| dc.description.abstract | The study of geographic information systems (GIS) applications is enlightening, challenging,
and very interesting. This workbook was created as a guide to students and professionals on the
applications of GIS in the geoscience field. GIS applications is now considered an important
course in the curriculum of undergraduate geoscience, environmental, and in some fields of
engineering programs. It is a result of several years of experience in applying GIS technology to
water resources and environment related problems. The databases and the applications used in
the text reflect real world problems from different environmental settings that have been gathered
from the author’s works in the USA and the Middle-East. Each chapter presents a different
set of scenarios and case studies that include an environmental problem that needs a solution.
A step-by-step approach was adopted to provide answers and solutions to the problems for the
scenarios presented.
The textbook is intended as an introductory course either at the undergraduate level or as a
dual-level undergraduate/graduate course, and it can be used as a self-study workbook for professionals
in the field of geoscience. It aims to teach students and professionals the various
environmental disciplines of mapping and spatial analysis skills using ArcGIS and state of the
art methodologies to acquire, visualize, and analyze data. | en_US |
