GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook

by Wilpen L. Gorr, Kristen S. Kurland

GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook  is a top-selling introductory text for learning ArcGIS 10.3.x for Desktop. The workbook presents GIS tools and functionality, including querying interactive maps, collecting data, and running geoprocessing tools. Incorporating proven teaching methods in detailed exercises, "Your Turn" sections, and homework assignments, this book is suited to learning GIS in a classroom. The latest edition includes a new chapter about analyzing street network data to solve routing and facility location problems using ArcGIS Network Analyst. Data for completing the exercises is available for download. Instructor resources are also available.

Genres: Nonfiction, School

450 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2010

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book in conjunction with my Introduction to GIS class. We ran version 10.4 at school and I ran version 10.5 at home. Even so, the 10.1 tutorial was extremely helpful. Very little was different and what was different was fairly easy to figure out how and why it had changed. I really appreciated the step by step guide before each "Your Turn" exercise. The guides helped me to understand what I was doing, and the exercises really reinforced that information. I highly recommend this to anyone starting out with GIS.

[Cedric · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent tutorial. also worked with arcmap 10.5

[Stefany · Rating 1 out of 5]

Used this book for my GIS class. Unfortunately, all of the tutorial assignments are posted online. Students are able to get the information to turn in and complete assignments with the exception of 3 of them. I was very disappointed when I found this out. Prior to this I thought the book was perfect for my class. I teach at a college in the Pittsburgh area and since the book was published from authors from CMU a lot of the data was from the Pittsburgh area. Since the data from was Pittsburgh, I felt the students would have more of a connection to the material. However, I would not recommend using this book to anyone since all of assignment answers are posted on Youtube for the students to submit their homework.

[Gabriel Mantilla · Rating 5 out of 5]

complete guide, was useful for my training, very recommended