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; Workbook For Arcview 9.2 second edition 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.

Within the tutorials, students will learn to use a range of GIS functionality, from creating maps and collecting data to using geoprocessing tools and models for advanced analysis. The reader-friendly exercises make the GIS Tutorial the perfect choice for beginners and more experienced users of GIS, regardless of their background.

The book incorporates three proven learning methods to help you retain new software skills and encourage critical thought and problem solving:

• Scripted exercises that use detailed step-by-step instructions and result graphics to expose you to specific ArcGIS tools and GIS workflows.
• “Your Turn” exercises that require you to perform specific GIS tasks without step-by-step instruction.
• Exercise assignments that pose real-world problem scenarios that you must solve on your own using ArcGIS.

Please Note:

Trial Software: Included with the book is a fully functioning 180-day trial version of ArcView 9.2 software on CD-ROM, as well as a CD of data for working through the book's exercises. Once installed and registered, the single-use software cannot be reinstalled, and the time limit cannot be extended.

Operating System(OS): The single-use ArcGIS Demo Edition software on the CD in this edition requires the Microsoft® Windows® XP or Windows 2000 operating system.
Hardware requirements: A minimum 1GHz processing speed; 512 MB RAM; 1 GB free hard disk space, including 50 MB on the operating system drive; an additional 285 MB hard disk space is required for the exercise data.

About the authors:

Wilpen L. Gorr is a professor of public policy and management information systems at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches and researches GIS applications.

Kristen S. Kurland holds a joint faculty appointment at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and School of Architecture, where she teaches GIS, CAD, 3D Visualization, and Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM).