Introducing geographic information systems with ArcGIS : a workbook approach to learning GIS
(eBook)

Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS® Third Edition: A Workbook Approach to Learning GIS; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface to Third Edition; Changes from the Previous Editions; Acknowledgments for the Third Edition; Acknowledgments for the Second Edition; Preface to First Edition; Contents of Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS; Theory and Practice; Teaching with This Book; More Resources for the Instructor; Concepts, Devices, and Techniques that Underlie the Philosophy of the Book; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Basic Concepts of GIS.

Chapter 1: Some Concepts That Underpin GISYou Ask: What Is GIS About?

And So You Ask Again: What Is GIS About?

Exercise 1-1 (Project): Finding a Geographic Site by Manual Means; More of What GIS Is About; Next Steps: Seemingly Independent Things You Need To Know; Determining Where Something Is: Coordinate Systems; Determining Where Something Is: Latitude and Longitude; Geodesy, Coordinate Systems, Geographic Projections, and Scale; Projected Coordinate Systems; Geographic vs. Projected Coordinates: A Comparison; Two Projected Coordinate Systems: UTM and State Plane.

Physical DimensionalityGlobal Positioning Systems; Remote Sensing; Relational Databases; Searching (and Indexing) in General; Another Definition of GIS; Computer Software: In General; Step-by-Step; Exercise 1-2 (Project): Developing a Fast Facts File for the Information You Learn; Understanding the File Structure for the Exercises; Exercise 1-3 (Minor Project): Getting Set Up with ArcGIS; Exercise 1-4 (Project): Looking at the ArcCatalog Program; Anatomy of the ArcCatalog Window; Setting Some Options; The Catalog Tree; Connecting to a Folder; The Toolbars and the Status Bar; An Optional Step.

Exploring Basic GIS Data Storage ModelsExercise 1-5 (Major Project): Exploring Data with ArcCatalog-Fire Hydrants in a Village; Copying Data over to Your Personal Folder; Examining the Table; Deriving Information from the Table; Sorting the Records; Finding Values in a Table; Identifying Geographic Features and Coordinates; Looking at GeoGraphics; A First Look at Metadata; Using ArcCatalog to Place Data in ArcMap; Exercise 1-6 (Project): A Look at Some Spatial Data for Finding a Site for the Wildcat Boat Facility; Using the Area on the Disk for Your Own Work.

Copying Data over to Your Personal IGIS FolderSearching for GIS Data; Exploring Soils; But Something Is Missing; Is the Newly Found Data Applicable?; Making a Personal Geodatabase Feature Class from a Coverage; Looking at the Landcover Personal Geodatabase Feature Class; Further Examining the Wildcat Boat Facility Area Data Sets; Exercise 1-7 (Project): Looking at Wildcat Boat Data with ArcMap; Seeing the Results of the Join; Exercise 1-8 (Project): Understanding the ArcGIS Help System; A Button for Instant Help: What's This? (for ArcGIS Desktop version 10.0 only).