Michael Law & Amy Collins 
Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop 10.8 [EPUB ebook] 

 Contents 

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part 1: Getting to know GIS 

Chapter 1: Introducing GIS

Chapter 2: Introducing Arc GIS

Part 2: Getting started with maps and data 

Chapter 3: Interacting with maps

Exercise 3a: Display map data

Exercise 3b: Navigate a map

Exercise 3c: Use basic tools

Exercise 3d: Look at feature attributes

Chapter 4: Interacting with data

Exercise 4a:Browse through map data 

Exercise 4b: Add data to a map

Exercise 4c: Work with map layers

Chapter 5: Exploring online resources

Exercise 5a: Create a web map

Exercise 5b: Merge online and local layers

Exercise 5c: Share a map package 

Part 3: Displaying and presenting data 

Chapter 6: Working with coordinate systems and projections

Exercise 6a: Examine coordinate systems

Exercise 6b: Project data

Exercise 6c: Define a map projection

Exercise 6d: Georeference a raster

Chapter 7: Symbolizing features

Exercise 7a: Create custom symbology

Exercise 7b: Symbolize features by categorical attributes

Exercise 7c: Use styles and create layer files

Exercise 7d: Symbolize rasters

Chapter 8: Classifying features

Exercise 8a: Classify features by standard methods

Exercise 8b: Map density

Exercise 8c: Use graduated and chart symbols 

Chapter 9: Labeling features 

Exercise 9a: Use dynamic labels

Exercise 9b: Set rules for label placement

Exercise 9c: Create graphic labels

Exercise 9d: Convert dynamic labels to annotation

Chapter 10: Making maps for presentation

Exercise 10a: Create a layout 

Exercise 10b: Add titles and text

Exercise 10c: Add standard map elements

Exercise 10d: Add final touches and set print options

Part 4: Creating and editing data 

Chapter 11: Building geodatabases

Exercise 11a: Create a geodatabase

Exercise 11b: Create feature classes

Chapter 12: Creating features 

Exercise 12a: Draw features

Exercise 12b: Use more construction tools

Chapter 13: Editing features

Exercise 13a: Delete and modify features

Exercise 13b: Split and merge features

Exercise 13c: Edit feature attribute values

Chapter 14: Geocoding addresses

Exercise 14a: Create an address locator

Exercise 14b: Match addresses

Exercise 14c: Rematch addresses

Part 5: Getting information about features 

Chapter 15: Querying data

Exercise 15a: Select and find features 

Exercise 15b: Use attribute queries

Exercise 15c: Create reports

Chapter 16: Selecting features by location 

Exercise 16a: Use location queries

Exercise 16b: Combine attribute and location queries

Chapter 17: Joining and relating data 

Exercise 17a: Join data by attribute

Exercise 17b: Relate data

Exercise 17c: Join data by location

Part 6: Analyzing geospatial data 

Chapter 18: Preparing data for analysis

Exercise 18a: Dissolve features

Exercise 18b: Clip layers

Exercise 18c: Create a data subset 

Exercise 18d: Run tools in a model

Chapter 19: Geoprocessing vector data

Exercise 19a: Buffer features 

Exercise 19b: Overlay data

Exercise 19c: Calculate attribute values

Exercise 19d: Create graphs 

Chapter 20: Using Spatial Analyst 

Exercise 20a: Create raster surfaces 

Exercise 20b: Combine raster surfaces

Appendix

Data source credits

Glossary

Index

Amy Collins is a writer and editor who lives in Northern California. She and Michael Law previously updated Getting to Know Arc GIS Desktop 10.8.