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Getting to Know ArcView GIS
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Author: Editors of ESRI Press, ESRI Press
List Price: $49.95
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ISBN: 1879102463
Publisher: ESRI Press (May, 1999)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 18,767
Average Customer Rating: 4.27 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 3 out of 5
Getting to Know ArcView
This is another teaching book with a CD. The CD works well and does what it is supposed to do. Although the cover says the CD is a trial version of ArcView. That is just a lie. The CD contains a special version of ArcView that works only with the exercises. The book spends too much time introducing itself. It is itself an introduction but the first 100 or so pages are spent saying what they resay in the remaining chapters; and with terms the novice will probably not understand at first. I found that the book had a hard time begining, kept thinking, "When are they going to get to the point?" Would like to see more about how to convert raw data to a file that can displayed; it finally came in chapter in 25 but only briefly.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Perfect for novice.
High quality book, well presented. perfect for novice, except it doesn't match my requirement. Maybe the right book for me is 'How to begin a GIS project'. Any recommendation...?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Deserves 2 or 3 stars, but Chapter 10 redeems the book...
If you are just starting out with ArcView, this book would be helpful. I found it very simplistic, too simplistic. The book is not helpful as a reference to solving problems you encounter with the software. If you have used ArcView at all, you don't need this book.Chapter 10 is a tutorial using Marsabit, Kenya as the location. Marsabit is a very isolated area of Northern Kenya and an incredible place that I am glad I got to visit. I continue to pray that the Christians there continue to grow in Christ. What a joy to see it used in this text.
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