Getting to Know ArcGIS, fourth edition, is a comprehensive introduction to the features and tools of ArcGIS for Desktop. Through hands-on exercises, readers will discover, use, make, and share maps with meaningful content. The fourth edition includes new exercises on map sharing and georeferencing, new datasets and scenarios, and an introduction to ArcGIS Pro, a powerful new part …
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter)
We design to elicit responses from people. We want them to buy something, read more, or take action of some kind. Designing without understanding what makes people act the way they do is like exploring a new city without a map: results will be haphazard, confusing, and inefficient. This book combines real science and research with practical examples …
Develop the Microsoft Excel 2013 skills you need for success in college and beyond with this latest edition from the popular New Perspectives Series. Updated with all-new case-based tutorials, NEW PERSPECTIVES MICROSOFT EXCEL 2013, COMPREHENSIVE ENHANCED EDITION continues to apply MS Excel 2013 skills to real situations that fully demonstrate the relevance of concepts. A proven learning approach …
Price: Mastering ArcGIS is an introductory GIS text that is designed to offer everything you need to master the basic elements of GIS. The author’s step-by-step approach helps students negotiate the challenging tasks involved in learning sophisticated GIS software. The sixth edition is updated to follow the new software release of ArcGIS 10.1. An innovative and unique feature …
Microsoft Office 2013: Illustrated Introductory, First Course
Praised by instructors for its concise, focused approach and user-friendly format, the Illustrated Series engages both computer rookies and hot shots in mastering MICROSOFT OFFICE 2013 applications quickly and efficiently. Skills are accessible and easy-to-follow thanks to the Illustrated Series’ hallmark 2-page layout, which allows students to see an entire task in one view. New Learning Outcomes outline …
Technical Drawing and Engineering Graphics, Fourteenth Edition, provides a clear, comprehensive introduction and detailed, easy-to-use reference to creating 2D documentation drawings and engineering graphics by hand or using CAD. It offers excellent technical detail, up-to-date standards, motivating real-world examples, and clearly explained theory and technique in a colorful, highly visual, concisely written format. Designed as …
With Windows 8, Microsoft completely reimagined the graphical user interface for its operating system, which now runs on both desktop PCs and tablets, but the overhaul was not without hitches and its dueling UIs (one designed for touch, the other for keyboards and mice) created significant confusion for users. Windows 10 (a free update to users of Windows …
GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook is a top-selling introductory text for learning ArcGIS® for Desktop. This workbook presents GIS tools and functionality, including querying interactive maps, collecting data, and running geoprocessing tools. Its detailed exercises, “Your Turn” sections, and homework assignments can be adapted to learning GIS in a classroom or for independent study. Also included is access …
In this completely updated and revised edition of Designing with the Mind in Mind, Jeff Johnson provides you with just enough background in perceptual and cognitive psychology that user interface (UI) design guidelines make intuitive sense rather than being just a list or rules to follow. Early UI practitioners were trained in cognitive psychology, and developed UI …
Remote sensing and its kindred technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS), are having a pervasive impact on the conduct of sciences, government, and business alike. This book is designed to be primarily used in two ways: as a textbook in the introductory courses in remote sensing and image interpretation, and as …