Understanding GIS. David Smith

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       The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

      Names: Smith, David, 1959 July 5- author. | Strout, Nathan, author. | Harder,

      Christian, author. | Moore, Steven D., 1956- author. | Ormsby, Tim, author. | Balstrøm, Thomas, author.

      Title: Understanding GIS : an ArcGIS Pro project workbook / David Smith,

      Nathan Strout, Christian Harder, Steven D. Moore, Tim Ormsby, Thomas Balstrøm.

      Description: Fourth edition. | Redlands, California : Esri Press, [2018] |

      “First edition 2011; Second edition 2013; Third edition 2017”--T.p. verso.

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      North America : Ingram Publisher Services”--T.p. verso. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2018007629 (print) | LCCN 2018009356 (ebook) | ISBN

      9781589485273 (ebook) | ISBN 9781589485266 (tp : alk. paper)

      Subjects: LCSH: ArcGIS. | Geographic information systems.

      Classification: LCC G70.212 (ebook) | LCC G70.212 .H358 2018 (print) | DDC 910.285--dc23

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       Contents

       Foreword

       Preface

       Lesson 1Frame the problem and explore the study area

       Exercise 1a: Explore the study area

       Exercise 1b: Do exploratory data analysis

       Lesson 2Preview the data

       Exercise 2a: List the data requirements

       Exercise 2b: Examine the data

       Exercise 2c: Reframe the problem statement

       Lesson 3Choose the data

       Exercise 3a: Choose the datasets

       Exercise 3b: Choose a coordinate system

       Lesson