Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro

by Michael Law, Amy Collins

Overview

In the tradition of the best-selling Getting to Know series, Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro, second edition teaches new and existing GIS users how to get started solving problems by visualizing, querying, creating, editing, analyzing, and presenting geospatial data in both 2D and 3D environments using ArcGIS Pro. This book teaches the basic functions and capabilities of ArcGIS Pro through practical project workflows and shows how to be productive with this essential component of the ArcGIS platform. The second edition has been updated for ArcGIS Pro 2.3.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589485372
Publisher:	Esri Press
Publication date:	01/24/2019
Series:	Getting to Know ArcGIS
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Michael Law has worked professionally with GIS since 2004 when he began at Rand McNally Canada and later worked as a cartographer for Esri Press, where he developed cartography for books, and edited and tested GIS workbooks. Now based in Toronto, Canada, Law continues to work with GIS software, writing technical documentation, teaching training courses, and designing and optimizing user interfaces.

Amy Collins was first introduced to GIS in 2002 when she began working as a technical editor at Esri. There, she honed her GIS skills and cultivated an interest in designing effective instructional materials. Now a writer and editor based in Northern California, she continues to develop GIS materials, among other projects.

Law and Collins are the authors of two editions of Getting to Know ArcGIS for Desktop.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1             Introducing GIS

                                Exercise 1a: Explore ArcGIS Online

Chapter 2             A first look at ArcGIS Pro

                                Exercise 2a: Learn some basics

                                Exercise 2b: Go beyond the basics

                                Exercise 2c: Experience 3D GIS

Chapter 3            Exploring geospatial relationships

                                Exercise 3a: Extract part of a dataset

                                Exercise 3b: Incorporate tabular data

                                Exercise 3c: Calculate data statistics

                                Exercise 3d: Connect spatial datasets

Chapter 4             Creating and editing spatial data

                                Exercise 4a: Build a geodatabase

                                Exercise 4b: Create features

                                Exercise 4c: Modify features

Chapter 5             Facilitating workflows

                                Exercise 5a: Manage a repeatable workflow using tasks

                                Exercise 5b: Create a geoprocessing model

                                Exercise 5c: Run a Python command and script tool

Chapter 6            Collaborative mapping

                                Exercise 6a: Prepare a database for data collection

                                Exercise 6b: Prepare a map for data collection

                                Exercise 6c: Collect data using Collector for ArcGIS

Chapter 7             Geoenabling your project

                                Exercise 7a: Prepare project data

                                Exercise 7b: Geocode location data

                                Exercise 7c: Use geoprocessing tools to analyze vector data

Chapter 8             Analyzing spatial and temporal patterns

                                Exercise 8a: Create a kernel density map

                                Exercise 8b: Perform a hot spot analysis

                                Exercise 8c: Explore the results in 3D

                                Exercise 8d: Animate the data

Chapter 9             Determining suitability

                                Exercise 9a: Prepare project data

                                Exercise 9b: Derive new surfaces

                                Exercise 9c: Create a weighted suitability model

Chapter 10          Presenting your project

                                Exercise 10a: Apply detailed symbology

                                Exercise 10b: Label features

                                Exercise 10c: Create a page layout

                                Exercise 10d: Share your project

Appendix A         Image and data source credits

Appendix B         Data license agreement

Glossary

Task index

Editorial Reviews

This book serves as a valuable resource for GIS users desiring to learn more about the ArcGIS Pro application, educators incorporating ArcGIS Pro into curricula, libraries providing software access to patrons, and individuals interested in exploring GIS software for the first time. - Tara LaLonde, The Pennsylvania State University, in Cartographic Perspectives

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