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Title: Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series)
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| Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series) by Esri Press Getting to know ArcGIS - Comment on book & training |
This book is a superb learning resource. The 180-day evaluation copy of ArcView 9.2 is icing on the cake.
The book takes the reader through a series of 20 lessons covering a number of practical scenarios with each chapter having two to four examples, where the material is prepared as mxd documents. So it is straightforward to get into the actual purpose of the exercise.
Each page is fully illustrated to reassure the reader that what they are seeing on screen through the structured lesssons is correct.
I worked solidly through the book in about 4 days as preparation for the taught Introduction to ArcGIS 2. I should'nt have bothered with the instructor-led course, there was very little new material and the exercises were rushed. By contrast the book enables you to re-work a difficult area, at your own pace.
I would rate this book 10/10 for content, presentation, structure and choice of examples. I now wish there were a follow-on book to build on the foundation this book has provided.
Make sure the copy you get is the latest version (currently 2004). |
| Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series) by Esri Press ArcGIS |
| This book is really good with giving step by step directions. I had no prior knowledge about ArcGIS or any of the software and it walked me through every process. I highly recomend it for beginners and nonbeginners. |
| Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series) by Esri Press Using "Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop" |
| This book is very user friendly and concepts are well explained. However, some single exercise instructions contain too many steps which one can easily skip or confuse with other things. Such instructional steps could be made as simple and as many as possible. |
| Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series) by Esri Press ArcGIS Book Review |
The book is user friendly with somewhat understandable instruction.
Although the instructions were in steps e.g. 1, 2, 3, there needs to be substeps as well. Example: Step 1a, 1b, 1c. This would have made the instructions/steps easier to follow.
In addition, the instruction would say something about the "Color Ramp" but the software shows it as "Color Scheme" on the computer screen. This may have been confusing to some students in my class.
I would also have liked the book to have shown arrows coming from the picutres of the dialog box that indicate the various parts within the dialog box. |
| Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series) by Esri Press GIS Mania |
| I love this book!!! Great add to my GIS library. Easy to read, understand and follow. |
| Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series) by Esri Press Product 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. |
