Learn IT - Books tags geography

GIS For Dummies (Computer/Tech)

For Dummies, 2009

GIS (geographic information system) is a totally cool technology that has been called “geography on steroids.” GIS is what lets you see the schools in your neighborhood or tells you where the nearest McDonald’s is. GIS For Dummies tells you all about mapping terminology and digital mapping, how to locate geographic...

Beginning MapServer: Open Source GIS Development (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

Apress, 2005

Maps have played a prominent role in human activity for thousands of years. One of the earliest known maps was uncovered during the course of an archaeological excavation in Turkey in 1961. The Çatalhöyük site is a neolithic settlement dating from approximately 6500 BC. The map consists of a partially preserved, painted plaster...

Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia

Gale, 2002

Gale is pleased to present the third edition of Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia. This is the first new edition of Geo-Data since 1989, and it represents a complete revision and updating of that work. The purpose of the book remains unchanged: to provide the reader with the most detailed and comprehensive descriptions available for the...

The Little Japanese Cookbook: More than 80 delicious recipes (The Little Cookbook)

Murdoch Books, 2017

The Little Japanese Cookbook explores how geography, climate, culture, and tradition have shaped one of the world's most popular cuisines. Take a look behind-the-scenes at the world of growers, artisans, chefs, and home cooks whose passion for produce is reflected in the incredibly varied, regional styles and flavors of...

Puzzles for Programmers and Pros

Wrox Press, 2007

Solving puzzles demands a mindset that starts with a vulnerable openness followed by a rigorous drive to find a solution. Whether you're preparing for a programming job interview or just like a challenge, this book takes you on a tour of problem-solving techniques so you can dramatically improve your skills. You'll learn how to conquer simple...

Mapping Hacks : Tips & Tools for Electronic Cartography

O'Reilly, 2005

Mapping Hacks is a collection of one hundred simple techniques available to developers and power users who want to draw digital maps. You'll learn where to find the best sources of geographic data and then how to integrate that data into your own creations. With so many industrial-strength tips and tools, ...

SQL Server Advanced Data Types: JSON, XML, and Beyond

Apress, 2018

SQL Server Advanced Data Types attempts to demystify the complex data types that are available to developers in modern versions of SQL Server. Over the last couple of years, I have noticed that many SQL developers have heard of each of the complex data types available in SQL Server but often avoid using them, as they are not sure how these...

GIS for Web Developers: Adding 'Where' to Your Web Applications

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2007

There is a hidden revolution going on: geography is moving from niche to the mainstream. News reports routinely include maps and satellite images. More and more pieces of equipment cell phones, cars, computers now contain Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. Many of the major database vendors have made geographic data types...

Spatial Analysis, GIS and Remote Sensing: Applications in the Health Sciences

CRC Press, 2000

This new book explores the rapidly expanding applications of spatial analysis, GIS and remote sensing in the health sciences, and medical geography. For the practitioner or researcher this book is full of useful techniques if your work applies to environmental and public health, biostatistics, epidemiology, health services, medical geography,...

The Art of War for Security Managers: 10 Steps to Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007

I graduated from Long Island University in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. In the years since, much of the specifi c material I learned has been forgotten in the whirlwind of family and career life. Even so, there are some important lessons I still recall. Dr. Donald Baker often told us undergraduate students that states...

GeoSpatial Semantics: 4th International Conference, GeoS 2011, Brest, France, May 12-13, 2011

Springer, 2011

The fourth edition of the International Conference on Geospatial Semantics (GeoS 2011) was held in Brest, France, during May 12–13, 2011.

Geospatial semantics (GEOS) is an emerging research area in the domain of geographic information science. It aims at exploring strategies, computational methods, and tools to support...

Globalization: A Basic Text

John Wiley & Sons, 2015

Updated to reflect recent global developments, the second edition of Globalization: A Basic Text presents an up-to-date introduction to major trends and topics relating to globalization studies.

Features updates and revisions in its accessible introduction to key theories and major topics in...

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