Geographic Information System: Basics

Author: Liu Guang
Publisher: China Electric Power Press
Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic theories, principles, and methods of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It focuses on the principles and methods of spatial data structures, spatial queries, spatial analysis, Digital Elevation Models (DEM), and terrain analysis, as well as remote sensing image computer processing. The book deepens understanding by introducing how to operate these functions in three GIS products: MapInfo, Idrisi, and Erdas. Additionally, it covers key algorithms in GIS and demonstrates how to design vector, raster, and remote sensing image data structures for GIS software, as well as how to program basic GIS functions in CBuilder. This book is suitable for GIS researchers, developers, and professionals in government and enterprise-related departments, and can also serve as a textbook or reference for geography, GIS, and related majors in higher education institutions, as well as for various GIS training courses.