Download or read book Geographical Information '97 written by Stuart Hodgson and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geographical Information is essential for the layout, planning and management of space, and involves taxation, cadastral data bases, environmental policy, water management, maintenance and protection of pipeline systems, terrain modelling and the making of maps. The third European conference brought together some 300 speakers and authors from academia, industry and government. The resulting monumental work is representative for the state-of-the-art of knowledge and information on Geographical Information.