This complete guide to SAS/GIS software, SAS' geographical information analysis component, provides both step-by-step introductions to the software's data exploration features and comprehensive reference to all of the software's windows, commands, statements, and options. This book shows how you can use SAS/GIS software, in conjunction with any of the powerful data presentation and analysis tools in SAS, to interactively explore any type of data that can be linked to features on a map. Users who have limited experience with SAS will learn how to select features and perform actions in maps created by others. More experienced SAS programmers will learn how to create geographic information systems for end users. Portions of this book are available online with Release 6.11 and later releases.