A CyberGIS framework for the synthesis of cyberinfrastructure, GIS, and spatial analysis

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 535-557

  Wang, Shaowen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberinfrastructure; Geographic information systems; Modeling; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

GIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; MODELING; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954069785     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045601003791243     Document Type: Article

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