ComputerApplicationsinGeography

ComputerApplicationsinGeographyPaulM.MatherDepartmentofGeography,UniversityofNottingham,EnglandGeographygraduatesareexpectedtobecomputerliterate,yettheliteratureoncomputingisofteninaccessibletothem.Thisbookisintendedforundergraduatestudentsofgeographywhowishtofamiliarisethemselveswiththeterminologyofcomputersandtoreadaboutthewaysinwhichcomputersarepresentlybeingusedingeography.Itassumesnopriorknowledgeofcomputersandnomathematicalskillsbeyondthosepossessedbytheaveragelayman.Thefirsttwochaptersformatechnicalintroductiontocomputersanddata.Theremainingfivechaptersaredevotedtoindividualtopicsrepresentingaselectionofthemainareasofcomputeruseingeographyandshowhowcomputerscanbeusedtoacquire,processanddisplaygeographicaldata.Workedexamples,withexampledatasets,aregivenforthreeprogrampackagesthatarewidelyusedbygeographers-SPSS,SYMAPandGIMMS.Thebookiscomprehensiveinitscoverageofthemajorareasofcomputerapplicationsandwillbeofinteresttogeographersdealingwithstatistics,digitalcartography,remotesensing,geographicalinformationsystemsandsimulationmodels.