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Thinking About GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers, Fifth Edition

Thinking About GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers presents a planning model for designing data and technology systems that will meet any organization"s specific needs. Designed for two primary audiences, senior managers who oversee information technologies and technical specialists responsible for system design, this book provides a common platform on which to conduct GIS planning. The fifth edition reflects the latest trends in geospatial technology and includes updated case studies. Exercises from Roger Tomlinson's course Planning for a GIS and a video of the "Planning and Managing a GIS" seminar from the 2013 Esri International User Conference are included.

Resources

Examples and templates
Read sample mission statements and portions of a successful GIS planning report; view information product description (IPD) templates.

• Mission statement for Parks Canada
• Mission statement for Stirling Council (Scotland)
• Mission statement for Washington State Departmentof Natural Resources
• Table of contents of the Jasper National Park final report
• Executive summary taken from the Jasper National Park final report (PDF)
• Information Product Description forms (PDF)

Exercises
Quiz yourself as you go through the material to reinforce what you've learned and get prepared for your own project.

• Gauge your knowledge of GIS planning - Chapter 2
• Error quiz - Chapter 6
• Benefits Quiz - Chapter 6
• Estimate error tolerance - Chapter 7
• Determine map scale - Chapter 7
• Use a relational model to answer GIS questions - Chapter 8
• Use an object-oriented model to answer GIS questions - Chapter 8
• Use an object-relational model to answer GIS questions - Chapter 8
• Perform a benefit-cost analysis for Jasper National Park - Chapter 10

Recorded Seminar
View the "Planning and Managing a GIS" seminar from the 2013 Esri International User Conference.

• Planning and Managing a GIS - Video 1
• Planning and Managing a GIS - Video 2
• Planning and Managing a GIS - Video 3
• Planning and Managing a GIS - Video 4

GIS Dictionary
An online dictionary of GIS-specific terminology. Click here.