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Title: Modeling Our World: The Esri Guide to Geodatabase Design by Michael Zeiler ISBN: 1-879102-62-5 Publisher: ESRI Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great content--needs better index
Comment: I really like this book... It's well-written, and I am finding it helpful for understanding some of the concepts new to the world of ArcGIS.
HOWEVER, to be a useful reference, there needs to be a much, much larger and comprehensive index. That's plain frustrating.
Rating: 2
Summary: Nicely produced but disappointing content
Comment: I am having a hard time imagining who this book would be useful for. If you are new to GIS, the explanations are pretty dry and contain a good deal of jargon, and there are absolutely NO examples or how-to's. You cannot read this book and expect to learn to do even the simplest operation in GIS. Moreover, without concrete examples, its hard to conceptualize how it all fits together. On the other hand, for someone like me, pretty familiar with basic GIS but wanting to get into more depth, it was too elementary and repetitive. For example, I can't count how many times the author says there are 3 basic kinds of data in a geodatabase... Except for the last 3 chapters (rasters, TINs and location finders) there was little I didn't already know, at least intuitively.
The book is very nicely produced, however. It gives the feel of Powerpoint slides plus the narrative you would hear if you went to an ESRI workshop. Literally every piece of information is explained both graphically and in the text. And of course as software books go, its not too expensive. However, you can get most of this information for free, from the extensive help files that come with ArcView -- plus examples and how-to-use-the-software instructions.
If you're just getting started with GIS, there are lots of getting-started books out there. If you need a lot of depth, try Zeiler's ArcObjects 2-volume set (yes, same author, but much more meaty).
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book
Comment: This is a good book to learn geodatabase. I expect the author to add more explanations and examples about modeling geodatabase.
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Title: The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis Volume 1: Geographic Patterns & Relationships by Andy Mitchell ISBN: 1879102064 Publisher: ESRI Press Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop by Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, Robert Burke, Carolyn Groessl, Laura Feaster ISBN: 1879102897 Publisher: ESRI Press Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Getting to Know ArcObjects (With CD-ROM) by Robert Burke, Andrew Arana, Thad Tilton ISBN: 158948018X Publisher: ESRI Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Geographic Information Systems and Science by Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, David W. Rhind ISBN: 0471892750 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Integrating GIS and the Global Positioning System by Karen Steede-Terry ISBN: 1879102811 Publisher: ESRI Press Pub. Date: 26 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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