Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective [Hardcover]

Stan Aronoff (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 294 pages
• Publisher: Wdl Pubns (November 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0921804911
• ISBN-13: 978-0921804918
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,092,075 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptional reference for anyone interested in GIS, January 8, 1999

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This review is from: Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective (Hardcover)

Aronoff text is a must for anyone interested in the subject of GIS. It is a well written text that provides the reader with a solid foundation of GIS concepts, Remote Sensing, data input and output, data management, and GIS analysis functions. It is a concise and practical introduction to the use and function of GIS technology. The text presents concepts using examples from a wide range of disciplines including land planning, agriculture, and mineral exploration. The author also examines the process of GIS implementation including organizational needs, costs-benefits, justification, and legal and political issues.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid introduction to GIS with good balance and focus, February 12, 2001

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This review is from: Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective (Hardcover)

This is the only text I have used in teaching intro GIS courses for the last four years. It's getting a little long in the tooth--it was written over ten years ago and the hardware illustrations in particular are quite out of date--but the presentation of the fundamentals is still uniformly solid. Newer developments, like LIDAR, GPS, and 3D visualization, are not in this book at all, but are readily learned on the Web, which tends to focus on new stuff and go light on presentations of fundamentals: Web-based GIS materials and this book complement each other well. The focus is on using a GIS for decision making and support, which leads to a good balance between management and technical issues. And unlike many other (popular) GIS texts, this one is not riddled with typographical and technical errors.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This has got to be the definitive "GIS-101" text!, August 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective (Hardcover)

Any prof teaching "Introductory GIS" can't go wrong using this as THE standard text in their course. Excellent in all facets. Solid in remote sensing and subsequent raster GIS applications. Good grounding in vector GIS. And a very easy read. Will give you many "jumping off" points for either academic or real-world directions. Good case-studies sprinkled liberally throughout - Aranoff definitely ranks with Thrall as one of today's GIS gurus!