List of ContributorsPrefacePart I Introduction1. Geographic Information Science, Systems, and Studies: John P. Wilson and A. Stewart Fotheringham2. What is GIS and What is Not?: Christopher M. GoldPart II Data Issues3. The Availability of Geographic Data: the Current Technical and Institutional Environment: David J. Cowen4. The Changing Character of Social Data: David J. Martin5. Remote Sensing and GIS: Brian G. Lees6. GPS and Surveys of People and Place: Peter H. Dana7. Spatialization: Andre Skupin and Sara I. Fabrikant8. On the Identification of Uncertainties in Spatial Data and their Quantification 9. Through Probabilistic Means: James D. Brown and Gerald B.M. HeuvelinkPart III Database Trends9. The Geospatial Semantic Web: Frederico Fonseca10. Geospatial Ontology Development and Semantic Analytics: I. Budak Arpinar, Amit Sheth, Cartic Ramakrishnan, Lynn Usery, Molly Azami, and Mei-Po Kwan11. Object-Oriented Database Management Systems: Shashi Shekhar and Ranga Raju Vatsavai12. Uncertainty in Spatial Databases: Ashley Morris13. Geosptial Data Integration: Craig A. Knoblock and Cyrus Shahabi14. Adding the Z Dimension: Michael F. Hutchinson15. Adding Time to GIS Databases: May YuanPart IV Visualization16. Mapping in a Digital Age: William E. Cartwrightlliam E. Cartwright17. Generalization and Scale: William A. Mackaness18. Surfaces and GIS: Nicholas J. Tate, Peter F. Fisher, and David J. Martin19. Fuzzy Classification and Mapping: Vincent B. Robinson20. Rule-Based Mapping: A-Xing Zhu21. Multivariate Geovisualization: Mark Gahegan22. Virtual Reality in GIS: Michael BattyPart V Knowledge Elicitation23. Inference and Spatial Data: Chris Brunsdon24. Neural Networks: a General Framework for Non-Linear Function Approximation: Manfred M. Fischer25. Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: Harvey J. MillerPart VI Spatial Analysis26. Quantitative Methods and GIS: Martin Charlton27. Geostatistical Analysis: Edzer J. Pebesma28. Spatial Analysis on a Network with GIS: Atsuyuki Okabe, Kei-Ichi Okunuki, and Shino Shiode29. Spatial Cluster Analysis: Geoffrey M. Jacquez30. Terrain Analysis: Yongxin Deng, John P. Wilson, and John C. Gallant31. Dynamic Modeling: Jochen AlbrechtPart VII Broader Issues32. Institutional GIS and GI Partnering: David Tulloch33. Public Participation GIS: Daniel Weiner and Trevor M. Harris34. GIS and Participatory Decision Making: Piotr Jankowski and Timothy L. Nyerges35. GIS, Personal Privacy, and the Law: George C.H. Cho36. GIS and Education: Joseph J. KerskiPart VIII Future Trends and Challenges37. Web-Based GIS: Christopher B. Jones and Ross S. Purves38. Location-Based Services and GIS: Allan J. Brimicombe39. Geographic Information Science: the Grand Challenges : Michael F. Goodchild40. Geographic Information Science: Where Next?: Andreas Reuter And Alexander ZipfIndex