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GIS concepts and techniquesIt is a book for physic, natural and social scientists interested in how to express, model, analyze and manage the real world by introducing basic concepts and related technologies of GIS. Readers are expected to have basic education or practical experience in areas where GIS technology science will be applied (eg geography, agricultural engineering, civil engineering, urban rural planning, hydrology, environmental studies, ecology, agriculture, forestry,. In addition, this book assumes that readers have basic knowledge of statistics, matrices, and surveying. It is a GIS course for developing, managing, and preserving the earth resources. br Each chapter begins with the definition of terms, includes tables and figures to help you understand the concepts, and lists the actual bibliographies. Chapters 8, 9, and 10 contain detailed modeling techniques for linking with the remote sensing field and actual implementation of spatial modeling. The appendix provides an Internet address where practical information related to GIS can be found.