Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Pro Project Workbook (Understanding GIS, 3)

Smith, David; Strout, Nathan; Harder, Christian; Moore, Steven; Ormsby, Tim; Balstrom, Thomas

ISBN 10: 1589484835 / ISBN 13: 9781589484832

Published by Esri Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Pro Project Workbook (Understanding GIS, 3)
• Publisher: Esri Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589484835
• ISBN 13: 9781589484832
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

The first single-project GIS textbook on the market, Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Pro Project Workbook, third 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.

Note: This e-book requires ArcGIS software. You can download the ArcGIS Trial at http://www.esri.com/arcgis/trial, contact your school or business Esri Site License Administrator, or purchase a student or individual license through the Esri Store.

About the Authors

David Smith is the spatial instruction manager of the Center for Spatial Studies at the University of Redlands. He specializes in innovative curriculum design using geospatial technology, with a primary focus on the adoption of spatial thinking and GIS across the disciplines. He also conducts periodic workshops on desktop and Web GIS, mobile mapping, GPS, and visualization applications.

Nathan Strout is the director of spatial technology for the Center for Spatial Studies at the University of Redlands. Strout is a GIS educator, researcher, and developer with a passion for effective communication and decision-making through the use of geospatial technology and GIS.

Christian Harder is a writer at Esri and author of Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook Esri Press, 2013, as well as number of other books on GIS. Harder is also the founder and former manager of Esri Press.

Dr. Steven Moore is the director of the Center for Spatial Studies at the University of Redlands. In that role, he oversees spatial research, instruction, fund development, and operational support activities.

Tim Ormsby is a technical writers at ESRI Press and co-author of Getting to Know ArcView GIS and Extending ArcView GIS.