GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS: Basic Concepts and Applications

 

Yomralıoğlu, T., (2000), “Geographical Information Systems: Basic Concepts and Applications”, 5th Edition (2009), p.480, ISBN 975-97369-0-X, Istanbul.

 

Being the most popular subject of our age based on information technology, it is used extensively by cartographers, earth scientists, engineers dealing with infrastructure and space, database administrators and computer scientists, city-regional urban planners, statisticians and social field experts; The 5th edition of the book with GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, which provides information organization between professions, has been published. This wide-ranging book, which has been published for the first time in Turkish on this subject, which has been known as a source book for a long time in our country, appeals to every segment of the society that deals with and is interested in GEOGRAPHICAL / URBAN Information Systems.

 

11 CHAPTERS, 500 SHEETS, 1ST DOUGH PAPER

RICH FIGURES AND EXPLANATIONS

GIS / GIS SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE FEATURES

INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN

CITY AND LAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

 

CONTENTS

 

Section 1: Introduction: Basic Mapping Information and Development of Geographical Information Systems

1.1 Basic concepts

1.2 Historical Development of GIS

 

Section 2: Overview of Information Systems and Geographic Information Systems

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2.1 Information Systems

2.2 Non-Spatial Information Systems

2.3 Spatial Information Systems

2.4 Geographic Information Systems

 

Section 3: Data Collection Techniques in Geographic Information Systems

3.1 Geographical Assets

3.2 Data Models in Geographic Information Systems

3.3 Types of Data Collection

3.4 Evaluation of Data Quality

 

Section 4: Data Management in Geographic Information Systems

4.1 Data Control Operations

4.2 Database Concepts

4.3 Operation of Databases

 

Section 5: Location Analysis in Geographical Information Systems

5.1 Positional Queries

5.2 Spatial Analysis

5.3 Network Analysis

5.4 Geometric Operations

5.5 Digital Elevation Analyzes

5.6 Grid Analysis

5.7 Statistical Analysis

 

Section 6: Presentation of Information in Geographical Information Systems

6.1 Information Presentation and Map Design

6.2 Output Production Tools

6.3 Data Storage Units

 

Section 7: System Design in Geographical Information Systems

7.1 Defining GIS Strategy

7.2 User Needs

7.3 Subject of Application

7.4 Working Area

7.5 Technical Preferences

7.6 Data Structures and Standards

7.7 Financial Resource

7.8 Institutional Impacts

7.9 Staff

7.10 Cost of a GIS

7.11 Process Steps and Work Period

7.12 Database Design

 

Section 8: Geographical Information System Software Hardware and Organizations

8.1 Software (Software) Products

8.2 GIS Software Capabilities

8.3 Hardware in GIS

8.4 GIS Organizations

 

Section 9: Geographical Information System Applications

9.1 City and Infrastructure Information System Applications

9.2 Land Use and Planning Applications

9.3 Environmental Practices

9.4 Geological Applications

9.5 Forestry and Agricultural Practices

9.6 Commercial Practices

9.7 Security Purposes

 

Section 10: Land Information Systems

10.1 Land Information

10.2 Parcel Based Information: Cadastre

10.3 Land Information System Components

10.4 Classification of Land Information System

10.5 Requirements for Land Information System

 

Section 11: Urban Information Systems

11.1 City Knowledge

11.2 Organization of Urban Knowledge

11.3 City Information System

 

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