GIS Fundamentals: A First Text on Geographic Information Systems

by Paul Bolstad

Genres: Reference, Textbooks, Geography

764 pages, Paperback

Published July 15, 2019

Reviews

[Daniel Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall this is an excellent textbook. The book is massive at over 700 pages, and thereby covers a vast breadth of information about GIS. The author included plenty of diagrams, review questions (with some answers), and examples of how GIS works. The writing is clear and everything is explained; even the modeling and complicated processes do not seem terrible after the author breaks them down. My only complaint is that the index leaves something to be desired especially for such a massive book. For instance, the entry for "latitude" claims that this only shows up on pages 30, 31, and 105 (in a 700 page book about GIS, mind you), while "metadata" gets the absurd listing of pages 188 - 633.

[McHarg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es el libro por el que hay que empezar. Esquema clásico en el campo. Contiene todo lo necesario, con la profundidad justa, con unos contenidos medidos y consonantes a lo que se está contando, y sin relleno innecesarios. Si pone una tabla de elipsoides es porque viene a cuento, por ejemplo, no porque otros libros la ponen. Tiene ejercicios para explicar los conceptos más técnicos. El inglés es muy asequible.

[Alayu Bekele]

I want to read the book.

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thorough and friendly, although I've found it's really more useful as a reference than it is to work through.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are typos in the answer keys for practice problems. Not cool.

[Judi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a decent introduction to the theory of GIS. It is quite academic, and there are some dated sections about technology.

[Riley Hollenberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

required for FNRM3131 and was very helpful for required quizzes and exams. s/o bolstad you wrote a great book but it was hard to read 50-100pg every week

[Hannah]

made me feel 😢