Nature of Geographic Information
by David DiBiase
Publisher: BCcampus 2014
Number of pages: 261
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The purpose of this text is to promote understanding of the Geographic Information Science and Technology enterprise. Nature of Geographic Information is an open geospatial textbook used at Pennsylvania State University and written by David DiBiase.
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