Exploring the Dynamic Earth: GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences, ArcGIS Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (896 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0495115096 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
T. Flood said Mweh. I used this book in a GIS class. This is a great cursory look at plate boundaries, volcanoes, and earthquakes and it is pretty straight forward. It is a poor GIS book.Working through the exercises with ArcGIS, one is instructed to turn layers on and off; zoom to a feature and turn layers on or off again; pull information out of the statistics tool; turn mor. "learn ArcView" according to W Boudville. You get a quick introduction to using GIS with geographic data. Perhaps the best thing about the book is the exposure you get to ArcView, which is one of the major GIS products out there in the marketplace. The book assumes no prior exposure to GIS. But if you are majoring in any of the earth sciences (geography foremost amongst these), then using GIS has n. "Pretty good" according to Xenia C. Johns. The book was creased and folded. No other problems, overall I was satisfied with it! It could have been better.
Exploring the Dynamic Earth: GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences, ArcGIS Edition