{"id":630452,"date":"2023-11-16T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T00:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcuser&#038;p=630452"},"modified":"2023-11-16T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T00:18:08","slug":"bookshelf_26_4","status":"publish","type":"arcuser","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/bookshelf_26_4","title":{"rendered":"GIS Bookshelf"},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10412,25042,318502],"tags":[28942,485942,35402,1461],"arcuser_issues":[487072],"class_list":["post-630452","arcuser","type-arcuser","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-pro","category-bookshelf","category-environmental","tag-arcgis-training","tag-environmental-management","tag-gis-training","tag-sustainability","arcuser_issues-au-fall-2023"],"acf":{"short_description":"Books to improve ArcGIS Pro skills and environmental management","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":630462,"file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Top-Essential-Skills-ArcGIS-Pro\/dp\/1589487508\/ref=asc_df_1589487508\/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=658814145551&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=13152721471556442138&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9031458&amp;hvtargid=pla-2186730215963&amp;psc=1\">Top 20 Essential Skills for ArcGIS Pro<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<strong>By Bonnie Shrewsbury and Barry Waite<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTop 20 Essential Skills for ArcGIS Pro introduces the most important skills needed to get up and running with ArcGIS Pro. This book puts you on the fast track to productivity with clear illustrations, step-by-step exercises, and time-saving tips. Build a foundational GIS skill set by learning how to work with spatial data, create maps, and perform basic analysis.\r\nAuthors Bonnie Shrewsbury and Barry Waite have many years of real-world experience in applying GIS. Shrewsbury, the GIS manager for the City of Manhattan Beach, California, has more than 26 years of experience with GIS, holds a geographic information system professional (GISP) designation and has a master\u2019s degree. Waite has nearly 40 years of experience in local government as an administrator and city planner. He has a master\u2019s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California (USC). Shrewsbury and Waite teach a GIS course at USC for graduate-level planning and public policy students. 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