This new edition brings you updated coverage on how to use SAS/GIS software. A SAS/GIS administrator must be able to locate and import spatial data in order to create maps that match end users' needs. This guide assists administrators with importing spatial data and creating SAS/GIS spatial databases. It also provides administrators and users with an understanding of the following: how SAS/GIS uses spatial data, where to obtain spatial data, how to import that data into SAS/GIS, and how to use the GIS procedure. This guide also assists users with viewing and analyzing data in the context of its location, as well as provides an overview of spatial data, assists the user in viewing information that has a spatial component, documents the procedures for importing spatial data into SAS/GIS format, provides detailed information about the internal structure of SAS/GIS spatial data, and provides detailed information about the SAS/GIS procedure. It also teaches users how to use either the interactive windows procedure or the batch importing procedure to import spatial data. This title is available online. This guide is written for administrators and users of SAS/GIS software. Supports releases 9.1 and higher of SAS software.