Archive for category: Geo Books

Geo themed books are books that focus on topics related to geography, including physical geography, human geography, and environmental geography. They are typically written for all age levels, from children’s books about the world and its cultures, to college textbooks covering the basics of geographic principles.geomatics and geography related books

Geo books are a great resources for learning more about the world around you. From atlases to travel guides, they provide readers with a wealth of information on the geography of the planet. From kindergarteners to high schoolers, geo-themed books can be a great way to get kids interested in geography, history, and the culture of different regions.

The “Geo Books” section of our site includes a wide variety of information on books that are related to GIS surveying, remote sensing, geographic information, cartography, and photogrammetry (most of the ones that we promote are free).

See the various pages listed further below for more information …

If you have information related great Geo Books resources that you think we should share here, then please do let us know.

ArcMap Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts

ArcMap Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts

Great little presentation providing information for almost all levels of users from beginners to experienced, with topics including: map navigation tips and tricks, keyboard shortcuts, customization, magnifier window, creating symbols, modifying existing symbols, working with map layers, layer files, python scripting and much more. Many of the shortcuts they mention in the presentation can also be found in this helpful summary document.
ArcGIS Book

The ArcGIS Book

The latest book from the Esri Press series is a comprehensive hands on guide dedicated to the popular ArcGIS software. The ArcGIS Book is a detailed compilation containing new ideas, detailed instructions, large colorful graphics, photos and plenty of diagrams. There are two versions of the book available, a hard copy paper version and a digital PDF version that offers interaction with an accompanying website. Find out how to download the ArcGIS Book free ...
Questions to ask before buying a laser scanners

Questions You Should Answer Before You Buy A Laser Scanner

Choosing 3D laser scanners should be a quantitative process with significant ramifications for your project deliverables, project workflow, resources, personnel, time and cost. The initial step is to define your deliverable’s specifications and the necessary workflow to create the 3D model, and then match these with the laser scanner specifications. Before making the final decision to invest in laser scanning technology, be sure to ask the following seven questions to ensure that you have a clear understanding of how the 3D laser scanner specifications, workflow and upfront cost will impact your long-term operations and productivity.
Python Scripting for ArcGIS

Python Scripting for ArcGIS

Python Scripting for ArcGIS, released by Esri Press, is a helpful guide created for experienced Esri users as a way to help them get started using python scripting without the need of any previous programming experience. You can check out the exercise chapters that pertain to the chapters in the book before purchasing the book as they provide the exercise chapters that you can get from ...
Unfiltered Guide to Finding a GIS Job

Unfiltered Guide to Finding a GIS Job

Careers in GIS: an Unfiltered Guide to Finding a GIS Job - A simple GIS job hunting strategy guide for young people starting off or already working in the GIS sector but with little experience. The digital guide tackles many of the issues that are relative to job seekers in a direct manner.
E-Book for International Geospatial Job Seekers

E-Book for International Geospatial Job Seekers

The International Employment Guide to Geospatial Careers in Canada is an e-book designed for international geospatial job seekers looking to move to Canada to work in GIS, remote sensing, surveying, geodesy, and geomatics engineering. This guide brings together a wealth of information and expert advice in one easy-to-read manual.
The RADARSAT-1 Story

RADARSAT-1 Story: A Canadian Satellite

The RADARSAT-1 Story: A Canadian Satellite is a 136 page book about the creation and operation of the first Canadian commercial Earth observation satellite, RADARSAT-1. It includes an extensive gallery of photos and images and documents how the RADARSAT program became an important part of Canada's space history and much more.
Free QGIS tutorials

Free QGIS Tutorial

QGIS provides a number of capabilities allowing you to manage, edit, visualize, analyse & create maps. Here are some free tutorials to help you get started using QGIS (which you can also download and use for free.
Land Applications of Radar Remote Sensing

Land Applications of Radar Remote Sensing

The book Land Applications of Radar Remote Sensing demonstrates the use of SAR data in land cover, topography, and land motion. The authors go into extensive detail providing a complete review on speckle and adaptive filtering, as well as the generation of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and terrain modeling. This remote sensing book is completely free to read online as well as download in PDF format.
QGIS-2-CookBook

QGIS 2 Cookbook

The QGIS 2 Cookbook is a large collection of techniques (simple through to advanced) that are used in everyday geomatics work, with detailed process to help accomplish those tasks using QGIS. By the time you are finished with this book, you should have all the necessary knowledge to better handle and visualize geospatial data, with QGIS.