Overview

The GIS 20: Essential Skills presents step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and practical tips on how to perform the top twenty 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 your maps. The second edition offers nine bonus topics to further advance your skills, exercise data on the accompanying DVD, and ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop software (180-day use) to work through the exercises.

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Author:   Gina Clemmer
Publisher:   ESRI Press
Imprint:   ESRI Press
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781589483224

ISBN 10:   1589483227
Pages:   165
Publication Date:   30 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

IntroductionChapter 1: Downloading shapefiles and using essential ArcMap toolsChapter 2: Creating basic maps and layoutsChapter 3: Projecting shapefilesChapter 4: Preparing data for ArcMapChapter 5: Joining data to mapsChapter 6: Creating thematic mapsChapter 7: Working with data tablesChapter 8: Address mappingChapter 9: Creating a categorical mapChapter 10: GPS point mappingChapter 11: EditingChapter 12: Creating attribute queriesChapter 13: Creating location queriesChapter 14: Using geoprocessing toolsChapter 15: Creating geodatabasesChapter 16: Joining boundariesChapter 17: Working with aerial photographyChapter 18: Creating reportsChapter 19: Sharing workChapter 20: Publishing mapsAbout bonus exercisesBonus 1: Understanding common file types Bonus 2: Advanced labeling Bonus 3: Creating custom symbologyBonus 4: Exporting to KML formatBonus 5: Esri Maps for Microsoft OfficeBonus 6: MetadataBonus 7: Working with multiple data framesBonus 8: Enabling timeBonus 9: Creating map booksA note to the readerData and image source creditsData license agreementIndex

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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.

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