Preface
This book is intended for novice user of GIS.
While teaching GIS, and while I was learning myself, I had observed that going through a lot of theories makes learning cumbersome. When you get something with a few lines of codes or with a few clicks of mouse you are excited to learn some more. But most of the books on GIS starts with a lot of theories. I have tried to limit theoritical part in the initial chapters. With a very few efforts you can produce good looking maps. Once you know how GIS works, through your own experience, you will get to know the theory behind it in the subsequent chapters.
This book is focused on the users in Nepal, although it can be modified to suit other places.
You need to know about places if you want to learn GIS, because, after all, GIS is all about locations. When you find the places in the book familiar to you, you feel as if you are in your own territory. But most of the books and tutorials you find in the market or on the internet uses data of unfamiliar places.
GIS needs a lot of data. Most of the data needs to be downloaded from internet. It is necessary to have high speed internet connection if you need to learn through this book.
First three chapters are freely available. You can send feedback to my email address akhileshkk_at_hotmail.com. Your valuable suggestions will be taken into account to improve in the next editions of book.
The book is available at this link