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001			OTLid0000234
003			MnU
005			20201105133309.0
006			m o d s
008			180907s2014 mnu o 0 0 eng d
020			_a9781312778986
040			_aMnU _beng _cMnU
050		4	_aQA76
100	1		_aFang, Yiping _eauthor
245	0	0	_aSpatial Thinking in Planning Practice _bAn Introduction to GIS _cYiping Fang
264		2	_bOpen Textbook Library
264		1	_bPortland State University Library
300			_a1 online resource
490	0		_aOpen textbook library.
505	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 GIS
520	0		_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.
542	1		_fAttribution-NonCommercial
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource
650		0	_aComputer Science _vTextbooks
700	1		_aShandas, Vivek _eauthor
700	1		_aCordero, Eugenio Arriaga _eauthor
710	2		_aOpen Textbook Library _edistributor
856	4	0	_uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/234 _zAccess online version
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