GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook, 10.3 Edition

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. Wilpen L. Gorr is professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College where he is also chairman of the Master of Science in Public Policy and Management program. He teaches database and geographic information systems (GIS) courses as well as project classes that often include GIS. His research combines spatial and time series modeling applied to crime prevention and law enforcement, an area in which he has had over $2 million in research grants. Among his honors is that he won the 2011 Teaching Award of the Heinz College. Read more about this author Read less about this author Read more about this author Read less about this author Kristen Kurland holds a joint faculty appointment at Carnegie Mellon University's H. John Heinz III College and School of Architecture. Her focus at CMU includes technologies in the fields of Building Information Modeling (BIM), Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Kristen's teaching and research at CMU includes built environment, urban design, and health care issues. At the Heinz College Kristen teaches Infrastructure Planning to executive physicians in their Master of Medical Management program and Healthcare GIS in the Health Care Policy Management program. She also has a strong interest in distance education and has been teaching through this medium for many years. Kristen works closely with the School of Architecture's Urban Laboratory and Heinz School Policy students on urban sustainability issues. Read more about this author Read less about this author Read more about this author Read less about this author