Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook
Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook explains the methods and tools needed to apply GIS analysis to a spatial problem by finding the best location for a new park along the Los Angeles River in Southern California. Through this process, readers develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills and learn to use ArcGIS® 10.1 for Desktop software from Esri®.
Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook includes valuable learning materials: —Self-paced tutorials. The project is carried out progressively in nine lessons comprising more than thirty exercises. Each exercise has step-by-step instructions, graphics to confirm your results, and explanations of key concepts.ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop software.
—The book includes access to ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop software (180-day use) to perform the analysis. The book’s DVD includes project data.
—An online Understanding GIS Resource Center includes the book’s final lesson in PDF format, “GIS TV” videos that walk you through the exercises in real time, exercise results for each lesson, and more.
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A big attention to the end-user experience This workbook is a very user-friendly written book for those interested to begin using ArcGIS Desktop. I am 3/4 of the book through and I am impressed for the care and will to have readers learn ArcGIS and GIS for true. This said, don’t expect to become an expert at the end because this is simply a good introduction to ArcGIS. And more precisely, the book is written from the point of view of a GIS analyst (you learn in the beginning of the book that there are 5 categories of ArcGIS users:…
Easy to follow, and thorough! As a novice GIS user, I’m finding the tutorial in this new title easy to follow and packed with practical and useful information about ArcGIS 10 software. Instead of asking the reader to tackle an array of mind-numbing problems, Understanding GIS guides the reader through one practical challenge: to find a good location for a park near the Los Angeles River. The book includes clear step-by-step instructions in completing a GIS analysis with visual aids in the form of screen captures. While I…
A Lot of Bang for Your Buck Understanding GIS is a breath of fresh air! It is an ArcGIS workbook that’ll PAINLESSLY show you the basics. It’s conceit is that it asks the user (or reader) to seriously locate the best spots along the famous LA River to create public parks. You remember, the LA River! It’s not so much a river as it is an enormous unsightly concrete trough that runs through the city for the purpose of flood control. You’ve seen it in the movies. The climax of the 1950s giant-ant hit THEM! was shot at one of…