Wilpen L. Gorr - GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook

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GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook is the direct result of the authors experiences teaching GIS to undergraduate and graduate students in several departments and disciplines at Carnegie Mellon University, high school students in a summer program at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as professionals in workshops.

GIS Tutorial 1 is a hands-on workbook with step-by-step exercises that take the reader from the basics of using ArcGIS for Desktop through performing many kinds of spatial analyses. Instructors can use this book for the lab portion of a GIS course, or individuals can use it for self-study. You can learn a lot about GIS concepts and principles by doing and we provide many short notes on a just-in-time basis to help this kind of learning.

The book has three parts. in any order.

covers the forms in which maps are used, including static map layouts, interactive maps, map animations, and maps published on the Internet.

With its five chapters, , students learn how to transform textual address data into mapped points through the geocoding process.

polygons for proximity analysis, locating facilities using the so-called Huff model, and solving the multiple-vehicle routing problem such as for deliveries from multiple trucks and multiple warehouses.

To reinforce the skills learned in the step-by-step exercises and to provoke critical problem-solving skills, short Your Turn assignments are included throughout each chapter with challenging homework assignments at the end of each chapter. The quickest way to increase GIS skills is to follow up step-by-step instructions with independent work, and the assignments provide these important learning components. Note that you must complete most Your Turn assignments to work on subsequent exercise steps.

This book comes with downloadable exercise and assignment data, completed exercises in the EsriPress\GIST1\MyExercises\FinishedExercises folder, and an evaluation code that can be used to download a free trial of ArcGIS 10.3 for Desktop Advanced. To download the data and software, go to Esri Press Book Resources, esri.com/esripress-resources . You will need the authorization code found on the inside back cover of this book to download the software trial.

For instructor resources and updates related to this book, go to esri.com/esripress .

We would like to thank all who made this book possible.

We have taught GIS courses at Carnegie Mellon University since the late 1980s, always with lab materials we had written. With the feedback and encouragement of students, teaching assistants, and colleagues, we eventually wrote what became this book. We are forever grateful for that encouragement and feedback.

Faculty members of other universities who have taught GIS using GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook have also provided valuable feedback. They include Luke Ward of Rocky Mountain College; Irene Rubinstein of Seneca College; An Lewis of the University of Pittsburgh; George Tita of the University of California, Irvine; Walter Witschey of Longwood University; and Jerry Bartz of Brookhaven College.

We are very grateful to the many public servants and vendors who have generously supplied us with interesting GIS applications and data, including Kevin Ford of Facilities Management Services, Carnegie Mellon University; Barb Kviz of the Green Practices program, Carnegie Mellon University; Mike Homa of the Department of City Planning, City of Pittsburgh; staff members of the New York City Department of City Planning; Michael Radley of the Pittsburgh Citiparks Department; Pat Clark and Traci Jackson of Jackson Clark Partners; staff of the Pennsylvania Resources Council; former Mayor Robert Duffy of the City of Rochester, New York; Kirk Brethauer of Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission; and employees of several spatial data vendors (including InfoUSA; i-cubed; Information Integration & Imaging, LLC; TomTom MultiNet; and Tele Atlas).