Inside Mapinfo Professional 2nd Edition [Paperback]

Larry Daniel (Author), Angela Whitener (Author), Paula Loree (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 1566901863 | ISBN-13: 978-1566901864 | Edition: Bk&CD Rom

Now fully updated to the software's latest features and functions, INSIDE MapInfo Professional, 2nd Edition continues to set the standard for desktop mapping tutorials. Early in the book, essential MapInfo Professional functions are revealed through development of a single application from start to finish. Following this orientation, subsequent chapters enable readers to hone in on specific MapInfo Professional components and procedures, including map display options, workspaces, queries, browsers, creating thematic maps and graphics, editing graphic and attribute data, layout printing, geocoding, buffering, digitizing, customization and more.Step-by-step examples, case studies, notes, and tips are also located strategically throughout INSIDE MapInfo Professional, 2nd Edition to assist readers in their quest to make optimal use of one of today's most popular desktop mapping applications. As such, the book is not a rehash of the documentation manual. Rather, it contains the nowledge gained from time spent on the front lines of public and private sector organizations assisting individuals, departments, corporations, and government agencies.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

In the past Geographical Information Systems software (GIS) were used primarily by natural resources scientists, but it is an increasingly valuable tool for information resource users: everyone from students to marketers, journalists to Internet site designers. This is one of the best third-party books on any GIS software package. If you want to display data on maps, this book--and the software it describes--is a very good place to start. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Larry Daniel, president of Conclusive Strategies in Austin, Texas, has been involved with commercial GIS applications for 15 years. He contributes regularly to journals including GEO World, Business Geographics, GeoInfo Systems, Earth Observation Magazine, Computer-Aided Engineering, and Design Management. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Onword Pr; Bk&CD Rom edition (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566901863
• ISBN-13: 978-1566901864
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,372,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction to MapInfo Professional for Windows., June 24, 1996

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This review is from: Inside Mapinfo Professional (Paperback)

Given the dearth of any third party book dealing with the most widespread desktop GIS application, this book provides a good starting place as a tutorial. The MapInfo manuals, though fairly clear and concise, leave out some of the nuances for using MapInfo. Windows users will be pleased by the thorough treatment the windows platform receives in this book. Mac and UNIX users can still pick up some useful tidbits.

The accompanying CD, while most of the items will work on all platforms, provides Windows tables and examples, without identifying which will work with or crash Mac or UNIX platforms. Only about 27 Mb of the CD was used, while about another 600 Mb was available, the authors should have included some of the other public domain tables and utilities available at MapInfo internet sites, and should have considered including the URLs either in the book, on the CD, or point to a well maintained net site where the links could be found.

Overall, a very useful manual, with a lot of good information, and some nit picky problems.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Covers all but too basic, August 19, 2009

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J. L. Cruz-Rivera "virazon" (Pensacola, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inside MapInfo Professional (Paperback)

I love to read books front to back. But sometimes you just don't have the time and need answers fast. This book will not help you in that. And if you do find what you are looking for it will be too basic. Is a good book to read as a whole and follow the examples as a self taught class. But as a quick reference, it lacks depth.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Start, October 7, 2008

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This is a good start into learning mapinfo and was a big part of the class I took. The book exercises are very well layed out and easy to understand.