Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop

592 pages. Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop introduces principles of GIS as it teaches the mechanics of using ESRI's leading technology. Key concepts are combined with de tailed illustrations and step-by-step exercises to acquaint readers with the bui lding blocks of ArcGIS Desktop including ArcMap?Ѣ, for displaying and quer ying maps, ArcCatalog?Ѣ, for organizing geographic data, and ModelBuilder? ?Ѣ, for diagramming and processing solutions to complex spatial analysis prob lems. Its broad scope, simple style, and practical orientation make this book an ideal classroom text and an excellent resource for those learning GIS on their own. A data CD for working through the exercises and a fully functioning 180-day trial ArcGIS Desktop 10 software is included. Editorial Reviews About the Au thor Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, Robert Burke, Carolyn Groessl, and Laura Feast er are all technical writers at ESRI Press and authors of Getting to Know ArcVie w GIS and Extending ArcView GIS, They live in Redlands, California. After recei ving her master's degree in geography, Eileen J. Napoleon went to work as a geog rapher, first for the U.S. Forest Service, and later for ESRI, where she has wor ked in GIS education for the last 15 years. Burke is an ESRI instructors. Caro lyn Groessl was a technical writer for ESRI Press.…