Exploring AutoCAD Map 3D 2018 book introduces the users to AutoCAD Map 3D 2018 software. This book is a gateway to power, skill, and competence in the field of GIS and spatial analysis. This book is specially meant for professionals and students of GIS, Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, Cartography, and CAD professionals who are associated with planning, designing, and data management. Special emphasis has been laid to explain new concepts, procedures, and methods in GIS by using sufficient text and graphical examples. The accompanying tutorials and exercises, which relate to the real world projects, help you understand the usage and abilities of the tools available in AutoCAD Map 3D. The author has emphasized on the tools, options, functions, and interoperability of AutoCAD Map 3D that allow the users to create, analyze, and save complex geospatial data easily and effectively. Furthermore, the chapters in this book are arranged in pedagogical sequence that makes it very effective in learning the features and capabilities of the software. A real world project is given for the students to reinforce the concepts learned in the chapters.

Salient Features of the book:

• A comprehensive coverage of all concepts and tools of AutoCAD Map 3D 2018.
• Consists of 11 chapters arranged in pedagogical sequence, and a project.
• Contains 528 pages with hundreds of illustrations.
• Real-world projects and examples focusing on industry experience.
• Step-by-step examples that guide the users through the learning process.
• Includes changes and enhancements specific to AutoCAD Map 3D 2018.
• Effectively communicates the utility of AutoCAD Map 3D

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD Map 3D 2018
Chapter 2: Getting Started with AutoCAD Map 3D 2018
Chapter 3: Working with Basic Tools and Coordinate Systems
Chapter 4: Working with Feature Data
Chapter 5: Styling and Querying Feature Data
Chapter 6: Creating Object Data, and Attaching External Database and Query
Chapter 7: Classifying Objects and Working with Classified Objects
Chapter 8: Removing Digitization Errors and Working with Topologies
Chapter 9: Data Analysis
Chapter 10: Working with Different Types of Data
Chapter 11: Editing a Map and Creating a Map Book
Project: Site Suitability Study
Index

About the Authors:
CADCIM Technologies, Prof. Sham Tickoo of Purdue University Northwest, and the team of dedicated contributing authors at CADCIM Technologies are committed to bring you the best textbooks, eBooks, and free teaching and learning resources on Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), Computer Programming and Applications, GIS, Civil, Animation and Visual Effects, and related technologies. We strive to be the first and the best. That is our promise and our goal.

Our team of authors consists of highly qualified and experienced animation and visual effects artists who have a strong academic and industrial background. They understand the needs of the students, the faculty, and the challenges the students face when they start working in industry. All our books have been structured in a way that facilitates teaching and learning, and also exposes students to real-world applications. The textbooks, apart from providing comprehensive study material, are well appreciated for the simplicity of content, clarity of style, and the in-depth coverage of the subject.