GIS Education and Training Books

Analyzing Our World Using GIS, level 3 of the Our World GIS Education series, is geared to high school students and others who want to extend their basic GIS skills. The ten lessons combine step-by-step instruction with the critical thinking and open-minded exploration inherent in GIS. Building on students? fluency with tabular and raster GIS data, the curriculum enhances the topics covered in level 2 of the series (Mapping Our World Using GIS) and includes political and economic geography, geology, climate, population patterns, and current issues. The lessons are aligned to the National Geography Standards for grades 9-12, and a chart included in this media package aligns the modules to the National Science Education, Mathematics, and Technology curriculum standards.

Within the discipline of cartography, few works are considered classics in the sense of retaining their interest, relevance, and inspiration with the passage of time. One such work is Eduard Imhof's masterpiece on relief representation. Originally published in German in 1965, Cartographic Relief Presentation provides guidelines for properly rendering terrain in maps of all types and scales. This book is an example of the art of combining cartography with intellect and graphics when solving map design problems. The range, detail, and scientific artistry of Imhof's solutions are presented in an instructional context that puts this work in a class by itself, with universal significance. Esri Press has reissued Imhof's masterpiece as an affordable volume for mapping professionals, scholars, scientists, students, and anyone interested in cartography.

Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine is a comprehensive survey of the technology of mapping and its relationship to the battle against disease. This look at medical mapping advances the argument that maps are not merely representations of spatial realities but a way of thinking about relationships between viral and bacterial communities, human hosts, and the environments in which diseases flourish. Cartographies of Disease traces the history of medical mapping from its growth in the 19th century during an era of trade and immigration to its renaissance in the 1990s during a new era of globalization. Referencing maps older than John Snow's famous cholera maps of London in the mid-19th century, this survey pulls from the plague maps of the 1600s, while addressing current issues concerning the ability of GIS technology to track diseases worldwide.

Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, Second Edition, Updated for ArcGIS 9.3 contains introductory concepts followed by scripted software exercises that reinforce an understanding of the conceptual material presented. This format encourages readers to acquire functional GIS skills in a variety of areas. Offering the most comprehensive overview of ArcGIS® 9.3 available on the market today, Getting to Know ArcGIS is valuable as both a classroom text and as a manual for individuals learning ArcGIS®.

Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop introduces principles of GIS as it teaches the mechanics of using Esri?s leading technology. Key concepts are combined with detailed illustrations and step-by-step exercises to acquaint readers with the building blocks of ArcGIS Desktop including ArcMap for displaying and querying maps, ArcCatalog for organizing geographic data, and ModelBuilder for diagramming and processing solutions to complex spatial analysis problems. Its broad scope, simple style, and practical orientation make this book an ideal classroom text and an excellent resource for independent study. A data CD for working through the exercises is included with the book, and access to a 180-day trial of ArcGIS Desktop 10 is provided.

Getting to Know ArcGIS ModelBuilder teaches readers how to develop and run reusable geoprocessing workflows and models in ModelBuilder, a visual programming technology available in ArcGIS?. Getting to Know ArcGIS ModelBuilder presents basic and more complex concepts and demonstrates best practices through hands-on exercises. Divided into seven chapters addressing model basics, interactive models, flow control, multiple inputs, model iterations, model environment, and building documentation, this book fosters a comprehensive knowledge of ModelBuilder for the classroom and for self-learners. All the data needed for the exercises, as well as examples of models, Python scripts, and custom applications, are included in a companion DVD.

Updated for ArcGIS® 9.1 and 9.2 compatibility, Getting to Know ArcObjects is an indispensable guide for learning to program ArcObjects? within the Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) development environment. ArcObjects? components are the building blocks of ArcGIS® software, and knowing how to program ArcObjects? gives users the power to customise the ArcGIS user interface, write software tools and functions, and create specialty applications. This workbook supports programmers of all skill levels, from novices to those already familiar with the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Component Object Model (COM).

Getting to Know Esri Business Analyst is a workbook for business professionals and analysts who need to better understand their customers and markets. The workbook is a primer for Esri® Business Analyst?, a suite of products that merges Esri?s demographic and business data, detailed maps, and advanced spatial analytics with an organization?s data to help make better business decisions. The book?s step-by-step exercises demonstrate the use of Esri® Business Analyst? Desktop to grow a hypothetical start-up business into a national enterprise. Getting to Know Esri Business Analyst teaches a range of analyses, including trade area analysis, site selection, and customer profiling and segmentation to reveal patterns, trends, and business opportunities. The workbook is also suitable for use in college-level marketing and business courses.

This illustrated, hardcover text addresses the use of GIS software for problem solving in the planning of both large and small cities and metropolitan areas. GIS for the Urban Environment is a useful tool for all students and practitioners who want to learn more about how they might apply GIS to urban planning, public health, urban environmental assessment, hazard and emergency management, geographic analysis, or sustainable community development. The exercises and case studies in the book present clear illustrations of GIS usage in contemporary cities and urban regions through examples of real-life applications.

GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook, Fourth Edition meets a growing demand for effective GIS training by providing tutorials and assignments that teach you how to collect data, create maps, and perform spatial analysis. Presented in a step-by-step format, the book can be adapted to your specific needs, whether these involve learning GIS in a classroom or using the book for independent study. Updated for ArcGIS 10, this workbook demonstrates a range of GIS functionality, from querying interactive maps to running geoprocessing tools, and it introduces ArcGIS extensions for advanced analysis. Reader-friendly exercises make GIS Tutorial 1 the perfect choice for beginners.