夏春林所著的《GIS原理与应用》简介：This book is organized into three parts. Part one (Chapter 1 to 4) includes the basic concepts of GIS, including map projections, coordinate systems, data models and struc- tures, and data sources. Part two (Chapter 5 to 7) covers database management systems, inventory operations, spatial analysis, and making maps with GIS. Part three (Chapter 8 to 10) introduces GIS software, some actual GIS application examples, and ends with the future of GIS.

夏春林所著的《GIS原理与应用》以英文为表述语言，系统介绍了GIS的基础知识、相关原理与工程应用。总体结构上可大致分为基础知识篇(主要包括GIS的基本概念、数据结构、数据源等)，数据操作篇(包括数据管理、查询与分析和地图制图等)以及工程应用篇(包括GIS软硬件、工程案例与发展预测等)。每章均配有本章要点回顾，以方便教师教学和学生总结提高。

《GIS原理与应用》既可作为地理信息系统、测绘工程、资源环境与城乡规划管理、摄影测量与遥感、地质工程、资源工程、土地管理等专业及相关专业的《地理信息系统原理(概论)》双语教材，也适合作为上述专业的《专业英语》教材使用。

CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION

 1.1 MAIN PURPOSE AND FEATURE OF THIS BOOK

 1.2 SOME DEFINITIONS OF GIS

 1.3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF GIS

 1.4 SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON GIS

 1.5 KEY POINTS OF REVIEW

CHAPTER 2 MAP PROJECTION AND COORDINATE SYSTEM

 2.1 THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH

 2.2 MAP SCALE

 2.3 MAP PROJECTION

 2.4 COORDINATE SYSTEMS

 2.5 CHARACTERISTICS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

 2.6 KEY POINTS OF REVIEW

CHAPTER 3 GIS DATA MODELS AND STRUCTURES

 3.1 REPRESENTING MAPS AS NUMBERS

 3.2 STRUCTURING AND STORING ATTRIUTES BY FLAT FILES

 3.3 VECTOR AND RASTER DATA STRUCTURS

 3.4 TOPOLOGICAL DATA STRUCTURE

 3.5 DLG AND TIGER

 3.6 EXCHANGING DATA

 3.7 KEY POINTS OF REVIEW

CHAPTER 4 GETTING MAP INTO COMPUTER

 4.1 ANALOGUE MAPS TO DIGITAL MAPS

 4.2 SEARCH FOR EXISTING MAP DATA

 4.3 DIGITIZING AND SCANNING

 4.4 ACQUISITION OF NEW GIS DATA

 4.5 DATA ENTRY

 4.6 DATA STANDARDS AND METADATA

 4.7 GIS DATABASE EDITING

 4.8 KEY POINTS OF REVIEW

CHAPTER 5 DBMS AND INVENTORY OPERATIONS

 5.1 CONCEPT OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(DBMS)

 5.2 INVENTORY OPERATIONS

 5.3 THE QUERY INTERFACE

 5.4 KEY POINTS OF REVIEW

CHAPTER 6 SPATIAL ANALYSIS

 6.1 BASIC SPATIAL ANALYSIS

 6.2 ADVANCED SPATIAL ANALYSIS

 6.3 KEY POINTS OF REVIEW

CHAPTER 7 MAKING MAPS WITH GIS

 7.1 THE ELEMENTS OF A MAP

 7.2 TYPES OF MAPS

 7.3 MAP DESIGN

 7.4 KEY POINTS OF REVIEW

CHAPTER 8 SELECTING GIS SOFTWARE

 8.1 THE IMPORTANCE AND COMPOSITION OF GIS SOFTWARE

 8.2 FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES OF GIS SOFTWARE

 8.3 GIS SOFTWARE AND DATA STRUCTURES

 8.4 SOME INFLUENTIAL GIS SOFTWARE PACKAGES

 8.5 ISSUES RELATED TO GIS SOFTWARE SELECTION

 8.6 KEY POINTS OF REVIEW

CHAPTER 9 EXAMPLES OF GIS APPLICATION

 9.1 INTRODUCTION OF GIS APPLICATION

 9.2 LOCATION--ALLOCATION

 9.3 DYNAMIC SEGMENTATION

 9.4 EVENT TABLES

 9.5 KEY POINTS OF REVIEW

CHAPTER 10 THE FUTURE OF GIS

 10.1 THE REASON FOR DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF GIS

 10.2 WHERE WILL GIS DATA COME FROM IN THE FUTURE

 10.3 FUTURE HARDWARE

 10.4 FUTURE SOFTWARE

 10.5 SOME FUTURE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS

 10.6 KEY POINTS OF REVIEW