Geographic Information System Skills for Foresters and Natural Resource Managers 1st Edition Krista Merry

Geographic Information System Skills for Foresters and Natural Resource Managers – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780323905190,0323905196

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0323905196
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0323905190
• Author(s): Krista Merry, Pete Bettinger, Michael Crosby, Kevin Boston

Geographic Information System Skills for Foresters and Natural Resource Managers provides a resource for developing knowledge and skills concerning GIS as it applies to forestry and natural resource management. This book helps readers understand how GIS can effectively be used by professional foresters and land managers to conduct spatial analyses or address management decisions. Through topics presented, readers will improve their ability to understand GIS data sources, identify GIS data types and quality, perform common spatial analysis processes, create GIS data, produce maps, and ultimately develop the skills necessary to use GIS analysis to answer real-world questions.

This book will be of great benefit to GIS users looking to directly apply techniques to real-world data or foresters and natural resource scientists who use GIS in their research.

Table contents:

1. What is GIS?

2. Geographic Data

3. Reference Systems

4. Mapping

5. Geographic Data Collection

6. Geographic Data Management

7. Geographic Data Processing – Vector Data

8. Geographic Data Processing – Raster Data

9. Spatial Statistics

10. Remote Sensing

11. Advanced applications in Forestry and Natural Resource Management

12. Professional Practice

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