Law, a cartographer who works with geographic information system (GIS) software, writes technical documentation, teaches training courses, and designs and optimizes user interfaces, and Collins, a technical editor and writer who develops GIS materials, present a workbook for beginners that details the fundamentals of GIS using exercises that teach the functions of ArcGIS for Desktop. They explain how to make maps, carry out spatial analysis, and build and edit spatial databases in the context of realistic projects. Exercises cover navigating digital maps, finding GIS data online, setting map projections, symbolizing and labeling maps, classifying data, making map layouts, querying maps, analyzing spatial relationships, editing data, geocoding addresses, and other tasks. Reorganized, this edition is compatible with ArcGIS 10.1 and has new graphics and discussions about current geospatial technology tools, as well as new topics like exploring online resources and working with raster data, and new exercises, replaced datasets, and new learning tools. Some advanced capabilities are discussed. The DVD includes maps, exercise data, and results. Annotation ⓒ2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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; Displaying map data; Navigating a map; Using basic tools; Looking at feature attributes Chapter 4 Interacting with data; Browsing through map data; Adding data to a map; Working with map layers Chapter 5 Exploring online resources; Creating a web map; Browsing through groups; Merging online and local layers Part 3 Displaying and presenting data Chapter 6 Working with coordinate systems and projections; Examining coordinate systems; Projecting data; Defining a map projection Chapter 7 Symbolizing features; Creating custom symbology; Symbolizing features by categorical attributes; Using styles and creating layer files; Symbolizing rasters Chapter 8 Classifying features; Classifying features by standard methods; Mapping density; Using graduated and chart symbols Chapter 9 Labeling features; Using dynamic labels; Setting rules for label placement; Creating graphic labels; Converting dynamic labels to annotation Chapter 10 Making maps for presentation; Creating a layout; Adding titles and additional text; Adding standard map elements; Adding final touches and setting print options Part 4 Creating and editing data Chapter 11 Building geodatabases; Creating a geodatabase; Creating feature classes; Adding fields and domains Chapter 12 Creating features; Drawing features; Using feature construction tools Chapter 13 Editing features and attributes ; Deleting and modifying features; Splitting and merging features; Editing feature attribute values Chapter 14 Geocoding addresses; Creating an address locator; Matching addresses; Rematching addresses Part 5 Getting information about features Chapter 15 Querying data; Getting information about features; Selecting features by attribute; Creating reports Chapter 16 Joining and relating data; Joining data by attribute; Relating data; Joining data by location Part 6 Analyzing feature relationships Chapter 17 Selecting features by location; Using location queries; Combining attribute and location queries Chapter 18 Preparing data for analysis; Dissolving features; Clipping layers; Exporting data; Running tools in a model Chapter 19 Analyzing spatial data; Buffering features; Overlaying data; Calculating attribute values; Creating graphs Chapter 20 Analyzing raster data; Creating raster surfaces; Combining raster surfaces Appendix A Data license agreement Appendix B Installing the software and data Glossary Index.