Research Catalog

Title

Getting to know ArcGIS desktop : basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo / Tim Ormsby ... [et al.].

Publication

Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2001.

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• Contributor biographical information
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Additional Authors

Ormsby, Tim

Description

xii, 538 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 23 cm. +

Subject

• ArcGIS
• Geographic information systems
• Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems)

Note

• Includes index.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Microsoft Windows 2000 or windows NT (Service Pack 6a).

Contents

• section 1. Getting to know GIS -- 1. Introducing GIS -- 2. Introducing ArcGIS Desktop -- section 2. Getting started with maps and data -- 3. Exploring ArcMap -- exercise 3a. Displaying map data -- exercise 3b. Navigating a map -- exercise 3c. Looking at feature attributes -- 4. Exploring ArcCatalog -- exercise 4a. Browsing map data -- exercise 4b. Searching for map data -- exercise 4c. Adding data to ArcMap -- section 3. Displaying data -- 5. Symbolizing features and rasters -- exercise 5a. Changing symbology -- exercise 5b. Symbolizing features by categorical attributes -- exercise 5c. Using styles and creating layer files -- exercise 5d. Symbolizing rasters -- 6. Classifying features and rasters -- exercise 6a. Classifying features by standard methods -- exercise 6b. Classifying features manually -- exercise 6c. Mapping density -- exercise 6d. Using graduated and chart symbols -- 7. Labeling features -- exercise 7a. Using dynamic labels -- exercise 7b. Setting rules for placing labels -- exercise 7c. Using interactive labels and creating annotation --
• section 4. Getting information about features -- 8. Querying data -- exercise 8a. Identifying, selecting, finding, and hyperlinking features -- exercise 8b. Selecting features by attribute -- exercise 8c. Creating reports -- 9. Joining and relating tables -- exercise 9a. Joining tables -- exercise 9b. Relating tables -- section 5. Analyzing feature relationships -- 10. Selecting features by location -- exercise 10a. Using location queries -- exercise 10b. Combining attribute and location queries -- 11. Preparing data for analysis -- exercise 11a. Dissolving features -- exercise 11b. Creating graphs -- exercise 11c. Clipping layers -- exercise 11d. Exporting data -- 12. Analyzing spatial data -- exercise 12a. Buffering features -- exercise 12b. Overlaying data -- exercise 12c. Calculating attribute values -- 13. Projecting data in ArcMap -- exercise 13a. Projecting data for display -- exercise 13b. Defining a projection --
• section 6. Creating and editing data -- 14. Building geodatabases -- exercise 14a. Creating a personal geodatabase -- exercise 14b. Creating feature classes -- exercise 14c. Adding fields and domains -- 15. Creating features -- exercise 15a. Drawing features -- exercise 15b. Using feature construction tools -- 16. Editing features and attributes -- exercise 16a. Deleting and modifying features -- exercise 16b. Splitting and merging features -- exercise 16c. Editing feature attribute values -- 17. Geocoding addresses -- exercise 17a. Creating a geocoding service -- exercise 17b. Matching addresses -- exercise 17c. Rematching addresses -- section 7. Presenting data -- 18. Making maps quickly -- exercise 18a. Opening a map template -- exercise 18b. Adding x,y data to a map -- exercise 18c. Drawing graphics on a map -- exercise 18d. Using Geography Network with ArcMap -- 19. Making maps for presentation -- exercise 19a. Laying out the page -- exercise 19b. Adding a title -- exercise 19c. Adding a north arrow, a scale bar, and a legend -- exercise 19d. Adding final touches and setting print options -- Appendix A. Data license agreement -- Appendix B. Installing the data and software.

Call Number

Map Div. 06-4606

ISBN

1879102897 (pbk.)

LCCN

2001003387

OCLC

47099486

Title

Getting to know ArcGIS desktop : basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo / Tim Ormsby ... [et al.].

Imprint

Redlands, Calif. : ESRI Press, c2001.

System Details

System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Microsoft Windows 2000 or windows NT (Service Pack 6a).

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

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Ormsby, Tim.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 06-4606 [Text]

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