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1.		GIS Tutorial: Workbook for ArcView 9 from ESRI Press Price: $43.29 Customer Review: It took one month for me to get this book also the book is very very very old.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo (Getting to Know (ESRI Press)) from ESRI Press Price: $46.36 Customer Review: I guess the trial version doesn't come with the data. On the Esri site there is a tutorial that apparently only refers to the non-trial version, e.g., "For Input Features, browse to Counties.sdc feature class in the :\usa\census folder. " I have no such DVD with that data that I can see.more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications from Springer Price: $65.00 Customer Review: This book covers the concepts and algorithms concisely and hence forms a very handy reference to Computational Geometry. You could use this as the starting point for any Comp Geom application and build on that. I am pretty happy with this buy!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		GIS For Dummies from For Dummies Price: $9.95 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


5.		GPS For Dummies from For Dummies Price: $13.82 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


6.		Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting to Know series) from Esri Press Price: $37.99 Customer Review: This features the software and instruction for 9.2. The newest version is 9.3. I had to return this and get the newer version to keep up with my class.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		GIS Tutorial II: Spatial Analysis Workbook from ESRI Press Price: $50.36 Customer Review: Excellent Condition! Prompt delivery. Great price. I would purchase from this seller again.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS: A Workbook Approach to Learning GIS from Wiley Price: $52.00 Customer Review: I purchased this book to help me with an Intro to GIS course. The book is very detailed in it's presentation of how to use ArcCatalog and ArcMap. At times,however, it seems that the author wrote it for someone who'd never turned on a computer. I found the first 150 pages to be extremely boring.... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis: Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics from Esri Press Price: $19.37 Customer Review: this is vol 2 that goes with the Tutuorial Vol 2 book - well written and VERY understandable!	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		Mastering ArcGIS with CD Videoclips from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Price: $47.55 Customer Review: The book was brand new and still had CD...and still was in wrapping. So it was good. It arrived promptly as well.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis Volume 1: Geographic Patterns & Relationships from ESRI Press Price: $21.92 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


12.		Getting to Know ArcObjects (With CD-ROM) from ESRI Press Price: $32.92 Customer Review: Very good seller. The item arrived befor the date mentioned when them item was ordered.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Programming ArcObjects with VBA: A Task-Oriented Approach, Second Edition from CRC Press Price: $62.14 Customer Review: The Arcobjects model is so complex and puzzling that it is no wonder there are few authors that can spare time from actually trying to understanding it, to write a book as good as this one about it, hands down the best in this topic to date. Some criticize it is too basic, but its closest rival,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Geographic Information Systems and Science from Wiley Price: $36.00 Customer Review: This is a great reference book. Initially purchased for a class, I have returned to it several times to review key points.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		GIS Tutorial for Health from ESRI Press Price: $48.63 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


16.		Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation from Wiley Price: $48.66 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


17.		Smart Home Hacks: Tips & Tools for Automating Your House from O'Reilly Media Price: $12.99 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


18.		GIS Tutorial Updated for ArcGIS 9.2: Workbook for Arc View 9, 2nd Edition from ESRI Press Price: $54.92 Customer Review: had to get this book for a class, basically lived out of this book the entire semester for that class. some interesting stuff for sure	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Exploring the Dynamic Earth: GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences, ArcGIS® Edition from Brooks Cole Price: $41.85 Customer Review: You get a quick introduction to using GIS with geographic data. Perhaps the best thing about the book is the exposure you get to ArcView, which is one of the major GIS products out there in the marketplace. The book assumes no prior exposure to GIS. But if you are majoring in any of the earth... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective (2nd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $73.29 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


21.		Encounter Earth: Interactive Geoscience Explorations from Prentice Hall Price: $11.64 Customer Review: This is a workbook with paired KMZ files located on the website. Our professor used this in an aerial photography interpretation class to try and familiarize everyone with Google Earth. It's much too technical for this use - dealing very often with "Why/how was this particular landform created"... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		GIS Cartography: A Guide to Effective Map Design from CRC Press Price: $77.82 Customer Review: Many people think that making a map is easy - just press a few buttons and it is done. This book does an excellent job in explaining many of the concepts and principles involved in map design. The book contains a lot of information on what the cartographer must think about when creating a map;... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Assessing the Accuracy of Remotely Sensed Data: Principles and Practices, Second Edition (Mapping Science) from CRC Press Price: $86.11 Customer Review: Congalton does a great job presenting remote sensing accuracy assessment concepts. In addition to the theory, he provides practical examples to help in applying the theory to real world situations. The book seems way over-priced for its size.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		GPS Made Easy (GPS Made Easy: Using Global Positioning Systems in the Outdoors) from Mountianeers Books Price: $10.00 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


25.		Global Positioning Systems, Inertial Navigation, and Integration from Wiley-Interscience Price: $35.96 Customer Review: This book puts all together concepts and theories normally found only in separated books. GPS, inertial navigation and how to integrate both things normally require reading a lot of different articles and journals. These subjects are individually complex and demanding but its modern GPS concepts... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		GPS for Land Surveyors, Third Edition from CRC Press Price: $70.96 Customer Review: I have just completed reading the 3rd edition of this book. On the plus side, it offers a good introduction to the topic of GPS for land surveyors, and I believe this was the author's intent. Many of the diagrams are good and help to illustrate the concepts well. On the down side, there... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		Incentives: Motivation and the Economics of Information from Cambridge University Press Price: $41.00	Click here for more information


28.		Introductory Digital Image Processing (3rd Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $98.11 Customer Review: This is a remote sensing text book, meaning that the quality of the imagery is very important. The pages in the book are photocopies of the original with a small section of color images inserted in the middle of the book. I would highly recommend buying this book in person to avoid getting a... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems from Wiley Price: $38.74 Customer Review: The book arrived quicktly, and it was in the great condition they said it would be. Strongly recommended.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		Intelligent Sensor Design Using the Microchip dsPIC (Embedded Technology) from Newnes Price: $41.26 Customer Review: I was looking for good details on the DSP instruction set. The book devotes about 10 pages to the DSP instructions without sufficient depth for you to be able to code your own FIR filters. The Microchip libraries are mentioned but i want to learn the basics. On the plus side is good coverage... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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