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 curriculumNe.g., in Cartography, GIS spatial analysis, and quantitative methods. Clarke's Olearn-by-seeingO approach features clear, simple explanations, and an abundance of illustrations and photos.