The Joys of Learning ARC-INFO

I learned the system by trying to do the things I knew I could do in SPANS (probably not the brightest idea in the world) and working my way through the manuals ( there are a lot of them ). I was such a newbie that I wasn't even aware of what a 'coverage' meant, never mind having the wit to access the on-line help system ( type helpmenu at the arc prompt if you are similarly witless) , so it took me quite a while to get anywhere useful. I am currently by no means an AI illuminati - but I can now actually carry out the spatial analysis I wanted to do in the first place. I suspect that there are a few people out there in a similar predicament . So I designed this course.

Try it and if you like it e-mail me, if you don't like it or have any advice about changes I would also like to hear from you . All reasoned criticism will be accepted (grudgingly).

THE AUTHOR

Shane Murnion

Shane Murnion has been employed for the last 4 years as a research officer in GIS at the School of Geosciences, Queen's University Belfast. He is currently on a leave of absence from his post at Queen's and is working as a visiting researcher at Keio University, Shonandai, Fujisawa Japan, developing neural network applications in remote sensing.

Funding for this work

• Professor Kubo of Keio University, Fujisawa Japan.
• The British Council.
• The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
• My lovely wife Dr Louise Harra

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