02833nam a2200337   4500001001300000003000400013005001700017006001900034008004100053020001800094040001800112050000900130100002600139245007900165264002600244264003800270300002200308490002700330505044600357520124600803542003002049546001602079588004102095650003202136700002802168700003702196710003902233856007602272999001702348952013002365OTLid0000234MnU20201105133309.0m     o  d s      180907s2014    mnu     o     0   0 eng d  a9781312778986  aMnUbengcMnU 4aQA761 aFang, Yiping eauthor00aSpatial Thinking in Planning PracticebAn Introduction to GIScYiping Fang 2bOpen Textbook Library 1bPortland State University Library  a1 online resource0 aOpen textbook library.0 aChapter 1: Defining a Geographic Information System -- Chapter 2: Coordinate Systems and Projecting GIS Data -- Chapter 3: Topology and Creating Data -- Chapter 4: Mapping People with Census Data -- Chapter 5: Lying with Maps -- Chapter 6: To Standardize or Not to Standardize? -- Chapter 7: Geographic Considerations in Planning Practice. -- Chapter 8: Manipulating GIS Data -- Chapter 9: Raster Data Models -- Chapter 10: The Future of GIS0 aThe goals of this textbook are to help students acquire the technical skills of using software and managing a database, and develop research skills of collecting data, analyzing information and presenting results. We emphasize that the need to investigate the potential and practicality of GIS technologies in a typical planning setting and evaluate its possible applications. GIS may not be necessary (or useful) for every planning application, and we anticipate these readings to provide the necessary foundation for discerning its appropriate use. Therefore, this textbook attempts to facilitate spatial thinking focusing more on open-ended planning questions, which require judgment and exploration, while developing the analytical capacity for understanding a variety of local and regional planning challenges. While this textbook provides the background for understanding the concepts in GIS as applicable to urban and regional planning, it is best when accompanied by a hands-on tutorial, which will enable readers to develop an in-depth understanding of the specific planning applications of GIS. In the end of each chapter, we also provided several discussion questions, together with contextual applications through some web links.1 fAttribution-NonCommercial  aIn English.0 aDescription based on online resource 0aComputer SciencevTextbooks1 aShandas, Vivek eauthor1 aCordero, Eugenio Arriagaeauthor2 aOpen Textbook Libraryedistributor40uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/234zAccess online version  c19638d19638  00102lcc4070aDLcOAd2020-11-05l0oQA76r2020-11-05uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/234w2020-11-05yEBOOK