Authored by accomplished urban geographers and GIS experts,Exploring the Urban Community: A GIS Approachleverages the modern geographer's toolset, employing the latest GIS methodology to the study of urban geography. TheSecond Editionexpands upon this timely, applied approach by incorporating new #x1C;internet GIS#x1D; Google Earth" activities, which do not require students to own expensive software or travel to a school lab. New exercises are also provided for ArcGIS 9.3 and 10, the latest version of the industry-dominant software. Coupled with current examples and applications from around the world, including a greater focus on India and China,Exploring the Urban Communitypresents an engaging and uniquely hands-on applied approach to the study of urban geography.