Author: Daniela Cristiana Docan Full Title: Learning ArcGIS For Desktop Publisher: Packt Publishing; 1 edition (March 31, 2016) Year: 2016 ISBN-13: 9781782175797 (978-1-78217-579-7) ISBN-10: 1782175792 Pages: 344 Language: English Genre: Software File type: PDF (True, but nonnative Cover) Quality: 9/10 Price: 35.99 € Create, analyze, and map your spatial data with ArcGIS for Desktop. ArcGIS for Desktop is one of the main components of the ESRI ArcGIS platform used to support decision making and solve real-world mapping problems. Learning ArcGIS for Desktop is a tutorial-based guide that provides a practical experience for those who are interested in start working with ArcGIS. The first five chapters cover the basic concepts of working with the File Geodatabase, as well as editing and symbolizing geospatial data. Then, the book focuses on planning and performing spatial analysis on vector and raster data using the geoprocessing and modeling tools. Finally, the basic principles of cartography design will be used to create a quality map that presents the information that resulted from the spatial analysis previously performed. To keep you learning throughout the chapters, all exercises have partial and final results stored in the dataset that accompanies the book. Finally, the book offers more than it promises by using the ArcGIS Online component in the tutorials as source of background data and for results sharing. What You Will Learn: — Understand the functionality of ArcGIS for Desktop applications — Explore coordinate reference system concepts and work with different map projections — Create, populate, and document a File Geodatabase — Manage, create, and edit feature shapes and attributes — Built automate analysis workfl ows with ModelBuilder — Apply basic principles of map design to create good-looking maps — Analyze raster and three-dimensional data with the Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst extensions ------------- Our members see more. Join us!
