Resource and Environmental Geographic Information System

Author: Fan Wenyi
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book can be used as a textbook for the principles and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and provides great practical reference value for personnel engaged in resource and environmental monitoring, management, evaluation, and planning decision-making. The book comprehensively introduces the relevant concepts, theories, technologies, and application methods of GIS, including ellipsoids, various coordinate systems and their conversions, map projection (forward and reverse calculations of Gauss projection), topographic map tiling and the latest numbering; data structures and data models; complete methods for organizing spatial databases; spatial analysis and the construction of application models. It also elaborates in detail on the construction and application methods of GIS models with several examples, as well as the development methods of Avenue and MapObjects, and the creation and output of thematic maps.