Historical GIS

Author: Ian N. Gregory
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0521671701

Historical GIS: Technologies, Methodologies, and Scholarship (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography)

Historical GIS is an emerging field that uses Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to research the geographies of the past. Download Historical GIS: Technologies, Methodologies, and Scholarship (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Ian Gregory and Paul Ell present the first study comprehensively to define this emerging field, exploring all aspects of using GIS in historical research. A GIS is a form of database in which every item of data is linked to a spatial location. This technology offers unparalleled opportunities to add insight and rejuvenate historical research through the ability to identify and use the geographical characteristics of data. Historical GIS introduces the basic concepts and tools underpinning GIS technology, describing and critically assessing the visualisation, analytical and e-science methodologies that it enables and examining Search and find a lot of engineering books in many category availabe for free download.

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