Classics from IJGIS contains articles that shaped the way we approach the science of GIS, provided seeds from which grew key developments that have molded the field, opened new avenues of discovery across the landscape of modern GIScience, and some that may mark how it will change in the future.

Features:

• Collects 19 of the most cited and influential articles ever published in IJGIS
• Offers a unique, insightful, and personal perspective on the subject of each article, from at least one of the original authors
• Chronicles the important milestones and catalysts that defined and initiated important areas of study and development
• Documents the first analysis of social networks among researchers
• Demonstrates social and serendipitous aspects of how this science has developed
• Gives future researchers a glimpse at how these landmark papers came about

Contents

1. Introduction-Twenty Years of IJGIS: Choosing the Classics
2. A Mark 1 Geographical Analysis Machine for the Automated Analysis of Point Data Set
3. A Review and Conceptual Framework of Automated Map Generalization
4. Propagation of Errors in Spatial Modelling with GIS
5. A Comparision of Techniques for Calculating Gradient and Aspect from A Gridded Digital Elevation Model
6. Object-Oriented Data Modelling for Spatial Databases
7. Point-Set Topological Spatial Relations
8. Modeling Accessibility Using Space-Time Prism Concepts within Geographical Information Systems
9. Geographical Information Science
10. Alogorithm and Implementation Uncertainity in Viewshed Analysis
11. Development of a Geomorphological Spatial Model Using Object-Oriented Design
12. Integrating Geographical Information Systems and Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Methods
13. The Geography of Paramerter Space: An Investigation of Spatial Non-Stationarity
14. Qualitative Spatial Reasoning: Cardinal Directions as an Example
15. Assessing, Representing, and Transmitting Positional Uncertainity in Maps
16. Loose Coupling a Cellular Automaton Model and GIS
17. Overcoming the Semantic and Other Barriers to GIS Interoperability
18. Interactive Maps for Visual Data Exploration
19. Geographical Catergories
20. Extending GIS-Based Visual Analysis: The Concept of Visual Scapes

Index

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