Geographic Information System Secondary Development Tutorial--Language Section

Author: Liu Guang
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: To facilitate users in developing ge (Geographic Information System) that meets their professional needs, major GIS vendors typically provide specialized languages alongside their basic GIS platforms. Examples include MapInfo's MapBasic, RSI's IDL, and ESRI's Avenue. This book introduces the use of two such languages—MapBasic and IDL—for secondary GIS development in a step-by-step manner, supported by numerous examples. For each language, it begins with fundamental concepts and then proceeds to demonstrate map display and geocomputational methods in a gradual and accessible way.