Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop

Michael Law is a cartographer and GIS professional with more than a decade of experience. He was a cartographer for Esri, where he developed cartography for books, edited and tested GIS workbooks, and was the editor of the Esri Map Book. He continues to work with GIS software, writing technical documentation, teaching training courses, and designing and optimizing user interfaces. Amy Collins is a writer and editor who has worked with GIS for over 15 years. She was a technical editor for Esri, where she honed her GIS skills and cultivated an interest in designing effective instructional materials. She continues to develop books on GIS education, among other projects.

Preface Acknowledgments Part 1 Getting to know GIS Chapter 1 Introducing GIS Chapter 2 Introducing ArcGIS Part 2 Getting started with maps and data Chapter 3 Interacting with maps Chapter 4 Interacting with data Chapter 5 Exploring online resources Part 3 Displaying and presenting data Chapter 6 Working with coordinate systems and projections Chapter 7 Symbolizing features Chapter 8 Classifying features Chapter 9 Labeling features Chapter 10 Making maps for presentation Part 4 Creating and editing data Chapter 11 Building geodatabases Chapter 12 Creating features Chapter 13 Editing features Chapter 14 Geocoding addresses Part 5 Getting information about features Chapter 15 Querying data Chapter 16 Selecting features by location Chapter 17 Joining and relating data Part 6 Analyzing geospatial data Chapter 18 Preparing data for analysis Chapter 19 Geoprocessing vector data Chapter 20 Using Spatial Analyst Appendix A Data source credits Glossary Index