[R-sig-Geo] Quick poll -- favorite GIS textbook?

Jonathan Greenberg jgrn at illinois.edu
Wed Oct 12 00:07:26 CEST 2011


Steve:

I agree -- my primary software will be ArcGIS but I was wondering if
any of the texts are better with general GIS principles, particularly
if someone wants to transition from Arc to open source approaches.

--j

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Steve Friedman
<friedman.steve at gmail.com> wrote:
> While open source gis is appealing most jobs still require introductory
> employees to use arcgis products. I'd stay away from anything else if you
> want your students to thank you latter.
>
> Steve
>
> On Oct 11, 2011 4:33 PM, "Jonathan Greenberg" <jgrn at illinois.edu> wrote:
>>
>> R-sig-geo'ers:
>>
>> I wanted to take a quick poll -- what is your favorite introductory
>> GIS textbook?  I'm evaluating texts for a basic GIS course I'll be
>> teaching next year, and I wanted to get some feedback from the
>> open-source community.  Thanks!
>>
>> --j
>>
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Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 415-763-5476
AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn307 at hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
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