本书是面向高等院校的地理信息系统本科专业和地图学与地理信息系统硕士研究生专业开设的专业英语教程。全书共分16个单元，整体内容分为GIS概念、GIS技术和GIS应用三大部分。每个单元包含Text，New words，Phrases，Notes，Exercises，Translation to Text and Key to Exercises等内容，便于教师授课和学生自学。Unit 1至Unit 3主要介绍GIS的定义及应用领域，Unit 4至Unit 5介绍等离线及其精度，Unit 6介绍三维的概念，Unit 7介绍数据格式转换，Unit 8介绍影像分类，Unit 9介绍GIS的时间响应概念，Unit 10介绍地图投影，Unit 11介绍GIS改变地理学，Unit 12介绍地理教育与专业发展，Unit 13介绍行为地理学，Unit 14介绍GIs的最重要组成，Unit 15至Unit 16介绍GIS在土地变化与评估中的应用。本书侧重专业基本慨念与方法，强调专业概念的思维与表达。为便于学生掌握和加深理解课程内容，每一章均提供了练习题和参考答案。
本书可作为地理信息系统本科专业和研究生专业的通识教材，同时可供相关专业的生产技术人员参考。

Unit 1
Definitions of GIS
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Unit 2
Introduction to GIS
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Unit 3
Application of GIS
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Unit 4
Contours
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Unit 5
Contour Accuracy
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Unit 6
The Third Dimension
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Unit 7
Data Format Conversions
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Unit 8
Image Classification
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Unit 9
GIS in Response Time Analysis
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Unit 10
Map Projections
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Unit 11
Changing the Face of Geography: GIS and the IGU
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Unit 12
Geography Education and Professional Development
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Unit 13
GIS - Geography in Action
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Unit 14
The Most Important Part of a GIS
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Unit 15
Land Suitability Assessment in Fujian Province, China
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Unit 16
Spatial-Temporal Pattern and Population Driving Force of Land Use Change in Liupan Mountains Region, Southern Ningxia, China
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