A follow-up to "Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators," this second volume contains updated materials and lessons that combine geography, data collection, mapping, and critical analysis to guide educators and students through course content in new ways.

- dritte Auflage; die ersten beiden Auflagen waren äußerst erfolgreich - bietet einen kompletten Überblick über geographische Informationssysteme - Text ist absolut allgemeingültig, weil er sich nicht auf spezifische Disziplinen bezieht oder in geographischen und ingenieurtechnischen Details verliert - vor allem wird keine spezielle Anwendungssoftware besprochen - mit neuen Entwicklungen hinsichtlich der Standardisierung von GIS-Systemen - aktuellste Angaben zu Hardware, Software, Datenbankdesign und Analysenverfahren - ein Kapitel zur Auswahl eines GIS-Systems unter den Gesichtspunkten von Kosten und Nutzen (findet man in keinem anderen einschlägigen Werk!)

Since the publication of the bestselling second edition of The Global Positioning System and GIS, the use of GPS as an input for GIS has evolved from a supporting analysis tool to become an essential part of real-time management tools in wide-ranging fields. Continued technological advances and decreased costs have altered the GPS vendor lands

Presenting case studies involving Rwanda, Nepal, Australia, Japan, and Mexico, including "real-time" policy and administrative questions, this versatile reference/text provides a wide perspective on national and international environmental problems and policies, featuring discussions with a regional emphasis as well as global significance. Pooling the work of over 60 international contributors in disciplines ranging from anthropology to political science, the Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration illustrates how environmental concerns are incorporated into administrative functions and policy processes.

A new and systematic view of how global international society (GIS) came into being and acquired its current structure and dynamics. Buzan and Schouenborg integrate states, intergovernmental and international non-governmental organisations, and the diffusion of norms, into a single theoretical framework for the study of GIS.

Geographic Information Research is a broad discipline, and is being actively pursued world-wide. A group of researchers in both North America and Europe have come together as contributors to this volume as a way of combining their expertise. The emphasis is on matters of political, strategic and organizational importance, rather than on technology or systems, and covers the theory and social and political practice which goes hand-in-hand with GIS.

Features a five part structure covering: Foundations; Principles; Techniques; Analysis; and Management and Policy. This book includes chapters on Distributed GIS, Map Production, Geovisualization, Modeling, and Managing GIS. It offers coverage of such topics as: GIS and the New World Order; security, health and well being; and the greening of GIS.