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1.		The GIS 20: Essential Skills from ESRI Press Price: $26.37	Click here for more information


2.		Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop from ESRI Press Price: $50.37 Customer Review: This book is a great starter book and has pretty good illustrations with its instructions. ArcView takes a lot of instruction and so a self paced study of ArcGIS is not recommended. Take a class and learn it with a professor. The program still has many bugs and messes up things even though you've... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo (Getting to Know (ESRI Press)) from ESRI Press Price: $45.00 Customer Review: I have recently purchased ArcGIS at Amazon because chain bookstores in my area did not have it on iventory. The book came on second day delivery schedule and in the condition described in the ad. I am so pleased with the service and I will continue purchasing books on Amazon.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		GIS Tutorial: Workbook for ArcView 9 from ESRI Press Price: $46.36 Customer Review: Excellent book, I am greatly pleased with the comprehensive description of the information. I do recommend that you buy it new however, the student version of ArcGIS on the CD label (CD included with the book) indicates that it is a onetime install; do not know if this is possible with a CD. Overall... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Lining Up Data in ArcGIS: A Guide to Map Projections from ESRI Press Price: $16.26 Customer Review: Presenting it in a simplistic and easy to use way, map data can deliver facts quickly and efficiently. "Lining Up Data in ArcGIS: A Guide to Map Projections" is a guide to understanding the program ArcGIS and what it can do for making the maps one needs. With step by step instructions assisted by... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		GIS For Dummies from For Dummies Price: $13.68 Customer Review: GIS For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) Prospective students of GIS often inquire about appropriate reading materials for background information. This book is perfect for this purpose; however, its utility value does not stop there. I find that the "Dummies" book is a terrific... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Mastering ArcGIS with CD Videoclips from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Price: $52.29 Customer Review: This book covers much of the essential GIS skills. The book's usefulness is nullified by a large number of errors and general sloppiness. If you are checking your answers (which are in the back of the book), take any answers with a grain of salt. In general, a succession of factual errors (such as... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Geographic Information Systems and Science from Wiley Price: $35.00 Customer Review: If you want to know how GIS works, this book will give you a complete picture of it.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis Volume 1: Geographic Patterns & Relationships from ESRI Press Price: $16.00 Customer Review: With GIS being all the rage - this is a great book to further knowledge. this is one of 2 that go with the Tutorial Vol 2. If you have some experience with ARC - you will love this book. VERY Reasonably priced!!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		GIS Tutorial II: Spatial Analysis Workbook from ESRI Press Price: $50.36 Customer Review: I started using this book about 2 months ago. I am a daily ArcMap user and I found several new methods and tricks to improve my workflow as well as ideas to expand my analyses. The chapters concerning distribution and patterns made what could be a complicated process easy to understand and follow. I... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis: Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics from Esri Press Price: $22.54 Customer Review: This book provides a useful introduction to the concepts of measuring spatial distributions, identifying patterns and clusters, and identifying patterns. There is the basic information about how to identify geographic centers with mean and median, and general statistical distributions and tests of... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation from Wiley Price: $50.64 Customer Review: I am reading this book for an introductory course in Remote Sensing. I thoroughly enjoy the level of detail and the presentation of quantitative methods for analyzing data. The text can be somewhat dry (and dense) at times and difficult to digest, but for the most part, it manages to stay... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective (2nd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $67.44 Customer Review: Purchased this book for a graduate course in GIS. It was a good choice for the course objectives.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook from ESRI Press Price: $50.37	Click here for more information


15.		Smart Home Hacks: Tips & Tools for Automating Your House from O'Reilly Media Price: $13.16 Customer Review: I'm a SW developer and I just got this book because I was curious about Home Automation, I had no idea about it and this book really cleared my mind easy reading and amazingly easy to implement If you're a beginner I totally recommend it!	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		GPS For Dummies from For Dummies Price: $8.83 Customer Review: I was looking for more of a Marine GPS type of instructions. A small chapter was not what I needed.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		GPS Made Easy (GPS Made Easy: Using Global Positioning Systems in the Outdoors) from Mountianeers Books Price: $10.89 Customer Review: I'm an alpine climber and have had a Garmin GPS for a few years now, however, the user guide materials leave a lot to be desired. I wanted more of a practical use guide for navigating in the field and also for plotting courses on my PC and then using them in the field. I really was not interested in... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems from Wiley Price: $36.57 Customer Review: I really enjoyed this book that I used in conjunction with a university summer course. I thought it was very well written and informative. The only drawback is that it is not written for any specific GIS software (e.g. ArcGIS) so it has to be very general and unbiased in its explanation of concepts.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		GIS Tutorial for Health from ESRI Press Price: $44.99 Customer Review: I am in social science and this book works great for me. I recommend this book!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		GIS Tutorial 3: Advanced Workbook from ESRI Press Price: $50.37	Click here for more information


21.		Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS: A Workbook Approach to Learning GIS from Wiley Price: $59.33 Customer Review: Great Book, has everything for an introduction, the only low point is that some topics are treated very short (one page), but well, for an introductory book is enough. ;-)	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		Getting to Know ArcObjects (With CD-ROM) from ESRI Press Price: $37.73 Customer Review: I orderd this book over a weekend. Within 24 hours, I had an email stating it was shipped. Within 3 days of the email, I received the book (Getting to Know ArcObjects (With CD-ROM) by Robert Burke, Andrew Arana). I paid standard shipping rates, and received it in the same amount of time that the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Introduction to Remote Sensing, Fourth Edition from The Guilford Press Price: $51.34 Customer Review: I would like to start by stating that I am a graduate student with some background in GIS enrolled in an introductory level Remote Sensing Course. This book goes into great detail on the topic of remote sensing. For an introductory level book, it is very technical and takes a lot of extra effort to... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems (2nd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $51.50 Customer Review: Book was in good condition as described on Amazon. Very informative and perfect for my class.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		Introductory Digital Image Processing (3rd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $108.99 Customer Review: In my point of view, it is a nicely balanced book and gives an essential overview of the topic. Normally, I don't read book comprehensively like one page by one page, but this one is really worth reading. In my experience, I have never got bored with going over the chapters and obtained some... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.	[no image]	Handbook of Modern Sensors: Physics, Designs, and Applications from Springer Customer Review: I think this book is great. It has a good portion dedicated to introduction to instrumentation and a lot of what I thought was fairly obscure knowledge about different sensors. It wasn't as in-depth as I would have liked when it came to how individual sensors might be designed, but that would make... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		GPS for Land Surveyors, Third Edition from CRC Press Price: $72.64 Customer Review: The book is excellent. It could be very helpful for people involved in environmental and engineering issues and has to solve or deal with problems in which GPS equipment can make things easier. The chapter about Coordinates is dealt in a clear way and can be understood by anyone with basic knowledge... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Earth From Space: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum from Firefly Books Price: $0.99 Customer Review: This should be a delight to look at as well as useful for all age groups as well as useful to geologists like myself and of course geographers.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		GIS Tutorial 2: Spatial Analysis Workbook from ESRI Press Price: $50.37	Click here for more information


30.		Designed Maps: A Sourcebook for GIS Users from ESRI Press Price: $24.00 Customer Review: I accidently purchased "Designed Maps" thinking I was getting Cynthia Brewers other book "Designing Better Maps", but I stumbled across something great. Brewer does a superb job of illustrating sound and well thought out map design to any level of GIS user. I originally purchased the book when I was... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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