International Journal of Geographical Information Systems 1992: Vol 6 Table of Contents

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International Journal of
GEOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
Contents of Volume 6
S Taylor & Francis
London e Washington, DC
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
EDITOR NORTH AMERICAN EDITOR BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
J. T. Coppock K. C. Clarke N. Stuart
Department of Geography Department of Geology and Geography Department of Geography
University of Edinburgh 695 Park Avenue University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh EH8 9XP New York, NY 10021 Edinburgh EH8 9XP
UK USA UK
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE, UK
P. F. Dale M. J. Jackson H. M. Mounsey D. W. Rhind
London Cambridge London London
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE, NORTH AMERICA
D. J. Cowen M. F. Goodchild T. Smith
Columbia Santa Barbara Santa Barbara
EDITORIAL BOARD
R. Aangeenbrug J. Dangermond D. Marble D. Peuquet
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Zurich Laval Washington N. Smith
P. A. Burrough S. Guptill P. Mather Southampton
Utrecht Virginia Nottingham W. Tobler
R. Chalmers R. G. Healey D. G. McCallum Santa Barbara
Hamilton Edinburgit Woking R. Tomlinson
Chen Qiming M. Konecny H. Moellering Ottawa
Beijing Brno Columbus J. Townshend
Chen Shupeng S. Kubo P. Nag Maryland
Beijing Tokyo Dehra Dun J. L. van Genderen
I. K. Crain M. Lyew J. O’Callaghan Enschede
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International Journal of Geographical Information
Systems
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Contents of Volume 6
Number 1
Development of _ intelligent geographical information systems.
P. A. Burrough
Data access, charging and copyright and their implications for geograph-
ical information systems. D. Rhind
Geographical information science. M. F. Goodchild
National Center for Geographical Information and Analysis
Book reviews
Forthcoming events
Number 2
Editorial. T. Coppock
Why not SQL! M. J. Egenhofer
Development and test of an error model for categorical data. M. F.
Goodchild, S. Guoqing and Y. Shiren
An inductive modelling procedure based on Bayes’ theorem for analysis
of pattern in spatial data. R. Aspinall
Management of wildfires with a geographical system. Y. H. Chou
Road network detection from SPOT imagery for updating geographical
information systems in the rural-urban fringe. J. Wang, P. M. Treitz and
P. J. Howarth
The vector to raster conversion: (mis)use in geographical information
systems. W. G. M. van der Knaap
Forthcoming events
Number 3
Editorial
Algebraic approach to spatial reasoning. T. R. Smith and K. K. Park
Environmental decision support system project: an exploration of alter-
native architectures for geographical information systems. D. J. Abel,
S. K. Yap, R. Ackland, M. A. Cameron, D. F. Smith and G. Walker
Structuring image data within a multi-media system. C. L. N. Ruggles
improvement of GIS graphics for analysis and decision-making. R. Weibel
and B. P. Buttenfield
Assessing costs and benefits of geographical information systems:
methodological and implementation issues. D. A. Smith and
R. F. Tomlinson
Book reviews
Forthcoming events
Number 4
Special Issue
GIS in Education
Foreword
Editorial
Graphical information systems and planning in the USA: selected
municipal adoption trends and educational concerns. W. R. Gordon Jr
and N. M. Soubra
Teaching the principles of GIS: lessons from the GISTutor project. J. Raper
and N. Green
gistt: a geographic information systems teaching tool. D. V. Hawke
MIT’s computer resource lab: A research and educational facility for GIS
in urban planning. L. L. Wiggins and J. Ferreira, Jr
NCGIA education activities: the core curriculum and beyond. M. F.
Goodchild and K. K. Kemp
Teaching generic GIS using commercial software. R. J. Rogerson
GIS education in Europe. J. T. Coppock
Curricula, Course Outlines and Laboratory Exercises. R. T. Aangeenbrug
Book reviews
Number 5
Editorial. T. Coppock
A generic model for planar geographical objects. M. F. Worboys
Algorithms for automated line generalization based on a natural principle
of objective generalization. Z. Li and S. Openshaw
Modelling landslide distribution on loess soils in China: an investigation
W. Shu-Quiang and D. J. Unwin
Integrating GIS and spatial data analysis: problems and possibilities.
M. Goodchild, R. Haining, S. Wise and 12 others
The U.K. Regional Research Laboratory Initiative 1987-1991.
P. A. Burrough and A. Boddington
Conference report
Book reviews
Forthcoming events
Number 6
Editorial.
An algorithm for polygon overlay using cooperative parallel processing.
T. C. Waugh and S. Hopkins
Data integration through region-based nominal filtering. E. A. Fosnight
A multiresolution topographic surface database. J. M. Ware and C. B. Jones
Generation of multi-resolution maps from run-length-encoded data.
J. Persson and E. Jungert
Asystem for identifying datasets for GIS users. D. R. F. Walker, |. A.N ewman,
D. J. Medyckyj-Scott and C. L. N. Ruggles
GIS in local government: some findings from Great Britain. H. Campbell
and |. Masser
Book review
Index of authors