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All rights reserved. Third edition 2017
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Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Clemmer, Gina, 1974- author.
Title: The GIS 20 : essential skills / Gina Clemmer.
Other titles: The Geographic Information Systems Twenty
Description: Third edition. | Redlands, California : Esri Press, [2018] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017043415 (print) | LCCN 2017053155 (ebook) | ISBN 9781589485136 (electronic book) | ISBN 9781589485129 (paperback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Geographic information systems. | ArcGIS.
Classification: LCC G70.212 (ebook) | LCC G70.212 .C58 2018 (print) | DDC 910.285--dc23
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Contents
| A note to the reader | |
| Introduction | |
| Chapter | Skill |
| 1 | Downloading shapefiles and using essential ArcMap tools |
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