Comments on: ESRI Press Books: Implemementing GIS

By: Cheap Textbooks

Cheap Textbooks — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:32:00 +0000

As a college student, I think it’s ridiculous that people keep paying extremely high prices for their books. At the end of the semester when buy backs came around, it occurred to me that if you buy the book for less and sell it for the same price as everyone else, you just make more money back!

By: Duane Wilkins

Duane Wilkins — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:46:29 +0000

I will be chasing up on the business benefits book, good accurate ROI facts n figures often can be difficult to quantify on many GIS projects.
I enjoy checking out your blog from time to time, thanks for your efforts James.

Cheers
Duane,
New Zealand

By: Candace

Candace — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:47:56 +0000

To James and Chris and all those who hope Dave Peters’ White Paper continues to be updated: The answer is yes. He finished updating it first thing after returning from the UC this month (August). You’ll still want to have the book, though: there are details in it and fundamental principles clarified that only the book illuminates. Also, the brand new Capacity Planning Tool comes with the book, on a CD-ROM that also includes chapters 7 through 11 in pdf format, which explain the fundamental principles behind system design (7-9), describe how to use the Capacity Planning Tool (10), and provide a “hands-on” example of the system design process (11). The book does double-duty: useful for teachers and students as well as tech professionals.

By: MTBMaven

MTBMaven — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:47:56 +0000

Dave will be presenting with other authors on Tuesday from 3:15 – 4:30 at the up coming ESRI Users Conference.

Description: GIS improves the way we do our work by facilitating better decision making and by saving money, time, and resources. Dave Peters, author of Building a GIS: System Architecture Design Strategies for Managers, will join David Maguire and Victoria Kouyoumjian, and Ross Smith, authors of newly released The Business Benefits of GIS: An ROI Approach. Panelists will address how GIS provides technology and methods for data integration, spatial analysis, and collaboration. Of course, they will also be willing to share tips on how to prove it.

By: Candace

Candace — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:10:07 +0000

Dave Peters’ book will be available at the UC in San Diego starting August 3 at the Spatial Outlet/bookstore inside the conference center. At the same place, on the following Tuesday (August 5) at 1 pm, Dave and RogerTomlinson will be available together to autograph their books and answer questions.

Dave’s book has everything that has been in his White Paper (plus more content, all of it updated to July 2008) presented in such a way as to be more useful to more people. The book also comes with a creation of Dave’s (the Capacity Planning Tool,on a CD-ROM) that is usually only available if you take his class or workshop.

By: artlembo

artlembo — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:44:37 +0000

If you check out the outline, it looks very much like the System Design Strategies .pdf. My guess is they are turning that into a more readable book.

sysdesig.pdf has wonderful content, but is not really designed for the masses. Reworking that into an ESRI Press style book will be a very valuable addition. I’ll probably use it in my “Managing GIS” class.

By: Ron Vincent

Ron Vincent — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:04:29 +0000

I took that class a few years ago too. I think it’s ESRI’s best course and Dave Peters does a great job. I’ll add this book to my collection.

By: James Fee

James Fee — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:36:25 +0000

For those who aren’t familiar with Dave’s System Architecture Design white paper, you can read it right here:

http://esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/sysdesig.pdf

As Chris M points out, it will be interesting to see if this whitepaper gets updated. I think we all sure hope so.

By: Chris M

Chris M — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:14:12 +0000

I have always been impressed with Dave Peters work. I took the ESRI Systems Architecture Design class a several years ago and was really impressed with his knowledge and passion for what he does. I have used System Architecture Design white paper he maintains more then once as a justification for new hardware. I really hope this book does not mean the end of that great free resource.