UNITAR Explorations in Geographic Information Systems Technology Workbook Series

Installation

The CD contains the UNITAR Workbook in PDF format and accompanying data files in IDRISI format. You should copy the workbook and all data files to your computer.

If you do not have Acrobat Reader you can download a free version from www.adobe.com.  


Working with the GIS

We assume that the user of these volumes already has introductory knowledge of IDRISI (or whatever system is being used). While the instructions in the exercises are quite explicit, you should know how to set the data paths, display files, use the interactive display tools, and open command dialogue boxes without direction. We recommend that you complete the Using IDRISI section of the IDRISI Tutorial prior to using these volumes.

Note: All files copied to your hard drive are read-only. We suggest that you change the attributes to non-read-only to avoid any potential errors. Right-click on the file or folder and select "Properties." Click on the "Read Only" box to remove the check mark, then click on OK.


