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ESRI Books
As of July 1st, ESRI Canada has affiliated itself with Amazon.ca to provide you the latest titles and best service possible, including faster shipping and better prices.
10 most popular books now available from amazon.ca
Thinking about GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers
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Tomlison's methodology and presentation, honed through the development of his successful GIS Planning Seminars offered worldwide, is targeted at people who have been charged with launching or implementing a geographic information system for their organization. Whether you are working with an existing system or creating a GIS from scratch, taking Tomlinson's tried and true lessons to heart will help you to end up with a system that meet the expectations of the organization. |
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Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, Second Edition
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Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, Second Edition is a comprehensive update to this best-selling workbook. The second edition revises existing material and adds new exercises based on ArcGIS Desktop version 9, the latest release of the world's leading geographic information systems (GIS) software. |
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Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators, Arcgis Desktop Edition (Paperback)
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Providing a complete resource for any teacher seeking to bring GIS technology into the middle- or high-school classroom, this educational package is a comprehensive collection of world geography lessons, lesson plans, exercises, and assessment tools. |
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GIS Means Business: Volume II
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In The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics, Andy Mitchell takes us deeper, showing how an emerging set of tools that rely on spatial statistics provides GIS users the capability to conduct detailed, mathematical analysis of geographic information. This second volume introduces statistical tools, geared specifically for geographic analysis, that are relatively new to GIS software packages and thus to most GIS users. It shows the tools in use in many different applications, explains which tools are best with which situations, and provides guidance on interpreting the results you get. |
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GIS Tutorial: Workbook for ArcView 9
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Demands for effective GIS training are growing as more and more academic and professional disciplines begin to rely on this powerful technology to create maps, collect data, and perform advanced analysis.
Designed for a broad audience, GIS Tutorial meets this growing demand by combining ArcGIS tutorials and self-study exercises that start with the basics and progress to more difficult functionality. Presented in a step-by-step format, the book can be adapted to your specific training needs, whether it's teaching GIS to a classroom of graduate students or using the book for individual study. |
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Community Geography: GIS in Action Teacher's Guide (Paperback)
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Using real-world case studies and hands-on software exercises, Community Geography: GIS in Action will show students how geographic analysis can give them a new way of looking at the world, and inspire them to investigate issues and solve problems in their own communities. Seven case studies describe innovative GIS projects undertaken by students, teachers, and community partners in the United States and Canada. They encompass issues that matter, such as discovering and mapping landfills in residential neighborhoods, tracking water quality, helping police to monitor crime hot spots, and taking inventories of community trees. |
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Remote Sensing for GIS Managers
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From the vast ocean depths to the far reaches of outer space, the growing availability of remote sensing technology is helping us observe, study, and learn about our world in ways we could only imagine a generation ago. In Remote Sensing for GIS Managers, author Stan Aronoff guides readers through the historical, conceptual, and practical uses of remote sensing in the rapidly growing GIS community. |
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Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design
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Modeling Our World is the comprehensive guide and reference to GIS data modeling in general, and to the geodatabase model in particular. It shows how to make the right decisions about modeling data decisions that will inform each aspect of a GIS project, from database design and analysis and visual presentation. |
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The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics
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In The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics, Andy Mitchell takes us deeper, showing how an emerging set of tools that rely on spatial statistics provides GIS users the capability to conduct detailed, mathematical analysis of geographic information. This second volume introduces statistical tools, geared specifically for geographic analysis, that are relatively new to GIS software packages and thus to most GIS users. It shows the tools in use in many different applications, explains which tools are best with which situations, and provides guidance on interpreting the results you get. |
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Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users
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In this groundbreaking new book by noted cartographer and GIS expert Cynthia Brewer, the author describes in no-nonsense terms how to design powerful map layouts whether creating maps for reports, print publication, or interactive Web displays. Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users breaks down the myriad decisions about color, font, and symbology that must be made to create maps that effectively communicate the message intended by the mapmaker. Poorly designed maps are not just hard on the eyes, they can actually convey misinformation and result in poor decision making. |
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Amazon.ca also features many other GIS titles that you may be interested in.
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