Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 158948083X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 572 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, Robert Burke, Carolyn Groessl, and Laura Feaster are all technical writers at ESRI Press and authors of ""Getting to Know ArcView GIS"" and ""Extending ArcView GIS,"" They live in Redlands, California.
About the AuthorTim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, Robert Burke, Carolyn Groessl, and Laura Feaster are all technical writers at ESRI Press and authors of ""Getting to Know ArcView GIS"" and ""Extending ArcView GIS,"" They live in Redlands, California.
A Basic Introduction to ArcView and GIS This is a guide and workbook with a 6-month evaluation copy of ESRI's ArcView geographic information software (GIS). "Getting to Know ArcGIS" gives you 20 lessons and about 60 exercises to do in order to familiarize yourself with one of the leading GIS packages. It includes descriptive and explanatory text, and an abundance of graphics, including screen shots of prompts, options, tables and examples of maps that the exercises produce. With full-featured software included, you can replicate, or go beyond the text's exercises, with the sample data or your own data. It is well-written, easy to follow, and a good place to begin with G. Good primer for ArcGIS I used this book for an online GIS course through the University of Washington and found the contents to be very helpful. The step-by-step process is instructive and helps to gain an understanding of the basic functions of ArcGIS.Conversely, there are times when the book does not give enough detail to allow for troubleshooting. I found there were situations that arose in certain processes that the book did not cover, even though I was following the step-by-step process.. "Three Stars" according to DOUGLAS OKYERE. thanks
Necessary GIS skills are presented in a variety of areas--map symbology, data overlay, map projection, and data conversion--as the making of maps and the analysis of geographic data is conceptualized. Spatial modeling exercises using the Model Builder technology of ArcGIS version 9 are also provided. Conceptual material is followed by scripted software exercises. With revised material and new exercises based on ArcGIS version 9, this updated work acquaints geographers and GIS professionals with the principles of GIS as it teaches the mechanics of using ArcGIS software. Other topics covered include organizing data, planning a GIS project, creating derived data, and presenting results.