BOOK REVIEWS

Book review in this Article PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS AND SIGNATURES IN REMOTE SENSING. Edited by G. Guyot and T. Phulpin . A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 1997. ISBN 90 5410 917 3. Two volumes, each 172.254 mm. Volume 1: xiii + 390 pages; volume 2: x + 411 pages. Price NLG 225. MANUAL OF REMOTE SENSING, THIRD EDITION, VOLUME 2. PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF IMAGING RADAR. Edited by F. M. Henderson and A. J. Lewis . John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, in co-operation with the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 1998. ISBN 0 471 29406 3. 221.287 mm. xxv + 899 pages. 76 colour plates. Price US$198 hardback. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS. PRINCIPLES, TECHNIQUES, APPLICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT. Second edition. Edited by P. A. Longley , M. F. Goodchild , D. J. Maguire and D. W. Rhind . John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1999. ISBN 0471 32182 6 hardback. Boxed set of two volumes. 200.270 mm. Volume 1: xcv + 580 pages, with 40 colour plates. Volume 2: xciii + 521 pages, with 66 colour plates. Price £195. FUTURE TRENDS IN REMOTE SENSING. Edited by P. GUDMANDSEN. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 1998. ISBN 90 5410 933 5. 180.254mm. xii + 496 pages, including 18 pages of colour plates. Price NLG 205. INTERPRETATION OF AIRPHOTOS AND REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY. By R. H. Arnold . Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey, USA, 1997. ISBN 0 02 303924 8. 225.274 mm. xiv + 250 pages. 189 figures, including 17 in colour. Price £21.95 spiral bound. GEOCOMPUTATION: A PRIMER. Edited by P. A. Longley , S. M. Brooks , R. Mc Donnell and W. Mac Millan . John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, 1998. ISBN 0 471 98575 9 clothbound, 0 471 98576 7 paperback. 168.244 mm. xii + 278 pages, plus 8 pages of colour plates. Price £22.50 paperback. DIRECTORY OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Second edition. National Association of Aerial Photographic Libraries (NAPLIB), Dereham, 1999. ISBN 0 9530436 1 4. 210.297 mm. 132 pages. 8 plates and 3 figures. Price £40 (£20 to new members of NAPLIB and to members of the Photogrammetric Society). DIGITAL LANDSCAPE MODEL FOR EUROPE (DLME). By E. Blau , F. Boochs and B.-S. Schulz , with editorial assistance of P. R. T. Newby . OEEPE Official Publication No. 34. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie, Frankfurt am Main, 1997. ISSN 0257 0505. 175.245 mm. 108 pages. 21 figures, 9 tables, 4 diagrams and 15 appendices. Price DM 40. THE AGI SOURCE BOOK FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1998/99. Edited by C. Corbin . Association for Geographic Information, London, 1998. ISBN 1 847059 314. 210.297 mm. 396 pages. 43 trade directories and 21 reference tables. Price £39.50 paperback.     

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Book review in this Article THE ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR). By A. P. Cracknell . Taylor & Francis Lid., London, 1997. ISBN 0 7484 0209 8. 173 × 253 mm. xi + 534 pages. 8 colour plates. Price £60 hardback. SPATIAL DATABASE TRANSFER STANDARDS 2: CHARACTERISTICS FOR ASSESSING STANDARDS AND FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IN THE WORLD. Edited by H. Moellering . Published on behalf of the International Cartographic Association by Elsevier Science, Oxford, 1997. ISBN 0 0804 2433 3. 210 × 297 mm. 373 pages. Price $182 casebound. INTRODUCTION TO GEODESY. By J. R. Smith . John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1997. ISBN 0 471 16660 X. 156 × 230 mm. xv + 224 pages. 78 figures. Price £32.50 paperback. PHOTOGRAMMETRIE. Band 2, Verfeinerte Methoden und Anwendungen. Mit Beiträgen von J. Jansa und H. Kager. By K. Kraus . (Photogrammetry. Volume 2, Advanced methods and applications. With contributions by J. Jansa and H. Kager). Third edition. Dümmler Verlag, Bonn, 1996. ISBN 3 427 78653 6. 239 × 163 mm. 488 pages. 260 figures. In German. Price approximately 75 DM paperback. PHOTOGRAMMETRIE IN DER SCHWEIZ. Geschichte—Entwicklung. (Photogrammetry in Switzerland. History—Development). Edited by Schweizerische Gesellschaft FÜR Photogrammetrie , Bildanalyse und Fernerkundung (Swiss Society for Photogrammetry, Image Analysis and Remote Sensing). Dümmler Verlag, Bonn, 1996. ISBN 3 427 78721 4. 297 × 210 mm. 152 pages. 98 figures and an appendix with 8 colour maps. In German. Price approximately 60 DM hardback. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM: THEORY AND PRACTICE. By B. Hofmann -Wellenhof , H. Lichtenegger and J. Collins . Springer, Vienna and New York, 1997. Fourth revised edition. ISBN 3 211 82839 7. 240 × 165 mm. xxiii + 389 pages. 45 figures and 76 tables. Price US $54.95 paperback. MATHS FOR MAP MAKERS. By A. L. Allan . Whittles Publishing, Caithness, Scotland, 1997. ISBN 1 870325 91 5. 156 × 230 mm. xiii + 305 pages. 16 figures. Price £19.95 paperback. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY: AN ADDENDUM TO THE MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY. Edited by C. Greve . American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 1996. ISBN 1 57083 037 1. 286 × 225 mm. vii + 247 pages. 170 figures (7 in colour) and 33 tables. Price $90.00 (casebound), $62.00 ASPRS members, $35.00 students. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF 250 YEARS OF MILITARY SURVEY. By Y. Hodson and A. Gordon . Military Survey Defence Agency, London, 1997. ISBN 0 9529730 07. 210 × 295 mm. 40 pages, 106 illustrations. Price £7 paperback. Copies are available from Gordonwood Associates, 1 Majorca Avenue, Andover, Hampshire. SP10 1JW     

Book Reviews

Fischer, Manfred, Scholten, Henk J. and Unwin, David (eds), Spatial Analytical Perspectives on GIS
Verbyla, David L. and Chang, Kang-Tsung (Karl), Processing Digital Images in GIS: A Tutorial Featuring ArcView and ARC/INFO (with accompanying CD of image and vector data)
Plewe, Brandon, GIS Online: Information Retrieval, Mapping, and the Internet
Chou, Yue-Hong, Exploring Spatial Analysis in Geographic Information Systems     

International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Symposia, 1994

I. J. Dowman, Systems For Data Processing, Analysis And Representation, p. 145
A. M. Morgado, Spatial Information From Digital Photogrammetry And Computer Vision, p. 147
P. R. T. Newby, Mapping And Geographic Information Systems, p. 148
D. A. Tait, Facing The Chance And The Challenge, p.154
P. J. Curran, Eco Rio '94, p.155     

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Book review in this Article PHOTOGRAMMETRY. Volume 2 Advanced methods and applications. By K. Kraus with contributions by J. Jensa and H. Kager. Fourth edition, translated into English by P. Stewardson. Dümmler Verlag, Bonn, 1997. ISBN 3 427 78694 3. 240 x164 mm. 466 pages. lllustrated. Price DM 88. ERROR PROPAGATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING WITH GIS. By G. B. M. Heuvelink. Taylor & Francis, London, 1998. ISBN 0 7484 0743 X (hardback), 0 7484 0744 8 (paperback). 233 × 156 mm. xviii + 127 pages. Price £24.95 paperback. GOVERNMENTS AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. By I. Masser. Taylor & Francis Ltd., London, 1998. ISBN 07484 0789 8 (cased), ISBN 07484 0706 5 (paperback). 246 × 170 mm. xi + 120 pages. 10 figures, 6 colour plates and 10 tables. Price £19.95 paperback. AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS. By I. Heywood , S. Cornelius and S. Carver. Addison Wesley Longman Ltd., Harlow, 1998. ISBN 0 582 08940 9. 245 × 187 mm. xiv + 279 pages. Black and white illustrations and colour plates. Price £18.99paperback. EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES: OPPORTUNITIES AND PITFALLS. GISData series V. Edited by P. A. Burrough and I. Masser. European Science Foundation/Taylor & Francis Ltd., London, 1998. ISBN 0 7484 0755 3 (hardbac ISBN 0 7484 0756 1 (paperback). 252 × 173 mm. xv + 172 pages. 4 colour plates. Price £55–95 hardback, £26.95 paperback. INNOVATIONS IN GIS. Selected Papers from the Fifth National Conference on GIS Research UK (GISRUK). Edited by S. Carver. Taylor & Francis Ltd., London, 1998. ISBN 0 7484 0810 X. 252 × 174 mm. xxii + 246 pages. Numerous illustrations, including four colour plates. Price £69.95. SCALE IN REMOTE SENSING AND GIS. Edited by D. A. Quattrochi and M. F. Goodchild. Lewis Publishers, New York, 1997. ISBN 1 56670 104 X. 235 × 165 mm. 406 pages, 21 colour plates, including bibliographical references, index, many diagrams and illustrations. Price £48.00 hardback. PRACTICAL GEODESY: USING COMPUTERS. By M. Hooijberg. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1997. ISBN 3 540 61826 0. 273 x198 mm. xi + 308 pages. 69 figures and 21 tables. Price £49.00 hardback. GIS ONLINE: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, MAPPING, AND THE INTERNET. By B. Plewe. OnWord Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1997. ISBN 1 56690 137 5. 179 × 228 mm. xv + 311 pages. 99 figures. World Wide Web site containing supporting material and update information: http://kaycnta.geog.byu.edu/gisonline Price £29.95 paperback. ANALYSIS OF SAR DATA OF THE POLAR OCEANS: RECENT ADVANCES. Edited by C. Tsatsoulis . and R. Kwok . Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1998. ISBN 3 540 62802 9. 241 × 160 mm. vi + 290 pages. 125 figures, including 26 in colour, and 18 tables. Price £95.50 hardback. IMAGES OF THE EARTH: A GUIDE TO REMOTE SENSING. Second edition. By S. A. Drury. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998. ISBN 0 19 854997 0. 276 × 220 mm. viii + 203 pages. 201 illustrations, 2 tables. Price £25.00 paperback. EXPLORING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. By N. R. Chrisman. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1997. ISBN 0 471 10842 1. 230 × 190 mm. xvi + 298 pages. 103 figures and 27 tables. Price £24.95 paperback.     

空间信息技术在土地利用规划中的应用

空间信息技术是信息技术的一个方面,它与土地利用规划密切相关。为了使空间信息技术在土地利用规划中发挥更大的作用,本文分别分析了空间信息技术中摄影测量与遥感(RS)、全球定位系统(GPS)和地理信息系统(GIS)在土地利用规划中的作用,在此基础上提出了空间信息技术在土地利用规划中的应用前景。     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Moudon, Anne Vernez and Hubner, Michael (eds), Monitoring Land Supply with Geographic Information Systems: Theory, Practice and Parcel-Based Approaches
Chiles, Jean-Paul and Delfiner, Pierre, Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty
Openshaw Stan and Abrahart, Robert J. (eds), GeoComputation
Gurnell, Angela M. and Montgomery, David R., (eds), Hydrological Applications of GIS
Wilson, John P. and Gallant, John C. (eds), Terrain Analysis: Principles and Applications
Grimshaw, David J., Bringing Geographical Information Systems into Business (Second Edition)
Delaney, Julie, Geographical Information Systems: An Introduction     

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Book review in this Article GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THE LAW: MAPPING THE LEGAL FRONTIERS. By G. Cho . John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, 1998. ISBN 0 471 94857 8. 158 × 236 mm. xix + 337 pages. 19 figures and 7 tables. Price £70 hardback. UNDERSTANDING SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES. By C. J. Oliver and S. Quegan . Artech House, Inc., Norwood, USA, 1998. ISBN 0 89006 850 X. 160 × 235 mm. xxvii + 479 pages. 125 diagrams and illustrations. Price £79 hardback. REMOTE SENSING OF TROPICAL REGIONS. By E. A. Sharkov . John Wiley & Sons Ltd., in association with Praxis Publishing Ltd., Chichester, 1998. ISBN 0 471 97171 5. 172 × 247 mm. xvii + 310 pages, plus 8 pages of colour plates. 78 figures and 24 tables. Price £65 hardback. ELEMENTS OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY, WITH APPLICATIONS IN GIS. By P. R. Wolf and B. A. Dewitt . McGraw Hill, New York, 2000. ISBN 0 07 292454 3. 160 × 235 mm. xiii + 608 pages. Illustrated. Price US$60 hardback. THE WESTERN FRONT FROM THE AIR. By N. Watkis . Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1999. ISBN 0 7509 1338. 200 × 270 mm. ix + 130 pages. Illustrated. Price £20 hardback. ADVANCES IN REMOTE SENSING AND GIS ANALYSIS. Edited by P. M. Atkinson and N. J. Tate . John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, 1999. ISBN 0 471 98577 5. 174 × 251 mm. xiv + 273 pages, plus 4 pages of colour plates. Illustrated. Price £55 hardback. MANUAL OF REMOTE SENSING, THIRD EDITION, VOLUME 3. REMOTE SENSING FOR THE EARTH SCIENCES. Edited by A. N. Rencz . John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, USA, in co‐operation with the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 1999. ISBN 0471 29405 5. 184 × 260mm. xvi + 707 pages. 280 illustrations and tables and 53 colour plates. Price £128 hardback. MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES WITH GIS. By L. Lang . SERVING MAPS ON THE INTERNET. By C. Harder . Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Redlands, California, USA, 1998. ISBN 1 879102 53 6 and ISBN 1 879102 52 8, respectively. Both 229 × 189 mm. ix + 117 pages and ix + 130 pages, respectively, both plus CD‐ROM. Illustrated. Price US$19.95 each, paperback. PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING OF OCEANS. By I. V. Cherny and V. Yu Raizer . John Wiley & Sons Ltd., in association with Praxis Publishing Ltd., Chichester, 1998. ISBN 0 471 97170 7. 172 × 247mm. viii + 195 pages. 127 illustrations, including 8 pages of colour plates. Price £55 hardback. VIDEO CAMERA TECHNOLOGY. By A. C. Luther . Artech House Inc., Norwood, USA, 1998. ISBN 0 89006 556 X. 160 × 235 mm. xvi + 312 pages. Black and white illustrations. Price £59 hardback. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY, VOLUME I. By T. Schenk . TerraScience, Laurelville, U.S.A, 1999. ISBN 0 9677653 0 7 perfect bound; ISBN 0 9677653 1 5 case bound. 235 × 162mm. xx + 421 pages. 179 figures and 15 tables. Price US$49 perfect bound, US$69 case bound, plus package and postage. INFINITE PERSPECTIVES: TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF THREE‐DIMENSIONAL MAP‐MAKING. By B. M. Ambroziak and J. R. Ambroziak , with an introduction by R. Bradbury . Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 1999. ISBN 1 56898 195 3. 382 × 325mm. 111 pages. 100 colour illustrations. Price £55 hardback. EVEREST—THE MAN AND THE MOUNTAIN. By J. R. Smith . Whittles Publishing, Caithness, 1999. ISBN 1 870325 72 9. 170 × 240mm. xiv + 306 pages. 45 figures and 5 appendices. Price £37.50 paperback. TEXT BOOKS ON REMOTE SENSING AND GIS. Remote Sensing Notes edited by Japan Association of Remote Sensing . GIS Notes by S. Murai . Asian Center for Research on Remote Sensing, Thailand, 1999. 140 × 130mm. Price unknown, CD‐ROM. REMOTE SENSING CHANGE DETECTION. Edited by R. S. Lunetta and C. D. Elvidge . Ann Arbor Press, Michigan, USA, 1998. ISBN 1 57504 037 9. 183 × 260mm. xviii + 318 pages. 20 colour plates, plus numerous illustrations. Price US$69.95 hardback. NORFOLK FROM THE AIR. VOLUME 2. Edited by P. Wade ‐Martins . Photography by D. Edwards . Norfolk Museums Service, Norwich, 1999. ISBN 0 903101 68 8. 212 × 284mm. 148 pages. 135 half page aerial photographs, 89 in black and white. Price £15.95 paperback.     

基于多源数据融合的高精细实景三维建模技术

针对大面积错综复杂的油气管道建立高精细实景三维模型,常规的倾斜摄影数据获取方法对于复杂构件及微地貌,在后期建模效果上精细度得不到保证。多源数据融合建模是对倾斜摄影建模方法的进一步探索,此方法有效解决纹理细节、模型逼真等方面存在的问题,并且在实际生产中达到了"高精细、高效率、低成本"的目的。     

建立土地资源信息系统的若干问题与对策

地理信息系统（ＧＩＳ）技术应用于土地资源的空间信息处理领域中,为宏观决策提供了强有力的科学依据。根据国内外对土地资源信息系统（ＬＲＩＳ）的研究及作者的实践和理解,讨论了在建立该类系统时应该得到重视和进一步研究的５个方面的问题,并提出相应的对策。     

Investigating New Wireless Technologies and Their Potential Impact on Children's Spatiality: A Role for GIS

This paper outlines exploratory research undertaken by the “A New Sense of Place?” Project in Bristol, UK, into the potential new, location sensitive, computing technologies may have for enhancing urban children's socio‐spatial practices. The paper describes a series of workshops held with children in which mapping activities and use of the technologies are supported by the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS). The paper suggests that sound‐enabled GIS could play a major role in the management of such technologies.     

车载激光雷达测量系统整体检校方法

针对目前系统检校常用方法中大多依赖手工提取点时无法准确获得检校点、绝对精度较低、对实际数据的适用性差等问题,该文结合自主研发的车载激光雷达测量系统,提出一种利用带有反射片的特制球形标靶及利用距离阈值插值算法快速、方便且准确地对车载激光雷达测量系统进行外参数检校的方法。结果表明:与传统方法相比,该方法可以完全弥补常规方法中提取的检校点不准确、精度低等缺点,适用性及实用性更强;在绝对精度方面,整体水平精度达到0.05m以下,高程精度达到0.06m以下;在相对精度方面,拟合检校球直径精度达到0.003m以下,距离精度达到0.002m以下,证明该方法的精度、适用性完全满足当前车载激光雷达测量系统检校的精度需求。     

构建智能交通地理信息及定位平台

计算机技术、通信技术、现代控制技术、全球定位技术和地理信息系统技术为智能交通系统 (ITS)的建设提供了可靠的技术支撑。描述地球表面的基础地理信息数据是国家空间数据基础设施建设中的重要组成部分。交通地理信息及定位平台是面向交通运输 ,以地理信息系统和空间定位技术为依托的广泛概念 ,构架交通地理信息及定位平台 ,提供车辆在四维时空中的位置和有关空间目标描述的技术和信息 ,为实现交通智能化奠定基础。     

空间决策支持系统通用软件工具的试验研究

空间决策支持系统（ＳＤＳＳ）是近年来在常规决策支持系统（ＤＳＳ）和地理信息系统（ＧＩＳ）相结合的基础上，发展起来的一种新型的信息系统。在本文中，作者简要地论述了ＳＤＳＳ的技术特点及其与ＧＩＳ、专家系统的差异，ＳＤＳＳ通用软件工具的设计思想及其原型系统的总体结构以及建立ＳＤＳＳ通用软件工具原型系统的关键技术问题及其解决办法。在开发ＳＤＳＳ通用软件工具的过程中，引入了应用框架生成及其实例化的概念，为ＳＤＳＳ的发展和应用开拓了一条有效的途径。     

政务GIS平台专题网站的建设

以"中国(云南)一东盟自由贸易区一南亚区域合作联盟空间信息公共平台"中"云南省综合省情"专题为例,阐述政务GIS平台专题页面制作方法,从页面布局、信息组织、地图服务调用等方面对政务专题网站的建设进行探讨,着重介绍了页面中控制内容区对象的方法,并展望其应用前景,以期为政务GIS平台中相关功能的应用与开发提供参考.     

“空间统计分析”教学研究与课程建设探索

“空间统计分析”是地理信息科学中的重要研究内容,也是测绘科学、遥感科学、地理信息工程等专业的基础性课程。文中通过梳理当前“空间统计分析”课程的教学现状,分析“空间统计分析”教学实践中存在的一些问题,提出教学改革思路,并对高等院校的“空间统计分析”课程教学改革进行若干建设探索,以改善“空间统计分析”课程的教学效果。     

Spatial dependency of cholera prevalence on potential cholera reservoirs in an urban area,Kumasi, Ghana

Cholera has been a public health burden in Ghana since the early 1970s. Between 1999 and 2005, a total of 25,636 cases and 620 deaths were officially reported to the WHO. In one of the worst affected urban cities, fecal contamination of surface water is extremely high, and the disease is reported to be prevalent among inhabitants living in close proximity to surface water bodies. Surface runoff from dump sites is a major source of fecal and bacterial contamination of rivers and streams in the study area. This study aims to determine (a) the impacts of surface water contamination on cholera infection and (b) detect and map arbitrary shaped clusters of cholera. A Geographic Information System (GIS) based spatial analysis is used to delineate potential reservoirs of the cholera vibrios; possibly contaminated by surface runoff from open space refuse dumps. Statistical modeling using OLS model reveals a significant negative association between (a) cholera prevalence and proximity to all the potential cholera reservoirs (R² = 0.18, p < 0.001) and (b) cholera prevalence and proximity to upstream potential cholera reservoirs (R² = 0.25, p < 0.001). The inclusion of spatial autoregressive coefficients in the OLS model reveals the dependency of the spatial distribution of cholera prevalence on the spatial neighbors of the communities. A flexible scan statistic identifies a most likely cluster with a higher relative risk (RR = 2.04, p < 0.01) compared with the cluster detected by circular scan statistic (RR = 1.60, p < 0.01). We conclude that surface water pollution through runoff from waste dump sites play a significant role in cholera infection.     

A comprehensive framework for exploratory spatial data analysis: Moran location and variance scatterplots

Abstract

A significant Geographic Information Science (GIS) issue is closely related to spatial autocorrelation, a burning question in the phase of information extraction from the statistical analysis of georeferenced data. At present, spatial autocorrelation presents two types of measures: continuous and discrete. Is it possible to use Moran's I and the Moran scatterplot with continuous data? Is it possible to use the same methodology with discrete data? A particular and cumbersome problem is the choice of the spatial-neighborhood matrix (W) for points data. This paper addresses these issues by introducing the concept of covariogram contiguity, where each weight is based on the variogram model for that particular dataset: (1) the variogram, whose range equals the distance with the highest Moran I value, defines the weights for points separated by less than the estimated range and (2) weights equal zero for points widely separated from the variogram range considered. After the W matrix is computed, the Moran location scatterplot is created in an iterative process. In accordance with various lag distances, Moran's I is presented as a good search factor for the optimal neighborhood area. Uncertainty/transition regions are also emphasized. At the same time, a new Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) tool is developed, the Moran variance scatterplot, since the conventional Moran scatterplot is not sensitive to neighbor variance. This computer-mapping framework allows the study of spatial patterns, outliers, changeover areas, and trends in an ESDA process. All these tools were implemented in a free web e-Learning program for quantitative geographers called SAKWeb© (or, in the near future, myGeooffice.org).     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book review in this Article
GEOGRAPHICAL APPLICATIONS OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. By C. P. Lo. David and Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon , 1976.
ELECTRONIC SURVEYING AND NAVIGATION. By S. H. L aurila . John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. New York , 1976.
SURVEYING. By J. B. G arner , D. J ames and R. G. B ird . The Estates Gazette Ltd. London , 1976.
OBSERVATIONS AND LEAST SQUARES. By E. M. M ikhail with contributions by F. E. A ckermann . IEP—A Dun-Donnelly Publisher, New York , 1976.
SKYVIEW CANADA. By D. W. T homson . Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa , 1975.     

空间决策支持系统开发平台及其应用实例

空间决策支持系统（Ｓｐａｔｉａｌ Ｄｅｃｉｓｉｏｎ Ｓｕｐｐｏｒｔ Ｓｙｓｔｅｍ ＳＤＳＳ）作为在地理信息系统（ＧＩＳ）和决策支持系统（ＤＳＳ）基础上发展起来的一个新光科学技术领域,自本世纪８０年代中后期后来,在国内外已引起越来越广泛的关注和重视。通过大量文献的分析表明：对这种系统目前尚有许多不同的理解和认识。作者认为只有那些能够帮助决策者生成、比较和选择空间决策方案的信息系统才能纳入ＳＤＳＳ的范