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Geographic information systems: A management perspective
Book reviews
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intense transition from general interest to working knowledge of the potential and methods of GIS. LAURA Departments
of Veterinary
Pathobiology
and Veterina?
HUNGERFORD Clinical Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801 SSDI
USA
0167-5877(94)00444-7
Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective. Stan Aranoff, Publications, Ottawa, 1991,294 pp., US$61.00, ISBN 0-921804-91-l.
WDL,
This book is a practical introductory text replete with many and varied illustrations of the uses of geographic information. It has been written as a comprehensive introduction to technical and organizational issues critical to setting up a geographic information system (GIS) . It is aimed at both beginners and experienced GIS users. Readers with no previous background in the subject are likely to derive most benefit by reading the book from cover to cover. Information on what is needed to establish and effectively use a GIS is presented in a logical and complete fashion. A comprehensive index and extensive cited references at the end of each chapter make this book a useful reference volume. The book is well-organized. Chapters follow a logical sequence, and the author has taken care to concentrate on principles central to the design, implementation, and effective use of a GIS. Sixty pages are devoted to the important topics of data acquisition, data management, and data quality issues. This material provides a firm foundation for the chapter on implementing a GIS which pulls together the various concepts presented earlier in a concise and matter-of-fact fashion. Overall this is a very good book which should be required reading for anyone considering adoption of GIS technology. This book is packed with examples of GIS applications from diverse scientific fields. Because the author has wisely chosen to stick to principles rather than to expound on the features of the latest technologies, it is unlikely to become dated too quickly. WILL MARSH Department
of Clinical and Population Sciences University of Minnesoru St Paul, MN 55108
SSDI
0167-5877(94)00445-S
us4
Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. Thomas M. Lillesand and Ralph W. Kiefer, 3rd edn., Wiley, New York, 1994,750 pp., US$75.00, ISBN O-471-57783-9. The term remote sensing has an often quoted albeit obtuse definition of “collecting information about something without being in direct contact with it”. As pointed out in this book’s introduction, even the human eye is a remote sensing device when reading the words on a page. However, the practical definition of remote sensing, as addressed in this text, is
121
intense transition from general interest to working knowledge of the potential and methods of GIS. LAURA Departments
of Veterinary
Pathobiology
and Veterina?
HUNGERFORD Clinical Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine University of Illinois Urbana, IL 61801 SSDI
USA
0167-5877(94)00444-7
Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective. Stan Aranoff, Publications, Ottawa, 1991,294 pp., US$61.00, ISBN 0-921804-91-l.
WDL,
This book is a practical introductory text replete with many and varied illustrations of the uses of geographic information. It has been written as a comprehensive introduction to technical and organizational issues critical to setting up a geographic information system (GIS) . It is aimed at both beginners and experienced GIS users. Readers with no previous background in the subject are likely to derive most benefit by reading the book from cover to cover. Information on what is needed to establish and effectively use a GIS is presented in a logical and complete fashion. A comprehensive index and extensive cited references at the end of each chapter make this book a useful reference volume. The book is well-organized. Chapters follow a logical sequence, and the author has taken care to concentrate on principles central to the design, implementation, and effective use of a GIS. Sixty pages are devoted to the important topics of data acquisition, data management, and data quality issues. This material provides a firm foundation for the chapter on implementing a GIS which pulls together the various concepts presented earlier in a concise and matter-of-fact fashion. Overall this is a very good book which should be required reading for anyone considering adoption of GIS technology. This book is packed with examples of GIS applications from diverse scientific fields. Because the author has wisely chosen to stick to principles rather than to expound on the features of the latest technologies, it is unlikely to become dated too quickly. WILL MARSH Department
of Clinical and Population Sciences University of Minnesoru St Paul, MN 55108
SSDI
0167-5877(94)00445-S
us4
Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. Thomas M. Lillesand and Ralph W. Kiefer, 3rd edn., Wiley, New York, 1994,750 pp., US$75.00, ISBN O-471-57783-9. The term remote sensing has an often quoted albeit obtuse definition of “collecting information about something without being in direct contact with it”. As pointed out in this book’s introduction, even the human eye is a remote sensing device when reading the words on a page. However, the practical definition of remote sensing, as addressed in this text, is