Inside Mapinfo Professional [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

In the past Geographical Information Systems software (GIS) were used primarily by natural resources scientists, but it is an increasingly valuable tool for information resource users: everyone from students to marketers, journalists to Internet site designers. This is one of the best third-party books on any GIS software package. If you want to display data on maps, this book--and the software it describes--is a very good place to start. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

Fully updated to the software's latest features and functions, Inside MapInfo Professional, 3E continues to set the standard for desktop mapping tutorials. Early in the book, the authors cover the essential MapInfo Professional functions through development of a single application from start to finish. Following this orientation, subsequent chapters enable readers to hone in on specific MapInfo Professional components and procedures. Step-by-step examples, case studies, notes, and tips are also located strategically throughout Inside MapInfo Professional, 3E to assist readers in their quest to make optimal use of one of today's most popular desktop mapping applications. As such, the book is not a rehash of the documentation manual. Rather, it contains the knowledge gained from time spent on the front lines of public and private sector organizations assisting individual departments, corporations, and government agencies.

Featuring tutorials, case studies, advice, and warnings, this guide serves as both a how-to manual and a reference book. It covers map display options, workspaces, queries, browsers, thematic maps and graphics, layout, printing, geocoding, buffering, digitizing, and customization. An appendix discusses data fundamentals and sources. An enclosed CD-

Review comment
From Shuguang Wang, Ryerson Polytech, Toronto, Ontario:

This is a very good book for the course I teach. I will recommend its adoption.

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