Synopses & Reviews
Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook explains the methods and tools needed to apply GIS analysis to a spatial problem by finding the best location for a new park along the Los Angeles River in Southern California. Through this process, readers develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills and learn to use ArcGIS® 10.1 for Desktop software from Esri®.
Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook includes valuable learning materials: —Self-paced tutorials. The project is carried out progressively in nine lessons comprising more than thirty exercises. Each exercise has step-by-step instructions, graphics to confirm your results, and explanations of key concepts.ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop software.
—The book includes access to ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop software (180-day use) to perform the analysis. The books DVD includes project data.
—An online Understanding GIS Resource Center includes the books final lesson in PDF format, “GIS TV” videos that walk you through the exercises in real time, exercise results for each lesson, and more.
Synopsis
The first single-project GIS textbook on the market, Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Pro Project Workbook, fourth edition is an excellent resource for students and educators seeking a guide for an advanced, single-project-based course that incorporates GIS across a wide range of disciplines. It allows readers to progress through nine lessons using ArcGIS Pro software from Esri to find the best location for a new park along the Los Angeles River in Southern California. Each exercise offers step-by-step instructions, graphics to confirm exercise results, and explanations of key concepts. The book includes access to ArcGIS Desktop software, which includes ArcGIS Pro. Project data (real data, all of it updated) is downloadable from the book's resource web page.
About the Author
Christian Harder is a writer at Esri and author of a number of case study books on GIS.
Tim Ormsby is a technical writer at Esri and has created and contributed to ArcGIS training courses for both the classroom and online learning. Ormsby coauthored Esri Press's best-selling workbook Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop (Esri Press 2010).
Thomas Balstrøm is the coauthor of the Danish-language Book of GIS and Geodata. He worked for two decades as an associate professor in GIS and physical geography at University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and is now a freelance GIS consultant.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Lesson 1: Frame the problem and explore the study area
Lesson 2: Preview data
Lesson 3: Choose the data
Lesson 4: Build the database
Lesson 5: Edit data
Lesson 6: Conduct the analysis
Lesson 7: Automate the analysis
Lesson 8: Present analysis results
Lesson 9: Share results online
Appendix A: Analysis issues
Appendix B: Data credits and data license agreement
Index