Comments on: Great Introductory GIS Tutorial And Screencast Series http://freegeographytools.com/2009/great-introductory-gis-tutorial-and-screencast-series Exploring the world of free tools for GIS, GPS, Google Earth, neogeography, and more. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:10:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kesh http://freegeographytools.com/2009/great-introductory-gis-tutorial-and-screencast-series/comment-page-1#comment-1539 Kesh Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:46:55 +0000 http://96.30.19.245/?p=4127#comment-1539 Thanks to both then! I now have path to follow to grasp the basics. Thanks to both then! I now have path to follow to grasp the basics.

]]> By: Leszek Pawlowicz http://freegeographytools.com/2009/great-introductory-gis-tutorial-and-screencast-series/comment-page-1#comment-1538 Leszek Pawlowicz Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:46:22 +0000 http://96.30.19.245/?p=4127#comment-1538 If you're a newbie to GIS, the South African series is an excellent introduction. The MapAction guide is worth reading as well, and is fairly short. Nick is with MapAction, so you see that he's quite impressed with the SA series. I wasn't very impressed with "GIS For Dummies"; reading it may teach you some basic concepts, but much of the book is a waste of time for a newcomer to GIS. If you’re a newbie to GIS, the South African series is an excellent introduction. The MapAction guide is worth reading as well, and is fairly short. Nick is with MapAction, so you see that he’s quite impressed with the SA series.

I wasn’t very impressed with “GIS For Dummies”; reading it may teach you some basic concepts, but much of the book is a waste of time for a newcomer to GIS.

]]> By: Kesh http://freegeographytools.com/2009/great-introductory-gis-tutorial-and-screencast-series/comment-page-1#comment-1537 Kesh Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:45:40 +0000 http://96.30.19.245/?p=4127#comment-1537 Leszek, thanks for the post. This one immediately called my attention as I'm a total ignorant of GIS and have been looking for plain introduction to the subject. I may have a few notions but chances are they are wrong. Now that I see the comment before from Nick, looks like the materia is really good. Is that tutorial good for a complete newbie? Would you recommend it as first introduction? I remember you posted early this year about MapAction (a non-profit) publishing a guide to mapping for disaster situations and you mentioned that guide to being better than "GIS for Dummies". I still have on my list to go a read those two but wonder if I should just concentrate on these resources from SA. Leszek, thanks for the post. This one immediately called my attention as I’m a total ignorant of GIS and have been looking for plain introduction to the subject. I may have a few notions but chances are they are wrong.

Now that I see the comment before from Nick, looks like the materia is really good. Is that tutorial good for a complete newbie? Would you recommend it as first introduction? I remember you posted early this year about MapAction (a non-profit) publishing a guide to mapping for disaster situations and you mentioned that guide to being better than “GIS for Dummies”. I still have on my list to go a read those two but wonder if I should just concentrate on these resources from SA.

]]> By: NickMcW http://freegeographytools.com/2009/great-introductory-gis-tutorial-and-screencast-series/comment-page-1#comment-1536 NickMcW Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:44:58 +0000 http://96.30.19.245/?p=4127#comment-1536 What an excellent GIS intro this is: probably the best I've seen around, with the added bonus of an open source tutorial, with data. Thanks as ever for these posting. What an excellent GIS intro this is: probably the best I’ve seen around, with the added bonus of an open source tutorial, with data. Thanks as ever for these posting.

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