Digitization For Beginners is a book for the complete GIS newbies who has just entered the world of map making.The main objectives of the semi-graphical book is to help you learn 1)digitization of a map/toposheet with free GIS Software and tools.(2)creating a map from GPS waypoints or spreadsheets(xyz) or Google Earth.The book also includes some practical applications of GIS such as : 1.delineation of a river catchment,2.measurement of distance between two locations within a city,3.calculation of the Òarea available per capitaÓ or Ògreenery available per peopleÓ ? etc.
Generally,tutorials are meant to be clumsy,large and hard to devour.As this is a semi-graphical book it will help you learn the concepts and procedure of digitization within 45 minutes.That is, after 45 minutes of browsing this book, you will be a digitization expert who can confidently complete any digitization work thrown towards him/her.