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for a crash course in QGIS?, which topics are fundamental to
ArcGIS? Basic through advanced topics are welcome. Should be
freely accessible to all. This is about ArcGIS because it seems
better and easier than QGIS (I could be wrong and have to do
more research, but no questions on this site has a basic answer
to that).  share|improve this question  4 Answers 4  The other
answers focus on the analytical side of GIS, which is important.
It is also important to learn how to capture data and present it
well.  Some important topics are:    • Capturing and editing
vectors   • Georeferenceing rasters   • Symbolisation   •
Labelling   • Importing data from different formats   •
Selections  These tools can seem complicated at first, but it is
vital to have a good grasp of how they work. These topics are
covered in Getting to Know ArcGIS with practical worked
examples. It will also get you started with ArcToolbox and
actual data analysis.  share|improve th