Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rana, Sanjay (Editor), Sharma, Jayant (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Geography.; Geographical information systems.; Geography, general.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

Although designed primarily for desktop mapping and analysis, Geographic Information Systems have, for some years, been ‘coupled’ to other ‘allied’ technologies. This coupling or integration has occurred for some time due to the limitations in commercially available systems. It has occurred in sever...