The GIS 20 : essential skills

Select an Action

Place Hold(s)
Add to My Lists
Email
Print

Title:

Personal Author:

Clemmer, Gina, 1974-

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Redlands, California : Esri Press, 2013

Physical Description:

xv, 185 p. : ill., color maps ; 23 cm + 1 CD-ROM (12 cm.)

ISBN:

9781589483224

General Note:

Accompanied by CD-ROM : CP 032392

Includes index

Title Subject:

ArcGIS

Subject Term:

Geographic information systems

Available:*

Library	Item Barcode	Call Number	Material Type	Item Category 1	Status
Searching... Perpustakaan Raja Zarith Sofiah	35000000003977	G70.212 C58 2013	Open Access Book	Book	Searching... Unknown
Searching... PSZ JB	30000010325692	G70.212 C58 2013	Open Access Book	Book	Searching... Unknown

GIS is your tool, not your career. How can you quickly begin applying GIS in your work?

The GIS 20: Essential Skills, third edition, presents step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and practical tips on how to perform the top 20 skills needed to successfully use a geographic information system (GIS). These skills include finding and editing data, querying GIS maps, creating reports, and sharing and publishing maps.

The e-book of The GIS 20: Essential Skills, 9781589485136, $49.99, is available at most online book retailers.

Author Notes

Gina Clemmer, president of the research and training company New Urban Research, Inc., has trained thousands of new GIS users from across the United States. Clemmer holds a master's degree in urban planning from the University of Iowa.

A note to the reader	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Chapter Page Skill
1 Downloading shapefiles and using essential ArcMap tools	p. 1
2 Creating basic maps and layouts	p. 15
3 Projecting shapefiles	p. 29
4 Preparing data for ArcMap	p. 39
5 Joining data to maps	p. 49
6 Creating thematic maps	p. 55
7 Working with data tables	p. 63
8 Address mapping	p. 69
9 Creating a categorical map	p. 77
10 GPS point mapping	p. 81
11 Editing	p. 85
12 Creating attribute queries	p. 93
13 Creating location queries	p. 97
14 Using geoprocessing tools	p. 101
15 Creating geodatabases	p. 109
16 Joining boundaries	p. 115
17 Working with aerial photography	p. 119
18 Creating reports	p. 127
19 Sharing work	p. 131
20 Publishing maps	p. 137
Bonus exercises p. 145
Bonus 1 Understanding common file types	p. 146
Bonus 2 Advanced labeling	p. 149
Bonus 3 Creating custom symbology	p. 152
Bonus 4 Exporting to KML	p. 153
Bonus 5 Exploring Esri Maps for Office	p. 155
Bonus 6 Exploring metadata	p. 160
Bonus 7 Working with multiple data frames	p. 161
Bonus 8 Enabling time	p. 163
Bonus 9 Creating map books	p. 166
Source credits	p. 169
Data license agreement	p. 175
Index	p. 179

Available:*

On Order

Summary

Summary

Author Notes

Table of Contents