books by Esri Press

books by Esri Press

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Esri Press

GIS Tutorial Updated for ArcGIS 9.2: Workbook for Arc View 9, second edition

Wilpen L Gorr, Kristen S Kurland

ESRI Press, 2007

Quality Training Material
This manual is an excellent choice for anyone who wants to learn the ArcGIS enviornment. I teach this professionally, and often recomend this as a good source for material. I highly recomend this to anyone who is starting out in the GIS field.

Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users

Cynthia A. Brewer

Esri Press, 2005

Designing Better Maps
Since I am relatively new to the world of GIS Mapping, this book was an invaluable aid to designing more attractive maps. It's a beautifully laid-out book with lots of common-sense tips in it. Well worth the price! Linda Pierce Pray, Montana

GIS Tutorial: Workbook for ArcView 9
Wilpen L Gorr, Kristen S Kurland

ESRI Press, 2008

In this timely work, Butler addresses the development of a GIS to manage data relating to the transportation facilities and service commonly organized around various modes of travel for accurate and reliable data exchange.

Getting to Know ArcObjects (With CD-ROM)

Robert Burke, Andrew Arana

ESRI Press, 2003

Arcgis 9.1 and 9.2?
Is this book updated to 9.1 and 9.2 Arcgis releases?, is the last update of this book?

Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting ...

Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, ...

Esri Press, 2004

A Basic Introduction to ArcView and GIS
This is a guide and workbook with a 6-month evaluation copy of ESRI's ArcView geographic information software (GIS). "Getting to Know ArcGIS" gives you 20 lessons and about 60 exercises to do in order to familiarize yourself with one of the leading GIS packages. It ...

A to Z GIS: An Illustrated Dictionary of Geographic Information Systems

Esri Press, 2006

Essential to understanding the terminology of both computer and geography worlds.
Books about GIS are usually quite technical, surveying the applications and computer potentials of geographic information systems, so it's refreshing to note that A TO Z GIS: AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF GEOGEPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS is something different: a simple ...

The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis: Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics

Andy Mitchell

Esri Press, 2005

Geared toward non-programmers
This is a lightwieght description on GIS concepts and how to use GIS software, not how to develop GIS software.

The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis Volume 1: Geographic Patterns & Relationships

Andy Mitchell

ESRI Press, 1999

call it GIS Analysis for dummies
while it doesn't get into specifics about actually using any GIS software, this book explains in layman's terms the basics of spatial relationships. if you're ready to start getting beyond just making maps with GIS, this is an excellent place to start.

GIS Tutorial for Marketing (GIS Tutorial)
Fred L Miller

ESRI Press, 2007

Third in the GIS Tutorial book series, GIS Tutorial for Marketing teaches students and professionals how to do the analysis that most marketing books encourage students to learn. This book is essential for those who recognize the advantages of integrating ArcGIS into their business and marketing planning and want to leverage this valuable tool in ...

Desi Geodatabases: Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling

David Arctur, Michael Zeiler

Esri Press, 2004

Design ideas and scenarios
This book provides a good introduction of steps and principles in designing geodatabases and the importance of information products and identifying thematic layers. The book presents 7 complex models: streams and river networks, census units and boundaries, addresses ...

Designed Maps: A Sourcebook for GIS Users

Cynthia A Brewer

ESRI Press, 2008

A powerful sourcebook any GIS collection needs.
College-level libraries strong in either cartography or GIS mapping design will appreciated DESIGNED MAPS: SOURCEBOOK FOR GIS USERS, which offers easy basic guidelines for creating the cartographic effects using ESRI ArcGis Desktop software. These designs show how a ...

Fun with GPS

Donald Cooke

Esri Press, 2005

Geospatial Reading - Fun With GPS hits the mark!
During a recent flight, included with my carry on luggage was a copy of "Fun With GPS", a relatively new publication from ESRI press by Don Cooke. The author is the founder of GDT, recently acquired by Tele Atlas, and has an extensive resume, including having played a ...

Thinking about GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers

Roger Tomlinson

ESRI Press, 2007

GIS for Managers, Not for Teckies
This book starts off saying 'If you're holding his book, perhaps it's because you've been charged with launching or implementing a geographic information system a GIS for your organization.' That single sentence pretty well sums up the intent, the intended audience, ...

GIS for the Urban Environment

Juliana Maantay, John Ziegler

Esri Press, 2006

Great reference for GIS
The book is chocked full of great reference material a text book that will make the transition to reference book as soon as your class ends. I purchased it for a class and plan to keep it. It is not a book that teaches you how to use ArcMap, but helps you to think ...

Getting Started with ArcGIS: ArcGIS 9 (Arcgis 9)

Esri Press, 2004

Very informative, but needs to be updated
This book gives very clear directions for working one's way through a basic GIS project. Instructions are very detailed, but this book has not been updated since the release of ArcGIS 9.2, which features a number of changes. At certain points in the tutorial, users ...