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1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 142 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Computer methods in the geosciences ; v. 17 |
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Computer methods in the geosciences ; 17.
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| Summary |
Most geoscientists are aware of recent IT developments, but cannot spend time on obscure technicalities. Few have considered their implications for the science as a whole. Yet the information industry is moving fast: electronic delivery of hyperlinked multimedia; standards to support interdisciplinary and geographic integration; new models to represent and visualize our concepts, and control and manage our activities; plummeting costs that force the pace. To stay on course, the scientist needs a broad appreciation of the complex and profound interactions of geoscience and IT, not previously reviewed in a single work. The book brings together ideas from many sources, some probably unfamiliar, that bear on the geoscience information system. It encourages readers to give thought to areas that, for various reasons, they have taken for granted, and to take a view on forces affecting geoscience, the consequences for themselves and their organisations, and the need to reconsider, adapt and rebuild. Practicing geoscientists with a general interest in how IT will affect their work and influence future directions of the science; geoscientists familiar with IT applications in their own specialist field who need a broader perspective; and students or educators specializing in IT applications in geoscience who require a top-down overview of their subject will find this title valuable. The IT background from this book should help geoscientists build a strategy for the new century. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Geoscience after IT: A view of the present and future impact of information technology on geoscience; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Part 1: Motivation; Chapter 1. Geoscience after IT. Part A. Defining Information Technology, its Significance in Geoscience, and the aims of this Publication; 1. Defining Information Technology; 2. The significance of IT to geoscience; 3. This publication; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Geoscience after IT. Part B. Benefits for geoscience from information technology, and an example from geological mapping of the need for a broad view |
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1. The geoscience literature2. Managing a knowledge base; 3. Sharing information; 4. The need for a broad view; 5. Towards a user requirement; References; Part 2: Familiarization with IT; Chapter 3. Geoscience after IT. Part C. Familiarization with It applications to support the individual geoscientist; 1. The route to IT familiarization; 2. Desktop hardware; 3. Word processors; 4. Spreadsheets and business graphics; 5. Capturing data and images; 6. Information delivery and presentation; References |
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Chapter 4. Geoscience after IT. Part D. Familiarization with It applications to support the workgroup1. Project and workgroup; 2. Communicating in the workgroup; 3. Sharing information, metadata; 4. Designing an investigation; 5. Project management; 6. Project documents; 7. IT applications in the cycle of project activities; References; Chapter 5. Geoscience after IT. Part E. Familiarization with it background; 1. The need to look at the IT background; 2. What computers do; 3. The computing system; 4. Communication; 5. Generic software systems; 6. Programming languages; References |
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Chapter 6. Geoscience after IT. Part F. Familiarization with quantitative analysis1. Background; 2. Measurement and number; 3. Descriptive statistics; 4. Matrix algebra and spatial data; 5. Multivariate statistics; References; Chapter 7. Geoscience after IT. Part G. Familiarization with spatial analysis; 1. Digital cartography; 2. The spatial model; 3. Spatial relationships; 4. Spatial transformations; 5. Spatial statistics and surface fitting; 6. The fractal model; 7. Spatial configuration; References |
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Chapter 8. Geoscience after IT. Part H . Familiarization with managing the information base1. The framework; 2. Documents; 3. Database; 4. Spatial data; 5. Object-oriented methods; References; Part 3: The emerging system; Chapter 9. Geoscience after IT. Part I.A view of the conventional geoscience information system; 1. A scheme of ideas; 2. Systems; 3. A student looks at the real world; 4. How memory orders our thoughts; 5. Interfaces in a conventional system; 6. Conventional repositories; 7. Processes in the conventional system; 8. Business aspects; References |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Geology -- Data processing.
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Information technology.
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Géologie -- Informatique.
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Technologie de l'information.
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information technology.
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Geology -- Data processing
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Information technology
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| Added Title |
Geoscience after information technology |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Loudon, T.V. Geoscience after IT. 1st ed. New York : Pergamon, 2000 0080436722 9780080436722 (DLC) 00069290 (OCoLC)45604043 |
| ISBN |
9780080436722 |
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0080436722 |
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1281045993 |
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9781281045997 |
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9786611045999 |
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6611045996 |
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0080532519 |
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9780080532516 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000048130994 |
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DEBBG BV039831802 |
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DEBBG BV042309045 |
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DEBSZ 36777321X |
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DEBSZ 482437790 |
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NZ1 12433247 |
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NZ1 15191582 |
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