Geographical data are used in so many aspects of our lives today, ranging from disaster
relief operations through to finding directions on our mobile phones. We can all be data …

The rapid expansion of GIS and the increasing availability of digital map data is resulting in
a geographic data explosion of quite unparallelled historic proportions (Rhind et al. 1989) …

Applied work in geographical information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis has been a
persistent component of research activity in geography and regional science for several …

Abstract Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are computer assisted systems for the
capture, storage, retrieval, analysis and display of spatial data. The increase in the use and …

Geographical data describe natural resources, both renewable and non-renewable, as well
as cultural and human resources. The spatial distribution of such phenomena is usually …

Geographic information systems represent an exciting and rapidly expanding technology via
which spatial data may be captured, stored, retrieved, displayed, manipulated and analysed …

GIS and spatial analysis have enjoyed a long and productive relationship over the past
decades (for reviews see Fotheringham and Rogerson 1994; Goodchild 1988; Goodchild et …

Even though Geographic Information Systems GIS have been available for over 20 years,
they have only recently become accessible to geographers and others as a useful tool in …

This chapter describes the special characteristics of spatial data and some features of the
field of spatial analysis. The origins of spatial analysis lie in the development in the early …

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are routinely used in government and private
agencies for handling information about many aspects of science and society. Volume one …