Extending ArcView GIS: with Network Analyst, Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst (CD-ROM)

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Product Description

Extending ArcView GIS is the companion workbook to ESRI's best-selling Getting to Know ArcView GIS. Taking up where that book leaves off, it explores the three most popular ESRI ArcView GIS extensions - ArcView Network Analyst, ArcView Spatial Analyst, and ArcView 3D Analyst. You'll complete dozens of step-by-step exercises in the course of solving a variety of GIS problems. Concepts are presented concisely and in context, while color graphics reinforce your progress at every stage.

The exercises in this book require that you have ArcView GIS 3.1 software. To complete each of the three sections, you'll also need the appropriate extension software - ArcView Network Analyst 1.0b for the Network Analyst section, ArcView Spatial Analyst 1.1 for the ArcView Spatial Analyst section, and ArcView 3D Analyst 1 for the 3D Analyst section. Each section is self-contained and uses only the extension software it describes. The accompanying CD contains 90 megabytes of spatial data used in the exercises.

Extending ArcView GIS includes comprehensive descriptions of the dozens of other extensions that work with ArcView GIS, as well as a preview of ModelBuilder, the automated spatial modeling system that's part of Spatial Analyst 2.0. Every exercise in the book provides detailed instructions, but you'll be on firmer ground if you're already familiar with basic GIS concepts and ArcView GIS operations. If you're new to GIS, you'll benefit by reading Getting to Know ArcView GIS first.

Some of the exercises use modified or fictional GIS data. And while most of the problems you'll solve are less intricate than those you might face in the real world, the approaches and methods you'll employ are the same. Of course, it can't be said that Extending ArcView GIS will teach you everything there is to know about ArcView Network Analyst, ArcView Spatial Analyst, or ArcView 3D Analyst. The curvature of the earth limits the distance you can see on even the clearest day, and this book, too, is a kind of curved surface. By the time you finish it, however, you'll have seen a good deal. And you'll be ready to climb higher, and see farther, on your own.

For more information on each extension please read the Excerpt section of this page.

From the Publisher

These programs are fully functional 120-day limited editions of ESRI software that require a licensed version of ArcView GIS 3.1, or higher, running on Windows 95/98/NT. There is currently no version available for Windows 2000/ME/XP.

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Product Details

• CD-ROM: 527 pages
• Publisher: ESRI Press (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879102056
• ISBN-13: 978-1879102057
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #733,121 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Use as a tutorial, November 26, 1999

By	David (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This book is not so much a manual as it is a tutorial. I found it useful because I learn best from example. You are walked through various exercises that teach you the basics of each extension. If you are looking for a quick-fix manual, this is not it, however if you are looking to understand how these extensions work and the potential available to a GIS user, this book is for you.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars for power users of ArcView, December 6, 1999

By A Customer

ESRI Press seems to be taking their book publishing program very seriously. This is an impressive volume. I work for the USGS and found the section on the Spatial Analyst to the most well-written description of this highly complicated program to be quite useful. The section on Network Analyst is not quite as strong, but thhen again the Netwwork Analyst is an easier program to learn. I wish they would do booik like this for ArcInfo 8.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful introduction to ArcView extensions, April 27, 2002

By A Customer

I agree that this book is best purchased as a tutorial, not a manual. It is an excellent tutorial - easy to understand, with very useful and realistic examples. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about these extensions. Unlike a previous reviewer, I had no problems with the 120 day trial versions of the extensions software. I have ArcView 3.2 and operate on Windows 98. I don't believe they are compatible with Windows 2000 or XP, as I tried to install network analyst first on an XP machine and got an error message that the network analyst (at least this particular trial version) was not compatible with Windows 2000, and I didn't try the others after that.