The Design and Implementation of Geographic Information Systems

✍ Scribed by John E. Harmon, Steven J. Anderson

• Publisher: J. Wiley
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 273
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book is overpriced. The content needs to be edited and all the spelling mistakes corrected. I learned more from free content on internet sites than from this book.

✦ Table of Contents

@Team LiB......Page 0
Cover......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 9
Who Should Read This Book......Page 10
What Is a Geographic Information System?......Page 11
Corporate or Enterprise Geographic
Information Systems......Page 13
The GIS Strategic Plan......Page 18
Organizational Involvement......Page 22
Need for Education, Support, and
Commitment of Management—Corporate
Implementation Takes Time......Page 24
Assessing the Current Users......Page 26
Categorizing Users......Page 27
Other Factors with Users......Page 29
Applications......Page 30
Evaluating Existing Data......Page 33
Completeness......Page 42
Maintenance......Page 44
Software Selection......Page 45
Technical Environment......Page 46
Assessing Costs and Benefits......Page 47
Pulling the Needs Together......Page 50
Elements of a Schema......Page 56
Data Dictionary......Page 57
Tables and Relationships......Page 60
Metadata......Page 69
Choosing the Appropriate
Mix of Data Models......Page 78
Choosing a Subset of Reality......Page 81
The Two Principal Data Models......Page 82
Layers and Objects......Page 87
Representing Geographic Features......Page 93
Topologic Relationships......Page 94
Types of Spatial Objects......Page 100
Issues around the Third Dimension......Page 107
Accuracy, Precision, and Completeness......Page 112
Accuracy Concerns—Global Positioning
Systems......Page 116
Differential Processing......Page 118
Accuracy across Layers......Page 119
Choosing a Coordinate System and
Map Projection......Page 120
Decimal Longitude and Latitude or
Projected Data......Page 122
Characteristics of Map Projections......Page 124
Spanning Existing Map Projection Zones......Page 125
Selection of Projection for Large Areas......Page 126
Spatial Indexing......Page 130
Conclusions......Page 133
CHAPTER
5 Design Issues for
Attribute Data......Page 136
General Principles: Fields in Both
D and G Tables......Page 138
Specific Principles for G Tables......Page 140
Principles for Fields in D Tables......Page 142
Designing Input Elements......Page 146
Design of Output Elements......Page 147
Application Design......Page 149
CHAPTER
6 Remotely Sensed Data
as Background Layers
and Data Sources......Page 156
Aerial Photography as Backdrop
Information......Page 157
Capture Data as Well?......Page 164
Dealing with the Images......Page 166
Integrating Remotely Sensed Information
with GIS......Page 170
Questions to Ask......Page 175
System Configuration and Product
Architecture Plan......Page 178
Data Development and Conversion Plan......Page 180
Capturing Digital Data......Page 184
Optical Character Recognition......Page 186
Selecting a Vendor......Page 187
Perform a Pilot Project......Page 189
Software Considerations......Page 192
Evaluating Software......Page 195
How to Select Your Software
Evaluation Team......Page 199
Hardware Concerns......Page 202
Networking Issues......Page 204
Types of Networks......Page 205
The Capacity of the Network......Page 208
Ownership of Geographic Information......Page 210
User Roles......Page 211
Staffing the Design and Implementation
Process......Page 215
Where to Put the GIS......Page 217
Designing the Data Flow......Page 223
CHAPTER
10 Early Management
Concerns: Interacting
with the System......Page 226
User Roles......Page 228
Managing User Roles......Page 233
Managing Desktop Interfaces......Page 235
Managing World Wide Web-Based
Interfaces......Page 237
GIS Interaction and the Organization......Page 239
A New Committee......Page 240
Evaluation......Page 241
Access Controls......Page 243
Controlling Public Access......Page 245
Managing the System—The Maintenance
Plan......Page 247
Data Dissemination......Page 251
GIS Data Distribution through the
World Wide Web......Page 254
Summary......Page 260
INDEX......Page 262