At 23:44 -0800 22/12/08, Michael A. Peters wrote: >Thanks for any suggestions. I may try to find a "GIS for dummies" type >book, though I've generally not been fond of dummy books, I kind of feel >like one when it comes to GIS. Hi Michael, If you get no satisfactory answers here, you might try talking to the Antiquist group (<http://www.antiquist.org/> and <http://groups.google.com/group/antiquist>) who work extensively with GIS and open source tools. Regards Simon