Inside AutoCAD Map 2000 2nd Revised edition, Form 2 [Multiple-component retail product]

A book/CD-ROM how-to resource and desktop reference for AutoCAP Map, the standard for creating and maintaining maps in a CAD environment. Review and analysis of the software's features and functions is combined with examples, exercises, and tutorials. Coverage includes GIS concepts, creating and editing entities, raster images and digitizing, querying and editing multiple maps, thematic maps, and topology with AutoCAD Map. Assumes no previous knowledge of AutoCAD. The companion CD-ROM contains data files for exercises, plus an additional chapter and two appendices. The authors work in the private sector. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The newest addition to the OnWord Press INSIDE series for GIS professionals, this how-to and reference book introduces beginning through intermediate users seeking a standard for map creation and maintenance in a CAD environment to use of AutoCAD Map 2000. In-depth discussion of the software's features and functions are featured in this comprehensive handbook. In addition, numerous examples, exercises, and tutorials are included to speed readers on their way to mastery of this new GIS application from Autodesk, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of GIS, mapping, and design software for the PC.