Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo (Getting to Know (ESRI Press)),   ISBN:9781589482104

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The instructions are well written and easy to understand. I usually prefer to take a class so that I can ask questions, but I haven't had any quetsions so far.

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I recently purchased this book to help some of my staff become familiar with GIS software, as we track all of our projects in a GIS database. One of my staff who had never worked with GIS has completed nearly all of the tutorials in the book without difficulty. Only on a couple of occasions has she needed assistance. I think this is a great introduction to GIS applications, especially for beginners.

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This book is not an audio book as titled on your website, rather, it is a book with two DVDs of data and software.

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This second edition update of a classic handbook GETTING TO KNOW ARCGIS DESKTOP: BASICS OF ARCVIEW, ARCEDITOR, AND ARCINFO offers revisions to exercises to bring them up to date with the latest software release, ArcGIS 9.3. It's a workbook introducing basic GIS concepts and describes the features and functions in the core ArcGIS Desktop line, packing in step-by-step exercises with fine drawings teaching basic skills on mapmaking and editing spatial databases. Accompanied by both a DVD and a CD, it's a key acquisition for any student of the program and will make a fine classroom text at the college level.

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Unless you have zero experience with applications the book is useless. It covers only basic information that any GIS literate person could easily manage to figure out with a few hours of playing with the program. The only reason for one star was the 180 day license. Be forewarned however that is is only for ARCView so functionality is limited.