Hello, As someone who teaches GIS to social scientists and policy wonks, I like Paul Longley's GIS and Science book, here is a link to Paul's page: http://paul-longley.com/books/
It is not a software book, but more of an application and "why" book, which is not common in the GIS world. For undergrads, Andy Mitchell's books: http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=22&moduleID=1 and http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=86 are good, as they show what ArcGIS can do, but without teaching ArcGIS, for that I go with: Getting to Know ArcGIS desktop: http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=143&moduleID=0 because it comes with a 6 month license of ArcGIS, some data and lots of homework. If your class is GIS, and not statistics I would avoid using books that focus heavily on stat, especially if they are Geography undergrads, and focus more on applications of GIS, data types and structures, and areas where it can be applied. My 2$ Corey Corey Sparks Assistant professor Department of Demography The University of Texas at San Antonio 501 West Cesar E Chavez Blvd San Antonio TX 78207 Corey.sparks 'at' utsa.edu 210 458 3166 <tel:210%20458%203166> Latitude: 29.423614 / Longitude: -98.504282 ----- Corey Sparks, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Demography University of Texas at San Antonio 501 West Durango Blvd Monterey Building 2.270C San Antonio, TX 78207 210-458-3166 corey.sparks 'at' utsa.edu https://rowdyspace.utsa.edu/users/ozd504/www/index.htm -- View this message in context: http://r-sig-geo.2731867.n2.nabble.com/Quick-poll-favorite-GIS-textbook-tp6882545p6885238.html Sent from the R-sig-geo mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo