Geographische Informationssysteme

Geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial data infrastructures (GDI) are on everyone's lips. GIS are information systems for the acquisition, processing, organization, analysis and presentation of geographic data and include the necessary hardware, software, data and applications. This understandably written textbook not only provides the necessary theoretical-conceptual basic knowledge of GIS, but also addresses the latest developments in the field of spatial data infrastructures, WebGIS and newer "Digital Earth Initiatives" such as "Google Earth" or "OpenStreetMap". In addition, the textbook takes up the importance of the European INSPIRE Directive, which is shaping the entire information system in the Europe of the future. Central contents of the book are: - Basics of geo-information systems, - Data sources, -storage, -manag.