Publication Code: Y90K
Contents
| Table of Contents | |||
| List of Maps | |||
| List of Figures | |||
| List of Tables | |||
| Acknowledgements
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| Chapter 1 | |||
| Introduction | |||
| The Information Age | |||
| The Need for Information | |||
| Geographic Information Systems
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| Chapter 2 | |||
| Spatial Information In Natural Resources Management | |||
| What is Spatial Information? | |||
| Fundamental Components | |||
| As Aspects of Spatial Data | |||
| Discrete and Continous Data | |||
| Who Has Spatial Information? | |||
| Royal Thai Survey Department | |||
| The Base Map | |||
| Department of Land Development | |||
| Department of Mineral Resources | |||
| Royal Forestry Department | |||
| Roayl Irrigation Department | |||
| national Rural Database 2 | |||
| National Statistics Office | |||
| National Resarch Council of Thailand | |||
| LANDSAT | |||
| SPOT | |||
| Remote Sensing in Thailand | |||
| Recommendations | |||
| Cadastral and Urban Spatial Information | |||
| The Department of Land | |||
| Updating Cadastral Information | |||
| Drawbacks and Advantages | |||
| Department of Town and Country Planning | |||
| What Good Is Spatial Information to Managers? | |||
| Decision Making Under Uncertainty | |||
| Spatial Information as a Social Commodity | |||
| Spatial Information Technology
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| Chapter 3 | |||
| GIS: New Solutions to Old Problems | |||
| Background | |||
| Why GIS? | |||
| What is a GIS? | |||
| Background | |||
| Vector and Raster Formats | |||
| Building a Spatial Database | |||
| GIS Analysis Function | |||
| Compoents of a GIS | |||
| Institutional Aspects of a GIS | |||
| Implementing a GIS | |||
| Issues of Responsibility | |||
| Errors in GIS | |||
| Cost-Benefit of GIS | |||
| GIS Databases | |||
| Heterogeneous Data Integration: The "I" in GIS | |||
| What a GIS is not | |||
| Remote Sensing and GIS | |||
| Global Positioning System Technology | |||
| Brief History & Present Status of GIS in Thailand | |||
| GIS Staffing | |||
| GIS Policy Issues in Thailand | |||
| Remote Sensing | |||
| Responsibility | |||
| Institutional Issues | |||
| Staffing | |||
| Freedom of Information | |||
| Spatial Databases
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| Chapter 4 | |||
| GIS Application examples | |||
| Myth Propagation: The Mountains of Northern Thailand & Land use Planning | |||
| Introduction | |||
| Background: TA-HASD | |||
| TA_HASD GIS Needs | |||
| End of a Myth: Real Slopes vs Slope Complexes | |||
| TA-HASD Land Use Model | |||
| Watershed Classification | |||
| Village Inventories | |||
| Other GIS Products | |||
| Conclusion | |||
| Farms vs Factories: Samut Prakan & Urban Expansion | |||
| Background | |||
| Land Use Changes: 1982, 1987, 1989 | |||
| 1982 Land Use | |||
| 1987 Land Use | |||
| 1989 Land Use | |||
| Land Use Change Implications | |||
| The DTCP Plan vs 1989 Land Use | |||
| Land Prices | |||
| What is an Urban Area? | |||
| Conclusion
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| Chapter 5 | |||
| Conclusion
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| Appendix 1 | |||