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Geospatial Analysis: Beyond Expensive Textbooks

Discover why textbooks are not needed for this course and explore alternative resources. Get insight into key concepts and techniques in GIS, computing perspective, and geospatial analysis with recommended readings.

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Geospatial Analysis: Beyond Expensive Textbooks

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  1. GTECH 709 Textbooks/readings There is no required textbookDiscussion of possible books to use on the side Course readings

  2. No Textbook! Textbooks are • too expensive • outdated by the time they are published • not covering the range of topics that this course covers

  3. Decent Textbooks • But if you need the security blanket of a textbook, here are some suggestions: • Albrecht, J 2007. Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS. London: Sage. ISBN 978-1412910163. • Worboys, M. and M. Duckham 2004. GIS: A Computing Perspective. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0415283755 • de Smith M, Goodchild, M and P Longley 2011. Geospatial Analysis. Leicester: Winchelsea Press. Free access or as Amazon Kindle ebook. • Longley, PA, Goodchild, M. Maguire, D. and D. Rhind 2011. Geographic Information Systems and Science. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN 978-0470721445 • QGIS 2014. A Gentle Introduction to GIS. Free (like the software) and available online.

  4. Course Readings BlackBoard again During many of the sessions, you will encounter pointers to further readings. • They may be in form of external URLs, or • They may be pdf’s of reports or journal articles right on our BB site • “Readings” may also come in form of examples or diagrams to be studied

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