Institutional Environment: David J. Cowen (University of South Carolina). 2. Social Data: David J. Martin (University of Southampton). 3. Remote Sensing: Brian G. Lees (University of New South Wales). 4. Spatialization: Andre Skupin (San Diego State University) and Sara I. Fabrikant (University of Zurich). 5. Uncertainty in Spatial Databases: Ashley Morris (DePaul University). 6. On the Identification of Uncertainties in Spatial Data and Their Quantification with Probability Distribution Functions: James D. Brown (Universiteit van Amsterdam) and Gerald B. M. Heuvelink (Wageningen University and Research Centre). Part II: Database Trends and Challenges:. 7. Object-Oriented Database Management Systems: Shashi Shekhar and Ranga Raju Vatsavai (University of Minnesota). 8. Adding the Z Dimension: Michael F. Hutchinson (Australian National University). 9. Adding Time into Geographic Information Science Databases: May Yuan (University of Oklahoma). 10. Geospatial Data Integration: Craig A. Knoblock and Cyrus Shahabi (University of Southern California). Part III: Visualization:. 11. Mapping in a Digital Age: William E. Cartwright (RHIT University). 12. Generalization of Spatial Databases: William A. Mackaness (University of Edinburgh). 13. Geographic Information Science and Surfaces: Nicholas J. Tate (University of Leicester), Peter F. Fisher (City University), and David J. Martin (University of Southampton). 14. Fuzzy Classification and Mapping: Vincent B. Robinson (University of Toronto). 15. Rule-Based Mapping: A-Xing Zhu (University of Wisconsin). 16. Multivariate Geovisualization: Mark Gahegan (Pennsylvania State University). 17. Virtual Reality in Geographic Information Science: Michael Batty (University College London). Part IV: Knowledge Elicitation:. 18. Inference and Spatial Data: Chris Brunsdon (University of Leicester). 19. Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: Harvey J. Miller (University of Utah). 20. The Geospatial Semantic Web: Frederico Fonseca (Pennsylvania State University). Part V: Spatial Analysis:. 21. Quantitative Methods and Geographic Information Systems: Martin Charlton (National University of Ireland). 22. Spatial Cluster Analysis: Geoffrey M. Jacquez (BioMedware, Inc., Ann Arbor). 23. Terrain Analysis: Yongxin Deng (Western Illinois University), John P. Wilson (University of Southern California), and John C. Gallant (CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra). 24. Dynamic Modeling: Jochen Albrecht (City University of New York). Part VI GIS and Society:. 25. Institutional Geographic Information Science and GI Partnering: David Tulloch (State University of New Jersey). 26. Participatory Geographic Information Science: Daniel Weiner and Trevor M. Harris (West Virginia University). 27. Geographic Information Science and Participatory Decision Making: Piotr Jankowski (San Diego State University) and Timothy L. Nyerges (University of Washington). 28. Surveys of People and Place: Peter H. Dana (Georgetown). 29. Geographic Information, Personal Privacy, and the Law: George C. H. Cho (University of Canberra). 30. Geographic Information in Education: Joseph J. Kerski (Denver Federal Center). Part VII: Future Trends and Challenges:. 31. Web-based Geographic Information Science: Christopher B. Jones (Cardiff University) and Ross S. Purves (University of Zurich). 32. Location-based Services and Geographic Information Science: Allan J. Brimicombe (University of East London). 33. Geographic Information Science: The Grand Challenges: Michael F. Goodchild (University of California). 34. Geographic Information Science: Where Next?: Andreas Reuter (European Media Laboratory, Heidelberg) and Alexander Zipf (University of Applied Sciences FH Mainz). Index