Pt. 1. Basic Building Blocks of Geographic Information -- Ch. 1. Reference Systems for Measurement -- Ch. 2. Measurement Frameworks -- Ch. 3. Representation -- Pt. 2. Transformations and Operations -- Ch. 4. Attribute-based Operations -- Ch. 5. Overlay: Integration of Disparate Sources -- Ch. 6. Distance Relationships -- Ch. 7. Surfaces and Near Neighbors -- Ch. 8. Comprehensive Operations -- Ch. 9. Transformations -- Pt. 3. The Broader Arena -- Ch. 10. Evaluation and Implementation -- Ch. 11. Social and Institutional Interactions.