This self-study workbook provides a hands-on introduction to geographic information systems (GIS) in ten easy-to-follow lessons. Tasks featured include: designing and spatial database; automating a spatial database; linking datasets; analyzing spatial data; creating maps; generating reports; and customizing ARC/INFO software. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the datasets needed to complete the lessons. Lessons require ARC/INFO Version 7.1 or higher and 4MB of disk space.