Provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of geographic information systems and location analytics for a variety of business scenarios. Explores the processes for integrating location information, maps, and demographic information with business information and implementing analytical applications. Reviews business contexts such as government and citizen analysis, zoning and planning, retail site selection, supply chain management and logistics, fieldservice planning and tracking, real estate, insurance, public safety, municipal maintenance, and others. Provides hands-on opportunities to apply location intelligence methods.