GIS and cartographic modeling / C. Dana Tomlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomlin, C. Dana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographic information systems.

Cartography--Data processing.

Cartography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

Redlands, California : Esri Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

GIS and Cartographic Modeling is a foundational work in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). An introduction to the concepts, conventions, and capabilities of map algebra as a general language, this book describes the analytical use of raster-based GIS.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Preface to the 2012 edition

Introduction

Part I Cartographic modeling conventions

Chapter 1 Data

1-1 Cartographic models

1-2 Map layers

1-3 Titles

1-4 Metadata

1-5 Zones

1-6 Labels

1-7 Values

1-8 Locations

1-9 Coordinates

1-10 Questions

Chapter 2 Data processing

2-1 Operations

2-2 Procedures

2-3 Questions

Chapter 3 Data-processing control

3-1 Statements

3-2 Programs

3-3 Questions

Part II Cartographic modeling capabilities

Chapter 4 Characterizing individual locations

4-1 Functions of a single value

4-2 Functions of multiple values

4-3 Questions

Chapter 5 Characterizing locations within neighborhoods

5-1 Functions of immediate neighborhoods

5-2 Functions of extended neighborhoods

5-3 Questions

Chapter 6 Characterizing locations within zones

6-1 Functions of entire zones

6-2 Functions of sub-zones

6-3 Questions

Part III Cartographic modeling techniques

Chapter 7 Descriptive modeling

7-1 Analysis of cartographic position

7-2 Analysis of cartographic form

7-3 Synthesis of cartographic characteristics

7-4 Questions

Chapter 8 Prescriptive modeling

8-1 Atomistic allocation

8-2 Holistic allocation

8-3 Questions

Appendix Cartographic modeling operations

A-1 FocalFUNCTION operations on extended neighborhoods

A-2 FocalFUNCTION operations on immediate neighborhoods

A-3 LocalFUNCTION operations

A-4 ZonalFUNCTION operations

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes index.

Originally published as Geographic information systems and cartographic modeling by C. Dana Tomlin copyright ©1990, Pearson Education, Inc., formerly Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-62166-5

9786613934116

1-58948-331-6

OCLC:

893682430