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2 - Fundamentals of GIS and GPS

from Part I - GPS for Primatologists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2021

By
Nathan P. Nibbelink  and
Joanna Hatt
Edited by
Francine L. Dolins ,
Christopher A. Shaffer ,
Leila M. Porter ,
Jena R. Hickey  and
Nathan P. Nibbelink
Francine L. Dolins
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Dearborn
Christopher A. Shaffer
Affiliation:
Grand Valley State University, Michigan
Leila M. Porter
Affiliation:
Northern Illinois University
Jena R. Hickey
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
Nathan P. Nibbelink
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
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Summary

All data are spatial. Try to think of a piece of data that is not spatial, and we bet with a little more thought, you could come up with a spatial characteristic of those data! Perhaps the name of a historic figure? That name has a provenance … it was given in a particular place, and the person may have lived in one or more places, and moved about the surface of the Earth according to some pattern. And the name itself (if written) has a length measured in number of letters, and it has shapes and sizes that affect its perception by others, much like the spatial elements of a map communicate something to its audience.

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Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology
Applying GIS at Varying Scales
 , pp. 14 - 41
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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