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ArcGIS By Example

Develop three engaging ArcGIS applications to address your real-world mapping scenarios

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Oct 2025
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Description

Develop three engaging ArcGIS applications, to address your real-world mapping scenarios

Key Features

    Book Description

    ArcGIS is a geographic information system (GIS) for working with maps and geographic information. It is considered the turnkey solution to creating and sharing interactive maps. ArcGIS is designed to work the way you work. With nothing to install and set up, ArcGIS helps you make your work productive from day one.
    The book covers the design and development of three ArcGIS applications to guide the readers in crafting their own GIS solution as per their requirements. The book begins by giving you a refresher on the concepts of ArcGIS. Without wasting any time, you’ll begin with developing your first ArcGIS application. You will be developing a cell tower analysis tool. Following this, you will be guided through mapping signal strength and real - time manoeuvring in your GIS system. You will then move on to the second application of the book: a restaurant mapping system. The application will allow tourists to browse restaurants on a map, according to their preferences. Next, you will learn how to work with reviews and ratings and also cover some of the advanced searching options offered by ArcGIS. You will then make use of advanced ArcObjects to develop your third application: an excavation planning manager. The book will conclude by teaching you how work out excavation cost calculations and also saving and retrieving your excavation designs.

    What you will learn

      Who this book is for

      If you are an application developer and wish to enhance your skills for the GIS domain with ArcGIS, then this book is for you. Previous experience with ArcGIS is not required.

      Table of Contents

      1. Getting Started with ArcGIS
      2. App 1
      3. Mapping Signal Strength
      4. Real-time Maneuvering
      5. App 2 - Extending ArcGIS - Restaurants Mapping Application
      6. Reviews and Ratings
      7. Advanced Searching
      8. App 3
      9. Excavation Cost Calculation
      10. Saving and Retrieving Excavation Designs
      PDF ISBN: 978-1-78528-317-8
      Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
      Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
      Publication date: 2025
      Language: English
      Pages: 258
      Related subjects:
      Computer sciences,
      Business computing
      BISAC subjects:
      COM084000,
      COM051010,
      COM043000
      Thema subjects:
      UB,
      UMX,
      UT

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