Geographic Information System Engineering Design and Management

Author: Guo Qingsheng et al.
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This textbook was written to meet the undergraduate teaching needs of the Cartography and Geographic Information Systems program. Its content is essential knowledge that professionals in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) field must master. During the writing process, emphasis was placed on the combination of theory and practice, and the content and structure were referenced from similar textbooks abroad. The construction of a Geographic Information System (GIS) is treated as a systematic engineering project, which is distinctly different from textbooks on GIS principles. The main content of this textbook includes fundamental concepts and principles of geographic information; the design principles, methods, and standards of software engineering and data integration engineering in GIS; project management methods for GIS engineering projects; the principles, methods, and legal issues of geographic information sharing; the establishment methods of computer networks in GIS engineering and solutions for enterprise-level geographic information systems; the basic concepts and application methods of Arc/Info; the design methods of Arc/Info-based GIS engineering; and case studies of professional GIS engineering design. To facilitate teaching and self-study, each chapter is accompanied by review questions or exercises. This textbook was developed based on years of experience in GIS teaching and research. It is one of the core textbooks for undergraduate and graduate students in the National Key Discipline (Cartography and Geographic Information Systems) at Wuhan University. The content is both comprehensive and accessible, making it suitable for self-study and as a reference for professionals working in GIS-related fields.