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This Handbook is an essential reference and a guide to the rapidly expanding field of Geographic Information Science. Designed for students and researchers who want an in-depth treatment of the subject, including background information Comprises around 40 substantial essays, each written by a recognized expert in a particular area Covers the full spectrum of research in GIS Surveys the increasing number of applications of GIS Predicts how GIS is likely to evolve in the near future

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?Each chapter contains a valuable list of literature, and the book ends with an exten sive, 15-page index. This makes this textbook a valuable and useful companion for students of geoinformation, geoinformatics, geocompu tation, and geoprocessing (GIScience), as well as for experienced scientists and professionals applying GIS.?(Geologos, 2010) ?This book is quite extraordinary value providing a timely and extensive review of much of the discipline. Serious researchers and students alike should see it as an essential addition to their GIScience library.? (Journal of Regional Science, May 2009) The topics covered are wide ranging, covering many aspects of GI science ? .A good spread of authors from Europe, North America and Australia. (Reference Reviews, Issue 6 2008)

A This book is quite extraordinary value providing a timely and extensive review of much of the discipline. Serious researchers and students alike should see it as an essential addition to their GIScience library.A (Journal of Regional Science, May 2009) The topics covered are wide ranging, covering many aspects of GI science A... .A good spread of authors from Europe, North America and Australia. (Reference Reviews, Issue 6 2008)

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John P. Wilson is Professor of Geography and Director of the GIS Research Laboratory at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. A. Stewart Fotheringham is Director of the National Centre for Geocomputation at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. They are both editors of the journal Transactions in GIS, also published by Blackwell.

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