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Title: Principles of Geographical Information Systems (Spatial Information Systems and Geostatistics. (Paper)) by Peter A. Burrough, Rachael McDonnell, P. A. Principles of Geographical Information Systems for La Burrough, P. A. Burrough ISBN: 0-19-823365-5 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $57.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Comprehensive, Thorough and Clear
Comment: I'm currently a student in a GIS program. This is the required text for one of my courses this session. My previous session I used the Heywood book and I found it dated and out of touch and dull. I much prefer this one. While it is very detailed, I appreciate the more comprehensive explanations of how things actually work behind the scenes. Managing data is one of the most crucial aspects of GIS and having a broader overview is proving most helpful. It is written in a formal, rather "dense" style, but I didn't find the British English to be much of a hindrance. I'm actually quite tired of books that "fluff" over topics and talk down to the audience by giving overly simple explanations.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good book for all GIS users
Comment: This is one of the best texts currently available on the topic of GIS. It gives an overall perspective of GIS to any level of user, from the basic to the advanced. After being educated in the American system (BS, Geography, United States Military Academy) and the British system (MSc, GIS, Cranfield University and U.K. Army Survey Course) I found this book to be the most unbiased and easy to follow GIS text on the market. In fact, I am recommending it to be the reference text for the GIS curriculum at NIMA's National Geospatial Intelligence School.
This book remains true to its aim: "To provide an introduction to the theoretical and technical principles that need to be understood to work effectively and critically with GIS."
It is neither a geography text nor an earth science text, so those involved in that educational environment should choose another book.
Rating: 2
Summary: American readers/students look elsewhere
Comment: This text will be a chore to read for most American students who are new to GIS. Although the author(s) manage to cram alot of information into the relatively short chapters, the sentences are long and difficult to understand because of the overly wordy, jargon-filled 'proper' use of British English & spellings. If you decide to purchase this book, then I highly recommend the 'Oxford Unabridged English Dictionary' to go along with it. The majority of the students in my class "Geographic Information Systems I" at Southwest Texas State University, which has one of the best geography programs in the nation, felt the same way I do, and also thought that the book was too advanced for an introductory GIS class. I think that the professors at Southwest Texas State University are now using a different text for that class. Also, people always complain that books tend to be geared toward a single software program- Well, like it or not, in the United States, ESRI has a monopoly on geographic software so you are going to have to learn ArcView/Info one way or another.
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Title: Geographic Information Systems and Science by Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, David W. Rhind ISBN: 0471892750 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 11 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Applied Geostatistics by Edward H. Isaaks, R. Mohan Srivastava ISBN: 0195050134 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $62.95 |
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Title: Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop by Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, Robert Burke, Carolyn Groessl, Laura Feaster ISBN: 1879102897 Publisher: ESRI Press Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: GIS : A Computer Science Perspective by Michael F. Worboys ISBN: 0748400656 Publisher: T&F STM Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $47.95 |
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Title: Exploring Geographical Information Systems, 2nd Edition by Nicholas Chrisman ISBN: 0471314250 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 23 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $75.95 |
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