Customer Reviews

Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources

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This book would be a good resource for anyone that's a well-experienced ArcGIS user. There is a lot of theory and general concepts, but much of the detail has been left out. Actual real world examples are very limited. I'd recommend using the tools in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst and it's related help information over this book.

This book is like many other GIS books: a compilation of case studies. There are no details, techniques, or tutorials provided. The text is accompanied by a CD, but everything on the CD can be downloaded for free from the internet.

This book was required for a class I took and I never even opened it. Unless you've been studying GIS for 15 years and have somehow NEVER delved into water resource applications, don't waste your money. It's a bunch of theory and conceptual jibber jabber.

The book was about 5 years old which for software is a bit old but I was able to use it. Thanks

My instructor couldn't really help me with what I wanted to do with my project. I started with needing to find a tool to analyze storm water run-off. I found this software, went out to ESRI's website, downloaded ArcHydro, and installed it. ESRI's site had tutorials on how to use the various tools and had other useful information. The book supported the use of these tools by explaining the concepts in more detail. I recommend this book for anyone who is interested in water resources and don't know much about ArcHydro. I also recommend the Handbook of Hydrology. I found that useful too.

I didn't find it too useful. Too bad, I was looking for more of a users handbook for the extension - it's more of an explanation of what it can do, not HOW to do it.

I thought this book would to approach subjects about hydrology related with GIS.
I didn't enjoy this book.