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BOOKS INDEX PAGE
Modeling Our World
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The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design
Unleash the full modeling power of your geographic
information system software
Geographic data models are digital frameworks that
describe the location and characteristics of things in the world around
us. With a geographic information system, we can use these models as
lenses to see, interpret, and analyze the infinite complexity of our
natural and man-made environments. With the geodatabase, a new geographic
data model introduced with ArcInfo 8, you can extend significantly the
level of detail and range of accuracy with which you can model geographic
reality in a database environment.
Modeling Our World is the comprehensive guide and
reference to GIS data modeling in general, and to the geodatabase model in
particular. It shows how to make the right decisions about modeling
data—decisions that will inform each aspect of a GIS project, from
database design and data capture to spatial analysis and visual
presentation.
You will learn to:
- Design a geographic database that fits the project
- Customize the database without writing code
- Manage work flows in complex projects
- Model diverse linear systems such as streams, freeways, or
electrical grids
- Incorporate satellite images for geographic analysis and display
- Create three-dimensional GIS data models
Illustrated with hundreds of full-color maps and figures,
Modeling Our World will be essential reading for a wide audience.
Seasoned ArcInfo users who are making the transition to version 8 and
serious new users of the software will find that Modeling Our World
is required reading on the path to GIS success.
For the GIS specialist, this provides a good
introduction to the broader database world. For the database specialist,
this book serves as a good answer to the question "what is so special
about spatial?"
—Scott Morehouse, Director of Software Development,
ESRI
About the author:
Michael Zeiler is the author of Inside ARC/INFO and the
first edition of Building Applications with MapObjects.
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