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Burrough, Peter Alan was born on August 26, 1944 in Wimborne, England. Son of Reginald Valentine and Lilian Abia (Peatey) Burrough.
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Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment (Monographs on Soil and Resources Survey, 12): Burrough, P. A.: 9780198545927: Books: Amazon.com
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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 collectors, adding locational information as we capture digitally our day-to-day experiences. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are the software tools that facilitate this, turning the raw data into useful information that can help us understand our worlds better. Principles of Geographical Information Systems presents a thorough overview of the subject, exploring both the theoretical basis of GIS, and their use in practice. It explains how data on the world are converted into digital form and the analytical capabilities used to bring understanding to a range of areas of interest and issues. Spatial data are usually based on two, dichotomous paradigms: exactly defined entities in space, such as land parcels and urban structures, or the continuous variation of single attributes, such as temperature or rainfall. The adoption of one or the other influences how the geographical data are structured in the GIS and the types of analysis possible. A further area of focus in the book concerns the problems of data quality and how statistical errors in spatial data can affect the results of spatial modelling based on the two paradigms of space. Fuzzy logic and continuous classification methods are presented as methods for linking the two spatial paradigms. The book concludes with an overview of current developments and trends in providing spatial data to an ever-expanding global community of users. Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany Principles of Geographical Information Systems features: For students: DT Links to useful software and software providers for GIS DT Datasets with instructions of how to repeat analyses presented in the book using widely-used software For registered adopters of the book: DT Figures from the book, available for download
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Principles of geographical information systems, co - authored by peter burrough and rachael a mcdonnel, is the new edition of the book principles of graphical information systems for land resource assessment, which was published in the year 1986. Today, geographical information system is an important guide for managing our social and physical environment and is not just a tool for map - making electronically. Geographical information system is used as tools for assisting political decisions and play an important role in market research, automated navigation systems, managing the utility services and in many other diverse fields. The book explains the two types of spatial data. It also covers how a wide range of practical problems can be solved by using the spatial data through the analysis of their spatial interactions. The practical problems can differ from analysis through land degradation done on - site, redistributing the chernobyl radioactivity by floods or optimisation of timber extractions from forests. The book pays detailed attention to problems that occur in the quality of data and how the results of spatial modelling can be affected by statistical errors in this data that depend on the two paradigms of space. The book ends with a detailed analysis of the current developments in providing spatial data for the entire world through the internet. Principles of geographical information systems was published by oup in the year 2007. The book is available in paperback. This book is meant for students and professionals in the fields of hydrology, physical and human geography, geology, environmental science, land evaluation and many other fields.
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This new edition of the best-selling Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment has been completely revised and updated. Using real world examples this book provides a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the theory and practice of GIS for undergraduates and professionals alike in disciplines ranging from hydrology to epidemology, from planning to agriculture.
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Burrough, Peter Alan was born on August 26, 1944 in Wimborne, England. Son of Reginald Valentine and Lilian Abia (Peatey) Burrough.
Bachelor of Science with 1st class honors, University Sussex, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oxford, 1969.
Junior lecturer physical geography University Oxford, 1968-1969. Senior science officer United Kingdom Land Resources division Ministry of Overseas Development, United Kingdom, 1970-1973. Lecturer in soil science University New South Wales, Australia, 1973-1976.
Senior lecturer department soil science and geology Wageningen Agricultural University, 1980-1984. Professor geographic information systems and physical geography University Utrecht, The Netherlands, since 1984, director Utrecht Center for Environment and Landscape Dynamics The Netherlands, since 1998. Visiting research scientist Soil Survey Institute, Wageningen, 1976-1980.
Chairman board Nexpri-Dutch Inter University Center for Spatial Information, since 1988, numerous others. Chairman science board European Geography Information Conferences, 1990-1994. Chairman review board United Kingdom Economics and Social Research Council geographic information system or geographical information science Laboratories, 1990-1991.
Member executive committee European Umbrella Organization for Geography Information, 1994-1998.
(Principles of geographical information systems, co - auth...)
(Geographical data are used in so many aspects of our live...)
(This new edition of the best-selling Principles of Geogra...)
(Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land R...)
Member British Society of Soil Science, Dutch Society of Soil Science, Dutch Remote Sensing Society.
Married Josephine Pauline Barbara Mira Boenisch, June 5, 1971. Children: Alexander Jan, Nicholas Peter.