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35 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Timothy F. Leslie and Nigel M. Waters

CONTENTS

Introduction and Overview

Modern Definitions of GIS

GIS: The State of the Art in 2008

Public Participation GIS and Volunteered Geographic Information

Teaching Spatial Thinking

Masters Courses

Virtual Campuses

Software Packages

Caliper Corporation

Free and Open Source Software

Geoexploration Systems

Spatial Autocorrelation

Markup Languages

GIS and Its Applications

Certification of GIS Professionals

GIS and the Future

Bibliography and Additional Related Resources ...

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