Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (April 2, 2010) © 2011

  • Keith C. Clarke
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Designed to make the complexity of this essential high-tech field accessible to beginning students, this text provides a basic, non-technical, and student-friendly introduction to geographic information systems. In one convenient source, its comprehensive, integrated coverage examines the basic GIS material that is traditionally scattered throughout the Geography curriculum—e.g., in Cartography, GIS spatial analysis, and quantitative methods. Clarke’s “learn-by-seeing” approach features clear, simple explanations, and an abundance of illustrations and photos.
  • 1. What Is a GIS?
  • 2. GIS's Roots in Cartography.
  • 3. Maps as Numbers.
  • 4. Getting the Map into the Computer.
  • 5. What Is Where?
  • 6. Why Is It There?
  • 7. On the Surface.
  • 8. Making Maps with GIS.
  • 9. How to Pick a GIS.
  • 10. GIS in Action.
  • 11. The Future of GIS.

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