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Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro
In the tradition of the best-selling Getting to Know series, Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro teaches new and existing GIS users how to get started solving problems by visualizing, querying, creating, editing, analyzing, and presenting geospatial data in both 2D and 3D environments using the latest ArcGIS mapping app, ArcGIS Pro. This book teaches the basic functions and capabilities of ArcGIS Pro through practical project workflows and shows how it is an essential component of the ArcGIS platform. Data for completing the exercises and trial software are available for download (esri.com/esripress-resources). A supplement based on ArcGIS Pro 2.2 to help you complete exercises in the book is also available.
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450 pages, Paperback
First published April 30, 2016
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November 15, 2017
It was pretty clear and easy to follow. It will very quickly get out of date though as the software continues to advance. Already from 1.4 to 2.0 some of the buttons have moved. Still, one of the easier to follow GIS books I've gone through.
October 9, 2019
Considering the Getting to Know ArcDesktop textbook included 17 chapters and was over 700 pages in length, this version for Pro pales in comparison. So, for all intents and purposes, I am mostly criticizing this book because it isn't as excellent as the original GTKAG books were. I just don't want to sound like some mean old gremlin because this version of the GTKAG doesn't stand up to those original books.
At 10 chapters and a little more than 400 pages, it is wildly less thorough. Certainly there are reasonable explanations as to why the Pro version is much shorter: for one, Pro is much more sophisticated than regular ArcMap and has done a pretty good job of making the ArcGIS interface more intuitive, so a couple of the more simplistic chapters in the old desktop need not be included (like the entire 40 page chapter on labeling).
Nevertheless, there are some really perplexing omissions, like not including a chapter on basic map projections. Also, I'm still frustrated that making a Layout is somehow a final step in learning how to effectively utilize ArcGIS. It should very clearly be one of the first chapters; it's great that Pro has put more emphasis on online capabilities, but simply building a regular old map and exporting it is what the vast majority of people working in ArcGIS are going to be doing. Just move it up to chapter 4 or 5 or something.
I'm trying to use this book as a base for a university class and it just doesn't have enough information to be useful at this stage. I finished all the chapters in one sitting and can't imagine making more than a couple of labs out of this. I'm really hoping later editions of this book are more substantive and that this condensed version was just a result of Pro being in its infancy.
At 10 chapters and a little more than 400 pages, it is wildly less thorough. Certainly there are reasonable explanations as to why the Pro version is much shorter: for one, Pro is much more sophisticated than regular ArcMap and has done a pretty good job of making the ArcGIS interface more intuitive, so a couple of the more simplistic chapters in the old desktop need not be included (like the entire 40 page chapter on labeling).
Nevertheless, there are some really perplexing omissions, like not including a chapter on basic map projections. Also, I'm still frustrated that making a Layout is somehow a final step in learning how to effectively utilize ArcGIS. It should very clearly be one of the first chapters; it's great that Pro has put more emphasis on online capabilities, but simply building a regular old map and exporting it is what the vast majority of people working in ArcGIS are going to be doing. Just move it up to chapter 4 or 5 or something.
I'm trying to use this book as a base for a university class and it just doesn't have enough information to be useful at this stage. I finished all the chapters in one sitting and can't imagine making more than a couple of labs out of this. I'm really hoping later editions of this book are more substantive and that this condensed version was just a result of Pro being in its infancy.
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