GIS analysis

The university textbook is conceived in an innovative way, in which theoretical and methodological elaboration is accompanied by practical examples that help readers understand the material in an efficient and accessible manner. On the one hand, the university textbook follows the syllabus of the course to which it relates, and on the other, it synthesizes contemporary achievements in the field of GIS analysis. As such, it is suitable for acquiring new theoretical and practical knowledge not only for students studying GIS analysis, but also for all other experts working with spatial data and geoinformation technologies. The university textbook consists of seven chapters. The first chapter discusses the basic theoretical and methodological foundations of GIS analysis as a scientific subdiscipline of geographic information science. It reviews the achievements in this field to date through a survey of the relevant literature. The chapter concludes by presenting an innovative theoretical-methodological concept aligned with contemporary developments and the syllabus of the GIS analysis course. The second chapter addresses GIS data models, which represent a prerequisite and an initial step in every analytical procedure. Raster and vector data models are examined in detail. The third chapter focuses on vector analyses. In addition to theoretical and methodological elaborations, all segments are also presented through practical examples. The fourth chapter is devoted to raster analyses. Using the same theory-methodology-examples approach, it elucidates the role of raster analyses in spatial modeling. The importance of analyzing satellite and other imagery is emphasized in the fifth chapter, again following the theory-methodology-examples concept. The sixth chapter applies the same approach to complex GIS analyses in the form of geostatistical analyses. The final, seventh chapter provides an overview of analytical modeling and the automation of GIS analytical procedures.