Getting to Know ArcViewª GIS: The Geographic Information System for Everyoneª

By Pat Breslin, Nick Frunzi, Eileen Napoleon, and Tim Ormsby. ESRI Press, 1998. A self-study workbook that provides a complete package for learning GIS in two parts. Part 1 provides a nontechnical introduction to GIS technology: what it is, how it works, and who uses it. Part 2 offers fully illustrated, step-by-step procedures for using ArcView GIS software to perform dozens of GIS tasks. ArcView GIS is the desktop GIS from ESRI, the leading global provider of GIS software. The CD with this book includes a working demonstration copy of ArcView GIS Version 3, tutorials to go with the book's exercises, and multimedia presentations. Paperback. 675 Pages.