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GIS Tutorial II: Spatial Analysis Workbook

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This book provides a good overview of the spatial analysis tools in ArcGIS 9.3. I was looking for a little more information on how to work with raster; the book is mostly vector oriented. But pretty good book anyway - provides plenty of exercises with relevant datasets. You should know the basic layout of ArcGIS and how to do basic maps. However, the first section of the book assumes that the reader does not know much more than that; this can be tedious for anyone with a more that a beginners background.

I started using this book about 2 months ago. I am a daily ArcMap user and I found several new methods and tricks to improve my workflow as well as ideas to expand my analyses. The chapters concerning distribution and patterns made what could be a complicated process easy to understand and follow. I have also had my intern working out of the first few chapters to increase her skill set and knowledge. So I have found that both an experienced user and a novice can follow the tutorials and gain a new perspective for your data. The step by step instructions are clear and concise without feeding the user every little crumb. This book fills the gap between entry level and more complex analyses.

Geographic information system (GIS) technology is now ubiquitous across the globe. The sequel to "GIS Tutorial: Workbook for ArcView 9", this second volume, "GIS Tutorial II: Spatial Analysis Workbook" focuses on how to perform spatial analysis using the tools in ArcGIS Desktop. Thoroughly 'user friendly', detailed, step-by-step procedures will help guide the reader through a number of spatial analysis methods ranging including comparison, overlay, density, proximity; and statistical, to temporal, distribution, pattern, cluster, auto correlation, and hot spot factors. In addition to the step-by-step instructions, each individual tutorial exercise, also features a review, study questions, and a list of possible real-world applications. Author David Allen draws upon his years of experience and expertise as the GIS manager for the City of Euless, Texas where he designs data structures and custom applications, and as a GIS instructor at the Tarrant county College helping to develop a GIS degree program to make "GIS Tutorial II: Spatial Analysis Workbook" completely user friendly and an ideal, highly recommended textbook for either classroom curriculums or a self-instruction manual.

Overall this is a good GIS tutorial. It's best if you already have some basic skills with ArcGIS, but it's easy to follow and pretty in depth with regard to mapping spatial statistics and relationships.

Arrived in record time, and it's the perfect book for those who are either learning GIS or are well versed in the subject.

This is a great book for those of us self teaching ourselves. Possibly not as good as the first tutorial - but deals with different subject matter. This is a relatively inexpensive way to pick up things you would never know.

This book is just for very beginners, but when you approach spatial analysis you're probably beyond that and most of contents is already well-known. But what is worst, you can't make the exercises if you have an older version of ArcGIS 9.3... I don't want to install the trial version on my pc just for that, sorry (I have 9.1). They could provide older formats too.
I bought this book in the hope of solving some doubts and understand in more depth my GIS analysis, it's 408 pages after all... Well, half of the pages are blank (huge borders, empty spaces everywhere) and the actual content could stay in around 100 pages of 8x6. The high price of this textbook is not justified at all. In short, I could not do the exercise neither find the answers. Never again.

Excellent Condition! Prompt delivery. Great price. I would purchase from this seller again.