Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems
K. Clarke

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For introductory courses in Geographic Information Systems.Designed to make the complexity of this rapidly growing high tech field accessible to beginning students. This book provides a basic, non-technical and student-friendly introduction to GIS. The second edition features a fully functional version or arcview 3.1 packaged with every text, and significantly upgraded and improved web resources and lab exercises.NEW - ArcVIEW 3.1-Included free with every copy of the text. Each copy of the book comes with a free, 120 day version of ArcVIEW 3.1 Students can use this software to work on lab assignments outside of university labs. Ex.___NEW - Eight completely new on-line Laboratory Exercises-Each chapter is complemented by an on-line lab exercise presented on the book's WWW site and www.prenhall.com/clarke. These lab exercises have been refined and class-tested, and help the students gain hands-on experience after learning the theoretical material. Ex.___NEW - Upgraded WWW Site-Contains upgraded lab exercises, PowerPoint presentations (authored by Keith C. Clarke) for lectures, review questions, additional exercises, chapter review quizzes, a section on key terms, and links to GIS resources. The WWW site can be found at www.prenhall.com/clarke. NEW - Significantly upgraded graphics program-Better portrays the concepts presented in the book. A "learn-by-seeing" approach-Uses basic, simple language augmented with many examples, diagrams, and photographs. Comprehensive, integrated coverage-Covers, in one text, the basic GIS material that is traditionally scattered throughout the Geography curriculum-e.g., in Cartography, GIS spatial analysis and quantitative methods. Features screen shots from actual software applications-Better illustrates discussion of specific pieces of software. People in GIS boxes-Profile individuals working on some aspect of GIS, and feature an interview that focuses on that individual's educational preparation, professional career steps, on-the-job experiences, etc. Chapter-end Study Guides -Feature point-by-point summaries and topic-by-topic discussion questions, and a glossary of key terms and definitions.