GIS Concepts and ArcView Methods (Spiral-bound)

~ David M. Theobald (Author)

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Product Description

Description: GIS Concepts and ArcView Methods bridges the gap between user manuals and textbooks by fusing ArcView v3 methods and techniques with a compilation of basic geographical concepts to benefit both beginners and experts. This book is full of practical advice demonstrating techniques to maximize the use of ArcView, while providing the context for why a particular method or algorithm should be selected over another. Learn why you should choose the certain method or technique in addition to how to use it. You will move beyond knowing simply the basics of ArcView to understanding the context behind them. You will become a producer of information rather than a simply a user of GIS. Technically in depth and easy to read, the book is organized by concepts from basic to advanced, making the ideas and procedures easier to comprehend. Numerous examples, step-by-step instructions, answers to frequently-asked questions, and references to primary GIS and computer science literature can help you learn even more. GIS Concepts and ArcGIS Methods is a complete, cohesive reference designed to increase productivity for students, as well as for professional GIS users.

About the Author

David M. Theobald is a Research Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Lab and Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resource, Recreation and Tourism at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. He is also the author of GIS Concepts and ArcGIS Methods (for ArcGIS v8).

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 183 pages
• Publisher: Conservation Planning Technologies, Inc. (May 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0967920817
• ISBN-13: 978-0967920818
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,100,606 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on ArcView, September 5, 2004

By	Book Fan (California) - See all my reviews

This is the best book I've seen on ArcView, and I looked hard. Most other books are very bloated books which concentrate on step by step instructions but don't give you the broad view of what a GIS is and why and how to use it. This book successfully integrates GIS theory and motivation and strategy with how to do it in ArcView. Information is effectively and concisely presented and you get lots of depth. This book assumes you have no GIS information but leads you to some quite sophisticated usage (e.g. scripts and programming). It also presents lots of nice nice items that aren't evident in the documentation, and neat tricks (e.g. how to make an ArcView project portable so that it can run on more than one computer without all the file links being broken).

If you have never used a computer and are uncomfortable with menus, etc., you might want to get one of the more introductory books. (But then, you are unlikely to be reading this review if that is who you are).

If you are comfortable with computers and just want to get the details on how to do interesting things with ArcView, this is the book for you.