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Albrechts slim volume is an important contribution tusers and teachers of geographic information systems It is a distillation of the core functions available in contemporary workstation GIS systems, functions likely tbecome common on Web mapping systems like Google Earth and MS Virtual Earth Well written and up-to-date, this book is an excellent complement tthe voluminous documentation provided by software and solutions vendors —CHOICE Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS is a concise overview of the fundamental ideas that inform Geographic Information Science It provides detailed descriptions of the concepts and techniques that anyone using GIS software must fully understand tanalyze spatial data Short and clearly focused chapters provide explanations of: Spatial relationships and spatial data The creation of digital data, the use and access of existing data, and the combination of data The use of modeling techniques and the essential functions of map algebra Spatial statistics and spatial analysis Geocomputation – including discussion of neural networks, cellular automata, and agent-based modeling Illustrated throughout with explanatory figures, the text alsincludes a glossary, cross referenced tdiscussion in the text Written very much from a users perspective, Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS is highly readable refresher course for intermediate level students and practitioners of GIS in the social and the natural sciences
