A to Z GIS: An Illustrated Dictionary of Geographic Information Systems / Edition 1

by Tasha Wade, Shelly Sommer, RIC International

Overview

As GIS technology has evolved and grown, so has the language of this powerful tool. Written, developed, and reviewed by more than 150 subject-matter experts, A to Z GIS An Illustrated Dictionary of Geographic Information Systems is packed with more than 1,800 terms, nearly 400 full-color illustrations, and seven encyclopedia-style appendix articles about annotation and labels, features, geometry, layers in ArcGIS, map projections and coordinate systems, remote sensing, and topology.

A to Z GIS An Illustrated Dictionary of Geographic Information Systems is a must-have resource for managers, programmers, users, writers, editors, and students discovering the interdisciplinary nature of GIS.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589481404
Publisher:	Esri Press
Publication date:	08/01/2006
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.36(w) x 8.08(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Tasha Wade is a project manager at ESRI. For the past four years, she has coordinated the ESRI GIS Term Library, a database of 3,000 terms and definitions that is the single source for all ESRI glossaries and dictionaries.

Shelly Sommer worked as the corporate librarian at ESRI for twelve years before becoming a research specialist. She led the design team for the original version of the GIS Term Library as well as the GIS bibliography on the ESRI Virtual Campus Library.