Beginning ArcGIS for Desktop Development using .NET ebook

Get the very most out of the ArcGIS for Desktop productsthrough ArcObjects and .NET ArcGIS for Desktop is a powerful suite of software tools forcreating and using maps, compiling, analyzing and sharinggeographic information, using maps and geographic information inapplications, and managing geographic databases. But getting thehang of ArcGIS for Desktop can be a bit tricky, even forexperienced programmers. Core components of ArcGIS platform iscalled ArcObjects. This book first introduce you the whole ArcGISplatform and the opportunities for development using variousprogramming languages. Then it focuses on ArcGIS for Desktopapplications and makes you familiar with ArcObjects from .NET pointof view. Whether you are an ArcGIS user with no background inprogramming or a programmer without experience with the ArcGISplatform, this book arms you with everything you need to get goingwith ArcGIS for Desktop development using .NET?right away. Writtenby a leading expert in geospatial information system design anddevelopment, it provides concise, step-by-step guidance,illustrated with best-practices examples, along with plenty ofready-to-use source code. In no time you?ll progress from .NETprogramming basics to understanding the full suite of ArcGIS toolsand artefacts to customising and building your own commands, toolsand extensions?all the way through application deployment. Among other things, you?ll learn to: * Object-Oriented and Interface-based programming in .NET (C# andVB.NET) * Finding relationship between classes and interfaces usingobject model diagrams * Querying data * Visualizing geographical data using various rendering * Creating various kinds of Desktop Add-Ins * Performing foreground and background geoprocessing Learn how to improve your productivity with ArcGIS forDesktop and Beginning ArcGIS for Desktop Development Using.NET