Best Geographic Information Systems

Getting to Know ArcGIS , fourth edition, is a comprehensive introduction to the features and tools of ArcGIS for Desktop. He has worked for Rand McNally Canada and for Esri, where he developed cartography for books, and edited and tested GIS workbooks.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book is designed for even the least GIS inclined person."
"Book includes a six month license for ArcGIS."
"Awesome book with code to use on computer."
"I thought the the old ARGIS 9 Version was more readerr friendly."
"Great book with exercises."
"Good Book."
"Excellent workbook to get anyone started in ArcGIS."

In the tradition of the best-selling Getting to Know series, Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 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 the latest ArcGIS mapping app, ArcGIS Pro. 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.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book is useful for getting started and looking up basic tasks."
"I feel like once I complete the tutorials I need a few exercises to make sure I learned what was presented."
"I used this book to teach myself ArcGIS, and it was easy to follow and informative."
"It presents the exercises in a manner that is easy to reproduce, and that also gives you a good idea of what the ArcMap program is capable of."
"I use this book through the free Kindle reading, which messes up the pagination but nevertheless still has a good format."
"Easy to follow, the software is wonderful to have for practice."
"Great introduction to ArcGIS Pro."
"If you new to ArcGIS get this book."

Incorporating proven teaching methods in detailed exercises, "Your Turn" sections, and homework assignments, this book is suited to learning GIS in a classroom. Wilpen L. Gorr is a professor of public policy and management information systems at the School of Public Policy and Management, H. John Heinz III College, Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches and researches GIS applications.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a lab textbook for me but since we don't actually use it in lab... Bonus the book comes with a 1 year copy of ArcGIS (10 in this version)."
"Other than that, this book has helped me understand the intricacies of mapping."
"Learn to use the raster calculator."
"A good workbook for starter in ArcGis learning."
"This book is really great for a GIS Class as it also contains the CD in the back in order to use the ArcMap Software on your own personal computer."
"Having the heavy material absent from this book is great because you can focus solely on learning how to use the software rather than getting bogged down or distracted with ready."
"The prof has this as the second book in a series of courses to review skills we learned in Law, et al's great book and learn new skills."
"The directions meet complications with more updated versions of ERSI GIS."
Best GIS Programming

Getting to Know ArcGIS , fourth edition, is a comprehensive introduction to the features and tools of ArcGIS for Desktop. He has worked for Rand McNally Canada and for Esri, where he developed cartography for books, and edited and tested GIS workbooks.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This book is designed for even the least GIS inclined person."
"Book includes a six month license for ArcGIS."
"Concise but very detailed.... , does not contain a disk with data, you have to download it off of the internet."
"Awesome book with code to use on computer."
"Fantastic illustrations and clear, easy-to-follow text."
"This is one of the few guides published directly by ersi."
"It’s a good book."
"NOTE: If you want to utilize the 180 day trial of the product, don't buy this book used."
Best Radar Technology

Has any technical book, radar or otherwise, presented the fundamentals and applications of a topic with such clarity and interest as George Stimson’s masterpiece has? Over 50,000 happy Stimson owners would say, “Not likely!” Now a skilled and respected team of radar and EW engineers, working closely with a community of radar advisors and the publisher’s editors, have fully modernized coverage and maintained the unique Stimson look and feel. Even the “timeless principles” and core fundamentals of general radar have been updated in wording and new graphics, while the more advanced concepts and applications in airborne radar have been brought into the digital age of radar signal processing and solid state electronics. Hugh D. Griffiths has published over 300 technical articles and papers and is the Editor-in-Chief of the IET Journal Radar, Sonar and Navigation .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It even has sections written by additional authors that are subject matter experts in the specific radar domains, including Adamy who wrote the EW 100 series."
"This is THE book on radar."
"Has been easy to follow and is generally to the point."
"Enjoyed reading this book because its style is oriented toward. students, not experts."
"I have the first two editions of this book and now own the third."
"A wealth to info in this great book."
"Understandable and easy to grasp with great illustrations and text."
"Great product, great service."
Best Regional Geography

The story behind the major motion picture from Disney—starring Chris Pine, Eric Bana, and Casey Affleck—written by a recognized master of the genre—“a blockbuster account of tragedy at sea” ( The Providence Journal ). This “marvelous and terrifying yarn” ( Los Angeles Times ) “deserves a place as a classic of survival at sea” ( The Boston Globe ). "The Finest Hours is a touching account, a sensitive rendering of what might be called four indescribably chaotic conditions...Tougias and Sherman never sensationalize, never go beyond the facts, and yet capture all the pain, physical and emotional, of the survivors and their families." "Tougias and Sherman reach their peak of tension in the sink-or-swim moments when mariners abandoned ship and chanced their lives on their rescuers' skill and bravery...excellent." "Gripping...Tougias and Sherman ably narrate the desperate struggles of crew members on both the wrecks and the rescue boats...will make readers appreciate the bravery of the men who put their lives on the line...action-packed." The Finest Hours is a rousing page-turner, a fascinating history, and an inspiring ode to the courage and professionalism of men who face bitter winds and black mountainous seas...all to do a dangerous job. "Tougias and Sherman have told a mesmerizing story about Coast Guardsmen under the stress of extreme conditions and the self-imposed pressure to perform.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is one I would love to see for the first time repeatedly!"
"A very interesting and comprehensive story of those perilous seas and the impact on so many lives."
"This really is a terrific book."
"I really liked this book."
"Totally revealing account of the full story of the simultaneous events surrounding the successful and failed rescue attempts made by the Coast Guard of sailors aboard two broken transport ships caused by a horrendous storm off the coast of Cape Cod."
"I read the book and saw the movie at the same time and while both were good, of course the book was better."
"Saw the movie, bought the book."
"Big ships split in two, crew members cold and wet, life boats in huge waves."