Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 3 edition January 22, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0073312800
ISBN-13: 978-0073312804
Product Dimensions:
10.6 x 9 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
Book Description
Mastering ArcGIS is an introductory GIS text that is designed to offer everything you need to master the basic elements of GIS. The author's step-by-step approach helps students negotiate the challenging tasks involved in learning sophisticated GIS software. This text employs a carefully developed learning system to help students use ArcView 9.2 or ArcGIS Desktop or higher, to set up and solve GIS problems. An innovative and unique feature of Mastering ArcGIS is its accompanying CD-ROM with narrated video clips that show students exactly how to perform chapter tutorials before attempting an exercise on their own.
About The Author
Maribeth Price is a professor at the South Dakota School of Mines and Tech.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: Mastering ArcGIS with Video Clips CD-ROM (Spiral-bound)
We used this is an dual level college GIS practicum course. There is much to be said both good and bad. The CD's are useful,and the exercises work through some important lessions in analysis. Unfortunately, there are many errors in the book. In one exercise the question asks you to use the data to make a map showing areas that are closer to streams than to roads. There are 2 road files. Logically, I put in both files and couldn't get the same answer as the answer in the back of the book. Finally, I forgot to load one of the files and loaded only the forest service road file. Then it worked. The question neglected to state that it was only forest service roads that were being considered. We did 2 chapters a week, including all the exercise questions. It took me a long time to figure out how to do the exercises because the chapter did not address all parts of what was necessary to do the problem. I recommend that students use the GIS Tutorial (ESRI) book as an introduction, then use this book. The Mastering ArcGIS book is much better in teaching how to solve actual problems encountered in research. The tutorial book (ESRI) addresses simple software issues and demonstrates how to perform necessary tasks to actually use the software. If the many errors are corrected, this will be a major improvement.
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