Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop is a workbook for learning ArcGIS Desktop. Each chapter contains introductory concepts followed by scripted software exercises that reinforce an understanding of the conceptual material presented. Through this format, readers acquire functional GIS skills in a variety of areas as they make maps and analyze geographic data. Now in its third edition, Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop presents new lessons and exercises that broaden the scope of the workbook to parallel the advancing capabilities ArcGIS Desktop. Additional tools and analytical applications such as ArcGIS Online, Spatial Analyst, ArcGIS Server and dowloading and preparing data for use in ArcMap are addressed to demonstrate a wider range of geospatial solutions.