Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo (Getting to Know (ESRI Press)) [Audiobook] (Paperback)

~ Tim Ormsby (Author), Eileen Napoleon (Author), Robert Burke (Author), Carolyn Groessl (Author), Laura Bowden (Author), Eileen J. Napoleon (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, Second Edition Updated for ArcGIS 9.3 contains introductory concepts followed by scripted software exercises that reinforce an understanding of the conceptual material presented. This format encourages readers to acquire functional GIS skills in a variety of areas. Offering the most comprehensive overview of ArcGIS 9.3 available on the market today, Getting to Know ArcGIS is valuable as both a classroom text and as a manual for individuals learning ArcGIS.

About the Author

Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, Robert Burke, Carolyn Groessl, and Laura Feaster are all technical writers at ESRI Press and authors of "Getting to Know ArcView GIS" and "Extending ArcView GIS," They live in Redlands, California.

Burke is an ESRI instructors.

Carolyn Groessl was a technical writer for ESRI Press.

Laura Bowden is co-author of Community Geography: GIS in Action.

After receiving her master's degree in geography, Eileen J. Napoleon went to work as a geographer, first for the U.S. Forest Service, and later for ESRI, where she has worked in GIS education for the last 15 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 592 pages
• Publisher: ESRI Press; 2nd Edition (Update) edition (December 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589482107
• ISBN-13: 978-1589482104
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,531 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

  #1 in	Books > Science > Earth Sciences > Geography > Information Systems
  #2 in	Books > Computers & Internet > Programming > Graphics & Multimedia > GIS
  #2 in	Books > Professional & Technical > Engineering > Civil > Remote Sensing

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars incorrect title, September 9, 2009

By	A Reader (USA) - See all my reviews

This book is not an audio book as titled on your website, rather, it is a book with two DVDs of data and software.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Getting Know ArcGIS Desktop, April 7, 2009

By	Alan M. Armstrong - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The software that came with the course materials does not match the written text and examples contained in the text of the book. I am having to try to get information from ESRI to correct the flaws. The exercises beginning in chapter 9 do not work.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent help, March 7, 2009

By	Daniel Gruber (Paradise Valley, AZ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an excellent, very helpful intro to the basics of using ArcGIS (specifically ArcMap in my case). The ESRI documentation that comes with the software was not helpful at all. I was (painfully) learning mostly by clicking on various menus until this book arrived. By referencing the book and its many examples, I've been able to develop my material in a matter of a few hours after spending days making little progress. Expensive but worth it.