Beginning ArcGIS for Desktop Development using .NET

531 Pages·2013·27.92 MB·English

by  Pouria Amirian

BEGINNING ARCGIS®
FOR DESKTOP DEVELOPMENT USING .NET
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
(cid:2) PART I THE BASICS
CHAPTER 1 Why Geospatial Is Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CHAPTER 2 Introduction to ArcGIS for Desktop Applications Customization . . . . . 35
(cid:2) PART II .NET PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS
CHAPTER 3 .NET Programming Fundamentals, Part I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CHAPTER 4 .NET Programming Fundamentals, Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
(cid:2) PART III ARCOBJECTS PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER 5 Understanding ArcObjects Object Model Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
CHAPTER 6 Accessing Maps and Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
CHAPTER 7 Working with Tables and FeatureClasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
CHAPTER 8 Subsets of Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
CHAPTER 9 Constructing and Using the Geometry of Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
CHAPTER 10 Rendering Geospatial Data and Using Hyperlinks and MapTips . . . .295
CHAPTER 11 Labeling, Exporting ActiveView, and Working with Elements . . . . . . . 327
CHAPTER 12 Geoprocessing with Tools and Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
CHAPTER 13 Feature Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403
CHAPTER 14 Advanced Topics in ArcObjects Programming and Deployment . . . .429
APPENDIX Answers to Chapter Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
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BEGINNING
ArcGIS® for Desktop Development
Using .NET
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BEGINNING
ArcGIS® for Desktop Development
Using .NET
Pouria Amirian
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
POURIA AMIRIAN holds a Ph.D. in Geospatial Information Systems (GIS).
Dr. Amirian is a developer and GIS/IT lecturer with extensive experience developing
and deploying small to large-scale Geospatial Information Systems. At the moment
he is a research fellow of Strategic Research in Advanced Geotechnologies
(www.StratAG.com) at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, where he
focuses on Geospatial Service Oriented Architecture and working with NoSQL
databases to handle big geospatial data. When he is not coding, Pouria is often found
reading aviation magazines or practicing Wing Tsun. Pouria welcomes feedback about
this book by email at [email protected].
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