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OVERVIEW This book is designed to provide students in a first or second GIS course with a solid foundation in both GIS concepts and the use of GIS. Introduction to GIS strikes a careful balance between GIS concepts and hands-on applications. The main portion of the chapter presents GIS terms and concepts and helps students learn how each one fits into a complete GIS system. At the end of each chapter, an application section with 3-5 tasks presents students with actual GIS exercises and the necessary data to solve the problem. Salient Features The text provides data sets and instructions for the applications section in each chapter, as well as challenge tasks, written questions, and review questions for each chapter. Key terms are boldfaced where they first appear in the chapter and then summarized and defined with a glossary at the end of the chapter. The author created all the figures and tables ensuring precise correlation between the chapter material and their accompanying visuals. Emphasizes both concepts and hands-on experience in GIS. Follows a logical progression from basic to complex and specialized GIS topics. Key changes or enhancements in the 4th edition include network applications (Chapter 18), applications of geocoding (Chapter 17), and online connection to a remote database (Chapter 6).