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Dacey, Michael F. – 1971
The frequent reference by geographers and cartographers to 'the language of maps' is made precise by clarifying ways in which maps and other formulations of geographic information constitute a language. Aspects of this language are identified, and emphasis is placed on the use of linguistic concepts for study of models of geographic information…
Descriptors: Cartography, Data Processing, Geography, Information Processing
Clark, Robert A. – 1969
This bibliography attempts to pull together the land use methodology techniques that have been evolving in major transportation studies and developing in conventional planning agencies. In a commentary preceding the 83 references, the author discusses the state-of-the-art of land use methodology. The major components of a land use inventory are…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classification, Data Processing, Facility Planning
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Shaffer, Clifford A. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1992
Surveys the field and literature of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial data representation as it relates to GIS. Highlights include GIS terms, data types, and operations; vector representations and raster, or grid, representations; spatial indexing; elevation data representations; large spatial databases; and problem areas and future…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Processing, Databases, Futures (of Society)