• Title: Earth, Space, and Environmental Science Explorations with ArcGIS Pro
• Author(s) Wing Cheung
• Publisher: Independent Publishing (May 12, 2020); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): CC BY 4.0
• Hardcover/Paperback: N/A
• eBook: HTML
• Language: English
• ISBN-10/ASIN: B088KSJPY8
• ISBN-13: N/A
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Book Description

This book covers a range of topics in the earth and space sciences, such as plate tectonics, natural hazards, Mars exploration, and climate change. Through a series of hands-on exercises, readers will gain basic competency in Esri's ArcGIS Pro software by applying their newly learned skills to analyze the world around them and beyond.

• Wing Cheung is a professor at Palomar Community College.

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