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| Title | Gis Fundamentals: A First Text on Geographic Information Systems. |
| Author | Paul Bolstad |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Eider Press, 2005 |
| Original from | Cornell University |
| Digitized | Jun 25, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0971764719, 9780971764712 |
| Length | 539 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Earth Sciences / Geography |
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