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Introductory Geographic Information Systems
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Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
  • 2. Datums, Ellipsoids, Geoids, Coordinate Systems, and Map Projections
  • 3. Data for Input to GIS
  • 4. Data Quality
  • 5. Data Models and Databases
  • 6. Spatial Analysis of Vector and Raster Data
  • 7. GIS Network Analysis
  • 8. Statistics and Spatial Data Measurements
  • 9. Spatial Analysis of Three-dimensional Data
  • 10. Cartography Using A GIS
  • 11. Computers and Computer Programming in GIS
  • 12. Future of GIScience

About the Author

Dr. John Jensen is a Carolina Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina. He is a certified photogrammetrist, a past-president of the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (6,500 members), has published more than 130 articles in GIScience and received the NASA/USGS William T. Pecora Award and the ASPRS John E. Estes GIScience Teaching Award. He has mentored 32 PhD and 65 MS students in GIScience.  He has conducted more than 60 GIScience-related projects sponsored by NASA, DOE, and NOAA. He is the editor of the journal GIScience & Remote Sensing and co-editor of the Earth Observation section of Geography Compass. He is the Co-director of the GIS & Remote Sensing Laboratory at the University of South Carolina. His research focuses on the analysis of urban and biogeographic problems.

 

 

Dr. Ryan Jensen is an Associate Professor of Geography at Brigham Young University and is a Geographic Information System Professional (GISP).  He specialises in biogeography GIS modeling, especially related to urban forestry and rangeland. He teaches GIS courses at BYU and he was involved in many GIScience-related projects while serving as a director of the Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems at Indiana State University. Dr. Ryan Jensen has mentored four PhD and six MS students in GIScience. He is the co-editor of the Earth Observation section of Geography Compass, and he serves on the editorial board of Applied Geography. He has published over 35 peer-reviewed articles.

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