Fazal S. GIS Basics

New Age International (P) Ltd. 2008. - 350 p.
The present book is an attempt to provide basic fundamentals of GIS for beginners. The book is evolved following the basic education approach, spreading onto three stages of learning. The fi rst stage is about basic fundamentals, here development in technology instigating the learning processes are discussed. This is spread over fi rst three chapters, which introduces the beginners to the GIS as a discipline, its history, development and evolvement process. The second stage is about the scope of the fi eld, here the emphasis is on issues of technological advancements and revolution in spatial learning and their basic concepts. In this section, four chapters (fourth to eighth) cover the breadth and also depth of GIS, here geographic data, nature, structure, source and real world models are elaborated. Lastly, the third stage of learning, where the approach works towards the development of critical thinking, using the knowledge base acquired from the earlier chapters. The last four chapters discuss geographic query, analysis, selection and future of GIS, project design and management.