| | |  | Modeling & Simulation | Home » » » Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series) | | | | | | | Description: | | 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. Conceptual material is followed by scripted software exercises. 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. Other topics covered include organizing data, planning a GIS project, creating derived data, and presenting results. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Tim Ormsby | | Paperback:
| 572 pages | | Publisher:
| ESRI Press | | Publication Date:
| June 01, 2004 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 158948083X | | Package Length:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 64 reviews |
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13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 A must for GIS beginners!Oct 23, 2004
By Kristen O'Hare
"New to GIS"
A great step by step guide for those unfimliar with GIS. The book starts at the beginning and works its way from there. It does not assume anything. Also it comes with a fully functional 180 day trial cd of ArcGIS 9.0 and accompanying data, which allows you complete the lessions included in this book. Overall a wonderful guide. I am so glad I purchased it!
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Great intro bookNov 18, 2005
By Felicia
I also bought this book as a supplement to an Intro to ArcGIS course at university, and it's been a real lifesaver. The instructions are clear, concise and well-indexed. I use it as my main source now.
The current version works for Windows XP. I did have some trouble registering the extensions (after having having registered ArcView a few weeks previous), but was able to get new authorization numbers from ESRI and it worked out no problem.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
A software manual: tells you where to click, but not whyFeb 10, 2007
By F. Gibbons
I'm giving this five stars, because I think it does a simple job well. It does NOT give you any real conceptual basis for GIS (aside from a one-page introduction to each chapter). It is basically a step-by-step guide to accomplishing some predefined tasks in ArcGIS, and it does that really well.
I'm using it in a GIS class right now. The book is divided into sections of a few chapters each. Sections have a common theme running through them, in terms of the subject matter they work with. In Chapters 3 and 4, you're trying to find where Amelia Earheart and her pilot went down; in Ch. 5 & 6, you're making a collection of maps of Africa, showing population density, location of different kinds of wildlife, symbologising rivers according to whether they're perennial or seasonal. Having interesting data to work with helps you work through the tedium of "Right click on the Countries layer (NOT the Countries data frame", now "Select 'Open Table'", etc. Going back and forth between book and screen is tedious, but interesting data makes it easier. Furthermore, little comments like the parenthetical NOT above, help to make sure that you're doing what you're supposed to be. You do get the impression that the authors are really experienced in writing computer manuals. Other chapters work with different kinds of data, as you learn your way around what is a rather complicated software product.
I tend to learn best through a combination of conceptual and hands-on thinking (I need the 'why' and the 'how'), and this is a little too much of the latter for me, so I'll be getting something else to cover that. But as computer manuals go, this one is really complete.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Resource and teaching manualApr 02, 2006
By David Leachman
"visphoto"
I purchased this book to be able to create my own maps for a client. I was familiar with ArcGIS Desktop 8.3, but had never really created any GIS data. Using this book, I was able to create custom shape files, MXDs and layer files that really impressed the client. The author assumes little or no previous knowledge of using the product and does an outstanding job putting the information in the simplest of terms. Unlike the books that come with the software, this one will actually have you creating GIS data in no time flat. Well worth the money.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Very easy to understand!Oct 26, 2005
By Jasmine
The software matches the text content so well that it is very easy to following the step-by-step instruction. Materials are nicely arranged.
Lots of fun to do the exercises and learn.
Highly recommend this book for the beginners.
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