Table of Contents Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter One - History and Scope of GIS Section One - Introduction Section Two - What is GIS? Section Three - Why Do We Need A GIS? Section Four - Putting it all Together: An Example Section Five - Uses of GIS Section Six - History of GIS Chapter Two - Navigating Our World: Geodesy, Datums, and Coordinate Systems Section One - Introduction Section Two - Geodesy Section Three - Mathematically Measuring the Earth Section Four - Latitude and Longitude: One Example of a Geographic Grid Section Five - Geodetic Datums: Combining Reference Ellipsoids and Geoids Section Six - Geographic Coordinate Systems Section Seven - Projection Methods Section Eight - Projected Coordinate Systems Section Nine - Just a Few Extras
