Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: From Concept to Reality
ISBN: 9780415302654 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An overview of SDI policies, concepts, nature, standards and practices associated with the design and implementation and operation of an SDI. It builds on an International Symposium on Spatial Data Infrastructure held in Melbourne in November 2001 and presents a series of alternative long-term visions, identifying many of the forces for change.
An overview of SDI policies, concepts, nature, standards and practices associated with the design and implementation and operation of an SDI. It build...
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Foundations of Geographic Information Science
ISBN: 9780415307260 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the use of geographical information systems develops apace, a significant strand of research activity is being directed to the fundamental nature of geographic information. This volume contains a collection of essays and discussions on this theme.
What is geographic information? What fundamental principles are associated with it? How can it be represented? How does it represent the world? How can geographic information be quantified? How can it be communicated and related to the other information sciences? How does HCI tie in with it? A number of other more specific but relevant issues... As the use of geographical information systems develops apace, a significant strand of research activity is being directed to the fundamental nature o...
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624,83 zł |
In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the 17th Century
ISBN: 9780415932271 / Angielski / Twarda / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America in the 17th century. These essays contain careful descriptions of the regions, societies, customs and religions these intrepid travellers encountered in their journeys.
In the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America ...
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In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the 17th Century
ISBN: 9780415932288 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America in the seventeenth century. These essays contain careful descriptions of the regions, societies, customs, and religions these intrepid travelers encountered in their journeys. Here you will find the complete travel narrative of the first Arab to visit South and Central America in 1688, the first English translation of the ambassadorial report by Mohammad bin Abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani who traveled through Spain in 1690, translations of letters by...
In the Lands of the Christians presents original translations from Arabic of four Christian and Muslim writers who visited Western Europe and America ...
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239,46 zł |
Your Hospitality Field Experience: A Student Workbook
ISBN: 9780471053279 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Make sure your field experience is everything it ought to be with this gold mine of expert tips and guidance
Congratulations You are about to embark on what will be one of the most exciting (and demanding) phases of your hospitality training--your field experience, including internships, externships, co-ops, and practicums. This is your first chance to acquire real experience in the hospitality industry and begin to develop true professional competence. It can also be your first major professional stepping-stone, providing valuable references and contacts that will help launch... Make sure your field experience is everything it ought to be with this gold mine of expert tips and guidance
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Geographical Data Analysis
ISBN: 9780471941620 / Angielski / Miękka / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is increasingly important for the earth science student to appreciate that the acquisition of skills in statistics and computerised data analysis is as much part of modern geography as work in the field, laboratory or library. In this respect, Geographical Data Analysis aims to link the use of statistical techniques by means of computer software, to the acquisition of geographical-knowledge and the scientific method of enquiry. The book has three objectives: to explain basic statistical techniques and demonstrate their application to quantitative geography; to equip students with the...
It is increasingly important for the earth science student to appreciate that the acquisition of skills in statistics and computerised data analysis i...
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547,83 zł |
Geography Into the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780471962366 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Geography into the Twenty-first Century brings together teachers from higher and school education to debate the challenges confronting the teaching of geography at the beginning of the new millennium. It presents a collection of edited essays looking at the main developments in the areas of human, physical and environmental geography and the impact of the recent changes in the way that geography is taught in schools, colleges and universities. A particular objective of the book is to examine common issues and objectives which cross the school to higher education divide. Some of the world s...
Geography into the Twenty-first Century brings together teachers from higher and school education to debate the challenges confronting the teaching of...
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679,37 zł |
Artificial Intelligence in Geography
ISBN: 9780471969914 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique work introduces the basic principles of artificial intelligence with applications in geographical teaching and research, GIS, and planning. Written in an accessible, non-technical and witty style, this book marks the beginning of the Al revolution in geography with major implications for teaching and research. The authors provide an easy to understand basic introduction to Al relevant to geography. There are no special mathematical and statistical skills needed, indeed these might well be a hindrance. Al is a different way of looking at the world and it requires a willingness to...
This unique work introduces the basic principles of artificial intelligence with applications in geographical teaching and research, GIS, and planning...
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Geographical Data: Characteristics and Sources
ISBN: 9780471970859 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides a comprehensive overview of the characteristics relating to remote sensing, cartography, censuses/surveys and administrative/statutory. Presents up-to-date information in this remarkable growth area, with clear explanations of the problems and pitfalls as well as the potentiality of analysing geographical data.
An ideal book for both those already confident with GIS technology, and the novice user. * Covers spatial and thematic worldwide geographical data * Exemplifies the problems and pitfalls of using geographical data *... Provides a comprehensive overview of the characteristics relating to remote sensing, cartography, censuses/surveys and administrative/statutory. Prese...
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The Age of Reconnaissance: Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement, 1450-1650
ISBN: 9780520042353 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Age of Reconnaissance, as J. H. Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. It began with Henry the Navigator and the Portuguese voyages in the mid-fifteenth century and ended 250 years later when the "Reconnaissance" was all but complete. Dr. Parry examines the inducements--political, economic, religious--to overseas enterprises at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands.
The Age of Reconnaissance, as J. H. Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. It began with He...
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Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia
ISBN: 9780520080027 / Angielski / Twarda / 401 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the summer of 1985, a mostly Hawaiian crew set out aboard Hokule'a, a reconstructed ancient double canoe, to demonstrate what skeptics had steadfastly denied: that their ancestors, sailing in such canoes and navigating solely by reading stars, ocean swells, and other natural signs, could intentionally have sailed across the Pacific, exploring the vast oceanic realm of Polynesia and discovering and settling all its inhabitable islands. Their round-trip odyssey from Hawai'i to Aotearoa (New Zealand), across 12,000 nautical miles, dramatically refuted all theories declaring...
In the summer of 1985, a mostly Hawaiian crew set out aboard Hokule'a, a reconstructed ancient double canoe, to demonstrate what skeptics had ...
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Geography Matters!: A Reader
ISBN: 9780521268875 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Space and nature have long been the concerns of human geography, bound up with a strong sense of the importance of place. Understanding how society changes entails understanding the geography of social change. In this new reader, the editors argue for a new way of looking at the relationship between society and its spatial organization, between society and nature, and between the interdependence and unique character of places. First, through a selection of material ranging from the changing geography of class cultures, gender relations, city structures, state power to the processes of...
Space and nature have long been the concerns of human geography, bound up with a strong sense of the importance of place. Understanding how society ch...
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400,88 zł |
Geography Matters!: A Reader
ISBN: 9780521317085 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Space and nature have long been the concerns of human geography, bound up with a strong sense of the importance of place. Understanding how society changes entails understanding the geography of social change. In this new reader, the editors argue for a new way of looking at the relationship between society and its spatial organization, between society and nature, and between the interdependence and unique character of places. First, through a selection of material ranging from the changing geography of class cultures, gender relations, city structures, state power to the processes of...
Space and nature have long been the concerns of human geography, bound up with a strong sense of the importance of place. Understanding how society ch...
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178,90 zł |
A Walt Disney World Resort Outing: The Only Vacation Planning Guide Exclusively for Gay and Lesbian Travelers
ISBN: 9780595214471 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Hike/Bike America: Hike the Appalachian Trail End-to-End Bike Across America Coast-to-Coast
ISBN: 9780595253166 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two journal tales of travel: one taking you by foot on the whole Appalachian Trail plus The Long Trail in Vermont; then a venture of pedaling across mid America coast to coast on a two wheeler.
Two journal tales of travel: one taking you by foot on the whole Appalachian Trail plus The Long Trail in Vermont; then a venture of pedaling across m...
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Hike/Bike America: Hike the Appalachian Trail End-to-End Bike Across America Coast-to-Coast
ISBN: 9780595650927 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two journal tales of travel: one taking you by foot on the whole Appalachian Trail plus The Long Trail in Vermont; then a venture of pedaling across mid America coast to coast on a two wheeler.
Two journal tales of travel: one taking you by foot on the whole Appalachian Trail plus The Long Trail in Vermont; then a venture of pedaling across m...
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120,61 zł |
From Dust to Snow: The African Dream?
ISBN: 9780615137032 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this international version of From Dust to Snow, undertake the search for the African dream, and discover that the true African Dream is far bigger and more complex than the dreams that have propelled millions of Africans from their beloved continent. Journey with Fako Kilimanjaro, an African Renaissance Ambassador, through a panorama of more than forty unreserved testimonies from African students, asylum-seekers, and the employed in Europe and the United States. Contrast their stories with illuminating perspectives from non-Africans. Share their experiences from the moment the notion of...
In this international version of From Dust to Snow, undertake the search for the African dream, and discover that the true African Dream is far bigger...
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A 21st Century Road Trip
ISBN: 9780615137728 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, John Mulhern III writes about traveling a total of 7,694 miles in 18 days-a route through eighteen widely (and wildly) different states including not only stops in the the cities of Chicago, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle, but also nights in the small towns of Claremore, Point Arena, and Murdo. Adventures on the road (multiple encounters with both high winds and snow) yield to visits with friends old and new, encounters with various other Corvettes and other vehicles of interest, and more than a few great restaurants, sometimes in the most unexpected places....
In this book, John Mulhern III writes about traveling a total of 7,694 miles in 18 days-a route through eighteen widely (and wildly) different states ...
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165,88 zł |
Slipstream Stories, Return to the Source
ISBN: 9780615147864 / Angielski / Miękka / 149 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you ever wonder if a catalyst that would completely change the course of your life lies right around the corner? What if it opened the doors to one adventure of discovery after another? Slipstream Stories, Return to the Source, is a collection of eleven interconnected stories told with text and photographs originating in Venice Beach, California and continuing by air, sea, bus, motorbike and foot to the source of India's Holy Ganges River and beyond. Preview at: www.slipstreamstories.com Highest Road - BootsnAll Top Ten Travel Stories, September 2006 Bambu House - InsideOut Travel Magazine...
Do you ever wonder if a catalyst that would completely change the course of your life lies right around the corner? What if it opened the doors to one...
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84,74 zł |
The FAA Will KILL You
ISBN: 9780615148854 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The FAA allows felons to get pilot's licenses; keeps critical air traffic control facilities unprotected; encourages unsafe flight and hides deadly mistakes. If you fly you need to know,
The FAA allows felons to get pilot's licenses; keeps critical air traffic control facilities unprotected; encourages unsafe flight and hides deadly mi...
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76,83 zł |