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Studies in the humanities and the social sciences can be enhanced through the use of geographic information systems (GIS). However, this computer-aided method of analysis is worthless unless researchers can devote the time necessary to learn what it is, what it can do, and how to use it.Resulting from a six-year project entitled Spatial Information Science for the Humanities and Social Sciences (SIS for HSS), GIS-Based Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences details the tools and processes for deploying GIS in economic and social analyses. Through the use of this book, re

In this volume the contributors use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to reassess both historic and contemporary Asian countries and traditionally Islamic areas. This highly illustrated and comprehensive work highlights how GIS can be applied to the social sciences. With its description of how to process, construct and manage geographical data the book is ideal for the non-specialist looking for a new and refreshing way to approach Islamic area studies.

This experiment was designed to demonstrate the effect of uphill and downhill walking on children's and adults' distance judgment and the effect of a winding trail on their direction judgment in a large-scale natural environment. First, it was shown that a traversed distance was overestimated not only in uphill walking but also in downhill walking. This overestimation was observed for both children and adults. Second, when a trail was winding and there was no landmark on the way, direction judgment was systematically biased toward the direction of the vanishing point of the trail viewed from the judging point. When there was a landmark on the way, this bias disappeared for adults but remained for children.