May 2002
Beginner to intermediate
448 pages
13h 18m
English
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INDEX
Abstract data type (ADT), databases, 159
Accessibility, data quality, 232
Accuracy:
surface representation, 101–102
Adjustments, housekeeping tools, 261–262
Advanced data models, see Data model(s) (advanced)
Advanced spatial analysis, see Spatial analysis (advanced)
Aerial photographs:
Affine transformation, georeferencing, 122
Ancillary features, human-machine interface, 151
Application program interface (API), databases, 159, 237
Application schemas, standards, 381–382
Area measurement, spatial analysis:
Areas, graphical representation, 42–43
Arithmetic operations, spatial analysis, 267–268
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), networks, 134
Attribute data:
accuracy of, data quality, 225–227
collection of, data collection II, 210–213
complex operations of, spatial analysis, 275–277
editing of, housekeeping tools, 263–264
report generation from, spatial analysis, 273–274
Automatic line tracing, quantizers, 142
Automatic Mapping/Facility Management (AM/FM), 11
Basic data models, see Data model(s) (basic)
Basic spatial analysis, see Spatial analysis (basic)
Bilinear interpolation, advanced analysis, 296
Binary encoding, scanning and, data collection I, 176–182
Binary search, databases, 153
Binary system, data model, 54
Budgeting, ...
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