Analytic Mapping and Geographic Databases
- G. David Garson - North Carolina State University, USA
- Robert S. Biggs - Director of Community Development and Planning, Wendell, North Carolina
Quantitative/Statistical Research (General)
"Geographic Information Systems are among the hottest new tools in business and government circles. While social scientists are hardly strangers to these methodologies, there are a host of as yet untried applications. David Garson and Robert Biggs have made this easier by writing an exceptionally clear and helpful invitation to this new technology for social scientists. This short (90 pages) monograph reviews the fundamentals and provides a set of additional statistical tools to enhance the utility of GIS programs for social scientists. . . ."