Practical GIS Analysis

Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis is basically spatial problem-solving. It can be quite challenging at first, especially if you get bogged down in syntax and details. The hardest part is to conceptually understand the problem, and the GIS tools available to solve your problem. This book will help you understand conceptually how various GIS tools  work.  So  for  now,  forget  about  workspaces,  libraries,  spatial  database  engines, dangling nodes, fuzzy tolerances, requests and instances. The syntax and details do vary by GIS . . . yet conceptually the analysis tools used by GISs are pretty much the same. Start by building a foundation of understanding about GIS tools at a conceptual level. Test your understanding by trying the exercises at the end of each chapter.

This book is written so you can learn important concepts away from your GIS . . . at the laundromat, airport, on a bus, or sitting under a tree in a park. My main GIS experience is with ESRI’s ARC/INFO and ArcView. Therefore, some of the terms used in the text are from these products. However, you do not have to be a user of these products to learn conceptual GIS analysis from this book. Download: link1

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