By Michael D. Kennedy,Jack Dangermond,Michael F. Goodchild

ISBN-10: 1118159802

ISBN-13: 9781118159804

An built-in strategy that mixes crucial GIS history with a realistic workbook on using the rules in ArcGIS 10.0 and 10.1

Introducing Geographic info structures with ArcGISintegrates a large creation to GIS with a software-specific workbook for Esri's ArcGIS. the place such a lot classes make do utilizing separate texts, one protecting GIS and one other the software program, this e-book permits scholars and teachers to take advantage of a unmarried textual content with an built-in strategy overlaying either in a single quantity with a typical vocabulary and educational style.

This revised variation makes a speciality of the most recent software program updates—ArcGIS 10.0 and 10.1. as well as its already winning insurance, the publication permits scholars to adventure publishing maps on the web via new routines, and introduces the belief of programming within the language Esri has selected for purposes (i.e., Python). A DVD is packaged with the booklet, as in past variations, containing facts for understanding all the exercises.

This whole, straightforward coursebook:

  • Is up-to-date for the newest ArcGIS releases—ArcGIS 10.0 and 10.1
  • Introduces the crucial recommendations of GIS and themes had to comprehend spatial details analysis
  • Provides a substantial skill to function very important instruments in ArcGIS
  • Demonstrates new functions of ArcGIS 10.0 and 10.1
  • Provides a foundation for the complicated examine of GIS and the research of the newly rising box of GIScience

Introducing Geographic details platforms with ArcGIS, 3rd Edition is the perfect advisor for undergraduate scholars taking classes corresponding to creation to GIS, basics of GIS, and creation to ArcGIS laptop. it's also a major consultant for execs trying to replace their talents for ArcGIS 10.0 and 10.1.

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