It is in the context of the view of geography as spatial information technology that this book is written. It is intended for students of geography at undergraduate level who wish to familiarise themselves with the terminology of computers and to read about ways in which computers are presently being used in goegraphy. It assumes no prior knowledge of computers and no mathematical skills beyond those possessed by the average layman. The reader is warned that this is not a handbook for researchers, who should be capable of going direct to the primary literature. Specialists in particular areas...