Contents

• The GIS revolution
• The GIS perspective
• Spatially enabling the data: What is geocoding?
• Data selecting, filtering, and mapping according to useful criteria
• Selecting and displaying specific information
• Using GIS to measure from maps: Aggregating data
• Derivative measures: How to create new indicators
• GIS as a tool for data integration and exploration
• Hot spots
• Buffering: Meaning and applications
• Data, data, everywhere: What's an analyst to do?
• Cautions
• Summary
• Notes