Can you recommend a book

[Mark P. Line]

On Mon, 18 Apr 1994 martijn at scanner.frw.uva.nl wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Apr 1994, Peter Mikes wrote:
> 
> > 
> >   There is a number of books on GIS. Does any one knows 
> > of a book teaching GIS using GRASS ?
> > 
> 
> If I'm not mistaken Mark Line (on this list) is currently writing such a 
> book. 

The GRASS book will not be an introduction to GIS: it will assume knowledge
of GIS at about the level of Aronoff (1989, Geographic Information
Systems: A Management Perspective), which could be acquired
simultaneously.

> Otherwise, you will have to do with either general textbooks 
> (Tomlin 1990: GIS and Cartographic Modelling is very good), tutorials for 
> other GIS such as ArcInfo, or one of the manuals that have been written 
> for Grass users at various sites (Have a look on the moon).

Yep. For GIS analysis work, Tomlin would be hard to beat. For a conceptual
overview of GIS in its organizational context, Aronoff would be hard to
beat. 

-- Mark

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