Description:
This book aims to cultivate the spatial thinking "habit of mind" which is the geographic view on how the world works, including how environmental systems and relationships function, and how we can approach and solve environmental problems using GIS technology.
Review Quotes:
"I very much like the juxtaposition of theory and practice, which proves that these are not opposites but that "there is nothing more applied than a good theory". It mirrors my own approach, where I introduce beginning undergraduate GIS students to the theory of mathematical spaces, from logic to sets, to relations, to functions, etc. in each case becoming more restrictive but also specific...This book improves on my approach by immediately providing easy examples that do not require GIS expertise...The preface is strong and convincing."
Jochen Albrecht, Hunter College, City University of New York