This eBook is the result of a compilation of several advances in the different applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to distinct areas. GIS is, in its essence, an applied science. The applications presented in this eBook were selected in an attempt to cover some of the most representative areas of action. Of course, from the reader’s perspective, some of them may be missed, but on the other hand, the reader may also be surprised by some of the applications covered by this eBook. From the start, the intention was to produce a compilation of GIS applications as heterogeneous as possible to show the universality of GIS. In this eBook, areas as different as land use and land cover changes, tourists’ destinations, pegmatite mapping, forest management, spatial biology, environmental applications, health monitoring and also open source GIS tools are covered.
This eBook also intends to be an updated tool over the state-of-the-art of the different GIS intervention areas. In other words, readers will have access to the latest advances of GIS technology in different areas.
Table of Contents
1. Foreword
2. Preface
3. List of Contributors
4. Predicting Land Use and Land Cover Changes for Landscape Planning: An Integration of Markov Chains and Cellular Automata Using GIS
5. Agent-based Modelling of Tourists Destination Decision-Making Process
6. Spatial Geostatistical Analysis Applied To The Barroso-Alvao Rare-Elements Pegmatite Field (Northern Portugal)
7. Open Source GIS Tools: Two Environmental Applications
8. The Role of GIS and LIDAR as Tools for Sustainable Forest Management
9. GIS for Spatial Biology: The Geographical Component of Life
10. GPS Data Mining for Monitoring Community Mobility of Individuals
11. Subject Index
Author
Ana Cláudia Teodoro
