TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bettinger, Pete :
AU  - Wing, Michael G. :
TI  - Geographic information systems : applications in forestry and natural resources management
SN  - 9780071215909
U1  - 634.9 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Boston [Mass.] : 
PB  - McGraw-Hill, Higher Education
KW  - Forests and forestry -- Remote sensing.
KW  - Natural resources -- Remote sensing.
KW  - Geographic information systems.
KW  - Foresterie -- Télédétection.
KW  - Ressources naturelles -- Télédétection.
KW  - Systèmes d'information géographique
KW  - Forstwirtschaft
N1  - Included Index; 1. Geographic information systems. --
2. GIS databases: map projections, structures, and scale. --
3. Acquiring, creating, and editing GIS databases and examining errors. --
4. Map design. --
5. Selecting landscape features based on their attributes. --
6. Obtaining information about a specific geographic region. --
7. Buffering landscape features. --
8. Combining and splitting landscape features and merging GIS databases. --
9. Joining and linking spatial and nonspatial databases. --
10. Updating GIS databases. --
11. Overlay processes. --
12. Synthesis of techniques applied to advanced topics. --
13. Raster GIS database analyses. --
14. Trends in GIS technology. --
15. Institutional challenges and opportunities related to GIS users. --
Appendix A:GIS-related terminology. --
Appendix B:GIS-related professional organizations and journals. 
Appendix C:GIS software developers
N2  - Aimed at forestry and natural resources students, this book offers an overview of the typical types of GIS analysis they may perform in an entry-level position and provide professionals the basic information. Many of the types of spatial analyses that field foresters perform to assist in decision-making activities are covered
ER  -