TY - BOOK AU - Hanna,Karen Calhoon AU - Culpepper,R.Brian TI - GIS in site design: new tools for design professionals SN - 0471163872 U1 - 712.30285 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - John Wiley KW - Sistemas de información geográfica KW - Uso de la tierra KW - Planificación N1 - 1. In general, what are geographic information systems? -- Where did GIS come from? A history of GIS in land planning and site design -- Who else uses GIS? -- 2. A closer look at geographic information systems -- Where does the data come from? -- What makes it magic: a brief introduction to operators and models -- 3. Why aren´t we using GIS now? -- Who is using GIS in the design professions? -- 4. Design process--the old-fashioned way -- A GIS´er in disguise as a site designer: step by step through the digital site design process -- 5. Our world becomes ever more digital -- Is GIS in your future?; CD-ROM : A library of the graphics featured in the book -- Adobe Acrobat Reader for Windows and Macintosh ER -