Mastering ArcGIS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
	What Is GIS?
		Concepts
			What is GIS?
			A history of GIS
			What can a GIS do?
			New trends and directions in GIS
			What do GIS professionals do?
			GIS project management
			Learning more about GIS
CHAPTER 1. GIS DATA
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			Representing real- world objects on maps
			The vector model
			Modeling feature behavior with topology
			The raster model
			Coordinate systems
			Map scale
			Data quality
			Citing GIS data sources
		About ArcGIS
			ArcGIS overview
			ArcMap documents
			Data files in ArcGIS
			Internet data services
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 2. MANAGING GIS DATA
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			Characteristics of GIS data
			Organizing data files
			Finding data for a project
			Importing and exporting data
			About metadata
		About ArcGIS
			Map documents and shared data
			Understanding file locks
			Using ArcCatalog to manage files
			Using ArcToolbox
			Documenting data
			Sources for GIS data
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 3. COORDINATE SYSTEMS
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			About coordinate systems
			Geographic coordinate systems
			Map projections
			Raster coordinate systems
			Common projection systems
			Choosing projections
		About ArcGIS
			Labeling coordinate systems
			On- the- fly projection
			Projecting data
			Troubleshooting coordinate system problems
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 4. MAPPING GIS DATA
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			Choosing symbols for maps
			Types of data and types of maps
			Displaying rasters
			Classifying numeric data
		About ArcGIS
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 5. PRESENTING GIS DATA
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			Determine the map objective
			Select the data
			Arrange the map elements
			Symbolize the data
			Review the draft
			Edit and improve
		About ArcGIS
			Maps in ArcGIS
			Assigning map scales
			Setting up scale bars
			Labeling, text, and annotation
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 6. ATTRIBUTE DATA
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			Overview of tables
			Database management systems
			Queries on tables
			Joining and relating tables
			Statistics on tables
			Field types
		About ArcGIS
			Tables in ArcGIS
			Editing and calculating fields
			Importing tables
			Mapping x-y coordinates from a table
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 7. BASIC EDITING
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			Snapping features
			Adjacent polygons
		About ArcGIS
			The Editor toolbar
			Feature templates
			How editing works
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 8. QUERIES
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			About queries
			Attribute queries
			Spatial queries
			Extraction functions
		About ArcGIS
			Processing layers with selections
			Interactive selection
			Selecting by attributes
			Selecting by location
			Choosing the selection method
			Managing results from queries
			The Selection window
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 9. SPATIAL JOINS
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			What is a spatial join?
			Cardinality
			Types of spatial joins
			Feature geometry and spatial joins ..
			Coordinate systems and distance joins
		About ArcGIS
			Choosing the join type
			Setting up a spatial join
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 10. MAP OVERLAY AND GEOPROCESSING
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			Map overlay
			Other spatial analysis functions
		About ArcGIS
			About geoprocessing
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 11. RASTER ANALYSIS
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			Raster data
			Raster analysis
		About ArcGIS
			Storing rasters
			Using Spatial Analyst
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 12. EDITING AND TOPOLOGY
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			Topology errors
			Topology rules and tools
			Editing complex polygon shapes
			Combining features
			Buffering features
			Stream digitizing
		About ArcGIS
			Changing existing features
			Editing with map topology
			Editing with planar topology
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 13. EXTENDING GEODATABASES
	Mastering the Concepts
		About ArcGIS
			About geodatabases
			Designing and creating geodatabases
			Creating feature datasets
			Default values
			Domains
			Split and merge policies
			Subtypes
			Geodatabase annotation
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
CHAPTER 14. METADATA
	Mastering the Concepts
		GIS Concepts
			The metadata standards
			Data quality issues
			Metadata format
			Acquiring metadata
			Metadata development
		About ArcGIS
			Metadata management in ArcGIS
			The metadata editor
			Metadata templates
		Summary
		Chapter Review Questions
	Mastering the Skills
		Teaching Tutorial
		Exercises
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