Getting to Know ArcView GIS: The Geographic Information System (GIS) for Everyone
Geographic information systems (GIS) help visualize information in new ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends not visible with other popular systems. This book is a nontechnical introduction to GIS technology explaining what it is, how it works, and who uses it. It offers illustrated, step-by-step procedures for using ArcView GIS Version 3.1 software to perform dozens of GIS tasks. The book is full of exercises that can also be worked on by using the software and data provided...
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Here's your opportunity to test drive ArcView GIS, the desktop geographic information system from ESRI, the leading global provider of GIS software. The CD packaged with this introductory book includes a working demonstration copy of ArcView software, a hands-on ArcView tutorial, and informative multimedia presentations. You'll come away with a solid understanding of basic GIS concepts and the ability to complete an ArcView GIS project. The best way to find out how GIS can change the way you work, and live, is to try it. So, buy this book and get started. This book was a team effort. At ESRI our reputation is built on contributing our technical knowledge, special people, and valuable experience to the collection, analysis, and communication of geographic information. This book was written in an easy to follow format that will give you a better understanding of what ArcView GIS can do for you. For more information on this book please read the chapter excerpt on this page.
Move over text files, move over spreadsheets,and databases: geographic information systems have arrived on the desktop. Geographic information systems (GIS) let you visualize information in new ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends not visible with other popular systems. \ Getting to Know ArcView GIS presents the concepts upon which this technology is based, how it works, and what it does. In part 1 of the book, you’ll see how people in a wide range of fields are using desktop GIS to find potential customers, locate the best place for a new business or facility, identify natural areas needing protection, find the best places to develop real estate, manage extensive road networks, inventory forest lands, do emergency planning in urban areas, manage resources after fire and flood-the list goes on and on. You’ll find out how you can use desktop GIS to study and analyze situations and create high-quality maps and charts. You also get to see, in chapter 6, an entire application using a particular desktop GIS, ArcView GIS. In part 2 of the book (chapters 7-29), you’ll learn how to use ArcView by working through exercises that are based on real-life situations.\ To supplement the material in this book, we also provide a multimedia CD-ROM. The CD-ROM has three parts. The Desktop GIS Primer mirrors the content of the book’s first six chapters, presenting similar information in a dynamic way. The ArcView GIS Showcase demonstrates how ArcView software works; you’ll see ArcView in action, performing the tasks described in chapters 1-6. The ArcView GIS Tutorial contains a version of ArcView that’s locked to the data and exercises in the book, a help file that contains all of the exercise steps, and videos that let you see ArcView performing each of the exercise steps. We’ve designed the book, the Desktop GIS Primer, the ArcView GIS Showcase, and the ArcView Tutorial so that you can use them independently or together. The choice is yours.
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