文档介绍：Open Source GIS:
A GRASS GIS Approach
OPEN SOURCE GIS:
A GRASS GIS APPROACH
Second Edition
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ITC-irst – Centro per la Ricerca Scientifica e ologica, Italy
HELENA MITASOVA
North Carolina State University, .
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
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eBook ISBN: 1-4020-8065-4
Print ISBN: 1-4020-8064-6
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Contents
List of Figures xiii
List of Tables xix
Foreword xxi
Preface to the First Edition xxv
Preface to the Second Edition xxvii
Acknowledgments xxix
1. OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND GIS 1
Open Source concept 1
GRASS as an Open Source GIS 3
How to read this book 4
2. GIS CONCEPTS 7
General GIS principles 7
Geospatial data models 7
of GIS data 11
GIS functionality 12
Map projections and coordinate systems 13
Map projection principles 14
coordinate systems 17
North American and European Datums 20
3. GETTING STARTED WITH GRASS 23
First steps 23
Download and install GRASS 23
Database mand structure 25
Starting GRASS with demo database Spearfish 28
GRASS file and location management 31
Starting GRASS with a new project 34
Latitude-Longitude 35
Universal Transverse Mercator 39
viii OPEN SOURCE GIS
State Plane 42
Non-georeferenced xy coordinate system 44
Coordinate system transformations 45
Coordinates lists 46
Map layers 48
Reprojecting with GDAL/O