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What is the best single book or course anyone would recommend for someone learning ArcGIS?

TimothyGaus — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:05:35 GMT

There is such a variety of books, Lynda courses, online resources, etc., and it becomes very confusing. I think that recommendations from this user group would cut through the clutter!

Re: What is the best single book or course anyone would recommend for someone learning ArcGIS?

DanPatterson_Retired — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:07:43 GMT

there is nothing that will accommodate all learning styles... therefore, no recommendation

Re: What is the best single book or course anyone would recommend for someone learning ArcGIS?

DEAF_PROBERT_68 — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:10:26 GMT

I think taking a traditional course at ESRI or at a community college where they offer ArcGIS classes. I find this way the best way to learn and you can learn from instructor than the online course. If you are familiar with the computer side such as simple basic stuff like creating a new folder, copy and paste etc..

ESRI has their online course that you can take but you have to have the software installed on your machine and if you have a trouble how to fix or need some help it is on your own and you have to figure it out yourself and things like that...

That is just my opinion.

Re: What is the best single book or course anyone would recommend for someone learning ArcGIS?

DerekLaw — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:47:53 GMT

Hi Timothy,

"ArcGIS" is not a single software product, but a platform with many different components/pieces - so it's a pretty broad request that you're asking for. First, you should try to understand the overall system; Jack discusses this in the UC 2016 Plenary:

Once you understand the platform, you can then decided which components/pieces you want to focus on. Some great resources include:

Esri Training site: Esri Training
Learn ArcGIS site: Learn ArcGIS

Hope this helps,

Re: What is the best single book or course anyone would recommend for someone learning ArcGIS?

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Re: What is the best single book or course anyone would recommend for someone learning ArcGIS?

TimOrmsby — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 22:08:00 GMT

I recommend Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook (2nd edition). I was one of the writers, so this comment may seem biased (check Amazon reviews). The book is somewhat dated--last tested on ArcGIS 10.2 for Desktop, so it's a couple of releases behind. But it should still hold up well. Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop (4th edition) and GIS Tutorial 1 (6th edition) are very popular and well-regarded intro workbooks. You'll learn a lot from any one of these three.

Tim

Re: What is the best single book or course anyone would recommend for someone learning ArcGIS?

JohnSchweisinger3 — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 03:07:16 GMT

I would recommend going through the training programs for your industry. They are very helpful...

Re: What is the best single book or course anyone would recommend for someone learning ArcGIS?

Anonymous User — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 14:47:30 GMT

You can check ESRI online trainings to learn more about GIS
you can also use mooc Esri MOOC - Massive Open Online Course

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