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BL
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1091859
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bc101205
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Islamic area studies with geographical information systems /\ edited by Okabe Atsuyuki.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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New horizons in Islamic studies
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1 online resource (xxvi, 283 pages) :: illustrations (some color)
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| ISBN
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0203401425
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: 9780203401422
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: 9780415332507
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: 0415332508
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: 9786610053810
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: 6610053812
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: 1134320434
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: 9781134320431
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: 128005381X
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: 9781280053818
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0415332508
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introducing Geographic Information Systems in Islamic Area Studies -- Spatial data construction and a method for preliminary analysis: Constructing spatial databases from old paper documents; Constructing spatial databases from old maps : a case in historical studies; An exploratory method for discovering qualitatively changed areas using low resolution remotely sensed data : a case in the Persian Gulf area during 1982-1993; Estimating land use using high resolution remotely sensed data (Landsat TM) : a case study in Ponneri, India -- Regional analysis: Islamic rule and local society in eighteenth century South India; Modeling the spatial structure of the administrative system in Ponneri, India, during the late eighteenth century; The Ferghana project : central Asian area studies with GIS; The use of GIS to locate abandoned villages listed in the Temettuat registers of Bal'kesir county, Anatolia -- Urban analysis: The spatial structure of commercial areas in Turkey and other Islamic countries; The water supplies and public fountains in Istanbul -- Network analysis with space syntax: Application of GIS to network analysis : characterization of traditional Turkish urban street networks; A three-dimensional analysis of the street network in Istanbul : an extension of space syntax using GIS; The space occupied by marketplaces and their societies in the Islamic world with particular reference to Isfahan and Istanbul -- 3-dimensional spatial analysis: Three-dimensional view analysis using GIS : the locational tendency of mosques in Bursa, Turkey; An analysis on the visibility of minarets in Sana's old city of Yemen.
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| Abstract
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In this volume the contributors use Geographical Information Systems to reassess both historic and contemporary Asian countries and traditionally Islamic areas.
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Geographic information systems-- Asia.
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Geographic information systems-- Islamic countries.
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TRAVEL-- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL-- Hikes Walks.
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TRAVEL-- Budget.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Ecotourism.
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TRAVEL-- Parks Campgrounds.
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TRAVEL-- Reference.
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TRAVEL-- Road Travel.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Adventure.
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Geographic information systems.
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Geography.
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Systèmes d'information géographique-- Asie.
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Systèmes d'information géographique-- Pays musulmans.
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Asia, Geography.
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Islamic countries, Geography.
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Asia.
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Islamic countries.
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Asie, Géographie.
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Pays musulmans, Géographie.
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| Dewey Classification
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910/.917/67
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| LC Classification
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DS5.92.I75 2004eb
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| Added Entry
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Okabe, Atsuyuki,1945-
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