A Practitioners Approach to Geographical Information Systems

The book "A Practitioner's Approach to Geographical Information Systems" is an exhaustive resource that offers a structured and logical learning experience for those seeking to master Geographical Information Systems (GIS). This textbook is designed as a hands-on guide, providing step-by-step experiments and exercises that cover the foundational skills required to work with GIS software. The book's content is carefully curated to bridge the gap between theoretical GIS concepts and their real-world applications, making it an ideal resource for students, practitioners, and researchers. Table of Contents Overview: Contents: 1.    Digitization of Toposheet (or) Digital database creation – Point features, Line features, and Polygon features (or) Geospatial database creation from given Toposheet 2.    Clip of the Toposheet 3.    Creation of Attributes 4.    Create Fields (Columns) 5.    Creation of Thematic Maps 6.    Creation of Map Elements and Outputs 7.    Analyzing Digitized Data: Estimating and Evaluating Geographic Feature 8.    Convert Polyline to Polygons 9.    Creation of ArcMap Document (.MXD) 10. Display Labels, and Symbology of Features 11. Coordinates Addition to Point Features 12. Create Buffers 13. Linking External Tables to Feature Classes 14. Convert Text Data into Point Features 15. Developing Digital Elevation Model (DEM) 16. Creation of FCC Image 17. Applications of GIS About the Authors / Biographies: About the Authors: Parupalli Sridhar has completed his Master of Technology and Doctoral degree in Spatial Information Technology (SIT) from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH) and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK), respectively. He has rich experience in Geospatial Technology, having worked in various organizations, including Vision Labs, Elixir Technologies, Avineon India Ltd, JNTUH, JNTUK, NIRD (C-GARD), and ANGRAU, executing multiple GIS-related projects. In academia, he worked as an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women (A), Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh. Readers can share their valuable suggestions and feedback to improve the book via email: [email protected] Anil Kodimela has completed Master of Technology in the department of Geo-Engineering, from College of Engineering, Andhra University Visakhapatnam. He having rich experience in Civil Engineering applications in Geospatial technology and is presently working as an Assistant Professor working in the Department of Civil Engineering, Bapatla Engineering College. He can be contacted on e-mail: [email protected] Yuvaraju Chinnam is a distinguished academic and research professional with expertise in artificial intelligence, satellite technology, and innovation. Holding a Ph.D. in Soft Computing and postdoctoral research in Design Thinking from the USA, he brings over 18 years of academic leadership, as a core team member at Blue Eye Soft Corp., USA. And Co-Principal Investigator of the DST-NRDMS Government of India Project, including participating as a delegate member in Israel's Nano Satellite building program and visiting renowned institutions such as Technion, Tel Aviv University, and Ben Gurion University. His innovative work encompasses the development of AI and Deep Tech tools for Space Weather proofing. As a thought leader, he consults for institutions like T-Hub (IISSR) and the Administrative Staff College of India. e-mail: [email protected]