Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.) as applied to territory: the headwaters of the river Guadarrama

Authors

  • Luis Rodríguez Alcalde
  • José Ignacio Sánchez Carbonell

Keywords:

Análisis territorial, Métodos de investigación, Sistemas de Información Geográfica

Abstract

The paper assess the opportunity of using Geographic Information Systems at the various phases of any territorial analysis and uses as its case in point that analytic and qualitative methodology applied to a pilot test area which was the upper headwaters of the River Guadarrama in Madrid. The pros and cons of doing so are looked into and amongst the first, the method's capacity for geo-coding and inter-relating both the natural and social factors proper to any area are underlined, as is its great up-dating capacity on such findings. As to the methodology's drawbacks to date, the authors come down upon the problems that arose during the information gathering and selection phases and then those come across during turning such material into input for the G.I.S.

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Published

1997-03-20

How to Cite

Rodríguez Alcalde, L., & Sánchez Carbonell, J. I. (1997). Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.) as applied to territory: the headwaters of the river Guadarrama. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, (111), 143–159. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/84382

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