GIS and Cartographic Modeling is a foundational work in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). An introduction to the concepts, conventions, and capabilities of map algebra as a general language, this book describes the analytical use of raster-based GIS.

C. Dana Tomlin is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and an adjunct professor of GIS at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is founder and co-director of Penn's Cartographic Modeling Laboratory. Tomlin is a recipient of the Perkins and the Lindback awards for distinguished teaching.