Geographic Information Analysis
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DAVID O SULLIVAN, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Geography at The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania.

DAVID J. UNWIN, MPhil, formerly Professor of Geography at Birkbeck College in the University of London, UK, is currently Director of Learning Programmes at UKeUniversities Worldwide. He is also the author of Computer Programming for Geographers (with J. A. Dawson) and coeditor of Visualization in Geographic Information Systems (with Hilary M. Hearnshaw), both published by Wiley.

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Preface.
* Geographic Information Analysis and Spatial Data.
* The Pitfalls and Potential of Spatial Data.
* Fundamentals: Maps as Outcomes of Processes.
* Point Pattern Analysis.
* Practical Point Pattern Analysis.
* Lines and Networks.
* Area Objects and Spatial Autocorrelation.
* Describing and Analyzing Fields.
* Knowing the Unknowable: The Statistics of Fields.
* Putting Maps Together: Map Overlay.
* Multivariate Data, Multidimensional Space, and Spatialization.
* Chapter Objectives.
* New Approaches to Spatial Analysis.

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"...a strong text...should be commended with its attention to practical examples..." (Progress in Human Geography, Vol.27, No.5, 2003)
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