The Nature of Geographic Information

By: David DiBiase

Published in: 2013

published by John E. Dutton e-Education Institute, Penn State University

This book is intended for: introductory GIS class, basic or general class on digital mapping

Academic levels: any student

Nature of this book: General text book, no additional lab activities

Overview

An e-book that is openly available to the public as part of Penn State University’s Open Educational Resources Initiative.  This book is designed for use with PSU’s GEOG 482 class, the Nature of Geographic Information.   A short version of this course that includes ArcGIS exercises appears in Esri’s Virtual Campus as “Understanding Geographic Data.”