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To use GIS effectively it is important to understand the basic GIS terminology and functionality. While each GIS software has slightly different naming conventions there are certain principles common to all systems. We will at first briefly describe the GIS basics in general (for in depth information read Longeley et al., 2001, Burrough and McDonnell, 1998, or Clarke, 2000) and then explain the specific GRASS data organization, terminology and functionality.
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HDF format and tools, http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu
PostGIS DBMS, http://postgis.refractions.net
National Atlas of the U.S., http://www-atlas.usgs.goy
MapQuest, http://www.mapquest.com
MapServer Gallery, http://rmapserver.gis.umn.edu
ICENS Spatial Information System, http://www.196.3.4.220:8000/jdb/icens.sivs?class=ais
Grules (GRASS JAVA Server), http://www.ambientepi.arti.beniculturali.it:2020/
GeoVRML, http://www.geovrml.org
GRASS 5.0 users manual, http://grass.itc.it/gdp/online.html
Source for Spearfish data set: http://grass.itc.it (section “sample data”)
Description of Spearfish data set, http://www.grass.itc.it/gdp/tutorial/spearDB.ps.gz
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Neteler, M., Mitasova, H. (2002). GIS Concepts and GRASS. In: Open Source GIS. The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 689. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3578-9_3
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