Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop (Paperback)

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Product Description

ArcView is the world's most widely used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. Version 8.1 is the most significant upgrade to ArcView since its inception-it has been completely redesigned and engineered to be an easy-to-use, fast, modern, and powerful GIS, and requires a new guidebook for all users. Topics covered include organizing data, planning a GIS project, creating derived data, and presenting results.

Includes a 180-day fully functioning copy of the software on CD-ROM. For windows NT only.

About the Author

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 552 pages
• Publisher: Esri Press (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879102897
• ISBN-13: 978-1879102897
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #501,716 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is intended for learning the GIS basics, June 18, 2003

By A Customer

I may be a bit biased since I work for ESRI, but I am not a GIS person; I am a web developer. I currently am enrolled in school to acquire my GIS degree and find this book is very helpful for learning the BASICS of GIS. Of all the reviews I have seen here, it looks like everyone already knows about ArcGIS. This is not the book for you then. You need to find the more advanced publications with more in depth tutorials and examples of the software. I see a VBA developer looking for answers here; you wasted your money. Great book for GIS beginners ONLY!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for GIS beginners!, October 23, 2004

By	Kristen O'Hare "New to GIS" (North Bay, On, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series) (Paperback)

A great step by step guide for those unfimliar with GIS. The book starts at the beginning and works its way from there. It does not assume anything. Also it comes with a fully functional 180 day trial cd of ArcGIS 9.0 and accompanying data, which allows you complete the lessions included in this book. Overall a wonderful guide. I am so glad I purchased it!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works for me!, February 19, 2004

By	Chris Mclaughlin "teamsheltie" (Hawley, Ma USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book as a compliment to the text for an intro to ArcHydro course I am taking at university and find it to be a very useful tool. The software runs on 2000 or NT, however, I called ESRI and they immediately sent me a 60 day full license for version 8.3 for XP. It's a great tool for the beginner starting out in geodatabse design and the exercises are easy to follow and gratifying when completed. If you're new to ArcView this is a good buy.