Springer Handbook of Geographic Information

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kresse, Wolfgang (Editor), Danko, David M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Geography.; Earth sciences.; Computers.; Geographical information systems.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Ecotoxicology.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Information Systems and Communication Service.; Earth Sciences, general.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

Computer science provides a powerful tool that was virtually unknown three generations ago. Some of the classical fields of knowledge are geodesy (surveying), cartography, and geography. Electronics have revolutionized geodetic methods. Cartography has faced the dominance of the computer that result...