Nick Bearman is Teaching Fellow in Geospatial Analysis in the Department of Geography, University College London, UK. He also delivers bespoke GIS training programmes to a wide variety of clients, including universities, public and private sector organisations throughout the UK and the world.

Acknowledgements
Series Editor Introduction
Introduction: Using GIS in Social Science
1. History
2. Creating Maps
3. Cartography
4. How is Spatial Data Structured?
5. GIS Software
6. Next Steps
References
Glossary
Index