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Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop 2nd
Edition.
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The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo
Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop is a workbook for
learning ArcGIS, the newest GIS technology from ESRI. The three GIS
products that comprise ArcGIS -- ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo -- are
built on a common interface and core capability, with each product
offering a different level of functionality. Users of Getting to Know
ArcGIS Desktop gain a thorough understanding of ArcView, which they
can put to work immediately or use as a firm foundation for learning
ArcEditor and ArcInfo. Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop employs the
teaching approach used so effectively in the best-selling Getting to
Know ArcView GIS from ESRI Press. Richly detailed illustrations and
step-by-step exercises teach basic GIS tasks -- from mapmaking, to
spatial analysis, to database creation. Readers learn to use the software
that forms the building blocks of ArcGIS: ArcMap, for displaying and
querying maps; ArcCatalog, for managing geographic data; and ArcToolbox,
for setting map projections and converting data. Also included in the book
are explorations of the newest ESRI data format, the geodatabase, which
stores spatial and attribute information in a relational database.
Included with the book is a fully functioning 180-day
trial version of ArcView 9 software on CD-ROM, as well as a CD of
data for working through the book's exercises.
PLEASE NOTE: The ArcGIS Demo Edition software on
the CD in this edition requires the Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or
NT (Service Pack 6a) operating system.
Hardware requirements: a minimum 450 MHz
processing speed; 128 MB RAM; 800 MB hard disk space, including
50 MB on the operating system drive; an additional 215 MB hard
disk space is required for the exercise data; exercise data.
Its broad scope and hands-on presentations of GIS in
real-world applications make Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop both an
ideal classroom text and an excellent workbook for those learning ArcGIS
on their own. No prior knowledge of GIS software is needed, although those
switching from earlier ArcView GIS products will find Getting to Know
ArcGIS Desktop particularly useful.
About the authors:
Tim Ormsby is the co-author of the best-selling books
Getting to Know ArcView GIS, Extending ArcView GIS, and
Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop.
Eileen Napoleon is the co-author of the best-selling
books Getting to Know ArcView GIS, and Getting to Know ArcGIS
Desktop.
Robert Burke is an instructor and technical writer for
ESRI, he co-authored Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop and Getting
to know ArcObjects.
Laura Feaster is a technical writer for ESRI.
Carolyn Groessl was a technical writer for ESRI
Press.
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