Introduction to
Geographic Information Science
Simon Fraser University - Geography 255

What is GIS? What is GISci?	Structuring Spatial Information	Raster operations
Basic concepts in GIS and cartography	Vector data structures and topology	Surfaces and interpolation
Representation and input	Raster data structures	Accuracy, error and precision
Data storage & data structures	Vector operations	Law, privacy and ethical issues

This web site was designed and is maintained by Dr. Nadine Schuurman

I would like to thank the following people and institutions for their creative ideas and hard facts, many of which were utilized in this web site: Michael De Mers, author of an excellent GIS text (1997, Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, New York: John Wiley & Sons); Brian Klinkenburg from the University of British Columbia; the NCGIA educational program and web site; and Kenneth Foote, developer of The Geographer's Craft, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin.