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Overseas GIS Dictionary Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp Geographic details platforms (GIS) are penetrating a variety of disciplines and, hence, there's a becoming team of execs and scholars who have to grasp the sphere speedy. As in any really expert box, the jargon and acronyms are mostly incomprehensible to the uninitiated, and plenty of phrases that experience a well-known interpretation in daily language tackle a selected that means within the GIS context. Such an evolving lexicon displays the dynamism, but additionally the early life, of this box. The overseas GIS Dictionary is the 1st devoted dictionary to be had for the GIS neighborhood. It contains GIS phrases from around the world and from similar disciplines, akin to distant sensing, that are turning into more and more vital to humans utilizing GIS. Features:
* Over 500 definitions
* Informative illustrations
* Examples to explain meaning
* record of wide-spread acronyms
* absolutely cross-referenced entries
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Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. International GIS Dictionary. Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. International GIS Dictionary. Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. International GIS Dictionary. Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. International GIS Dictionary. Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. International GIS Dictionary. Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. International GIS Dictionary. Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. International GIS Dictionary. Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. International GIS Dictionary. Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. International GIS Dictionary. Rachael McDonnell & Karen Kemp © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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