ArcGIS Desktop I: Getting Started with GIS

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1 ArcGIS Desktop I: Getting Started with GIS

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3 C O N T E N T S Introduction Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop 1: Getting Started with GIS 1-1 Course objectives 1-2 Course components 1-3 Day 1 course content 1-4 Day 2 course content 1-5 Course materials 1-6 Additional resources 1-7 ESRI Support Center 1-8 ArcGIS: A complete GIS 1-9 Logistics 1-10 Introductions 1-11 Exercise goals 1-12 The big picture of GIS The big picture of GIS 2-1 Learning objectives 2-2 Group activity 2-3 Four GIS functions 2-4 Mapping and visualization 2-5 Geographic data management 2-6 Data compilation and editing 2-7 Geographic analysis 2-8 Lesson review 2-9 GIS maps GIS maps 3-1 Learning objectives 3-2 Paper maps vs. GIS maps 3-3 Features 3-4 Feature representation 3-5 Layers 3-6 Feature organization 3-7 Benefits of GIS maps 3-8 Scale 3-9 Exercise goals 3-10 Lesson review 3-11 GIS power: Map meets database i

4 ArcGIS Desktop I: Getting Started with GIS Contents 5 6 GIS power: Map meets database 4-1 Learning objectives 4-2 Attributes 4-3 Layer attribute table 4-4 Feature-attribute relationship 4-5 Attribute table contents 4-6 Categorical symbolization 4-7 Quantitative symbolization 4-8 Symbolization methods 4-9 Quantities: Graduated color 4-10 Labels 4-11 Simple is better 4-12 Exercise goals 4-13 Lesson review 4-14 Creating a map layout Creating a map layout 5-1 Learning objectives 5-2 What do you know? 5-3 Map layouts 5-4 Map content considerations 5-5 Map layout design considerations 5-6 Data view vs. layout view 5-7 Terms associated with maps 5-8 Map templates 5-9 Exercise goals 5-10 Lesson review 5-11 Pinning down geographic data Pinning down geographic data 6-1 Learning objectives 6-2 Where is this place? 6-3 The elements of location 6-4 Location system: Index grid 6-5 Location system: Cartesian coordinates 6-6 Spatial reference lines on the earth 6-7 Location system: Latitude-longitude 6-8 Angular measurements 6-9 Measuring latitude and longitude 6-10 Writing latitude and longitude 6-11 Exercise goals 6-12 Flattening the earth with map projections 6-13 Map projections and distortion 6-14 Exercise goals 6-15 ii

5 Contents Lesson review 6-16 Geography meets geometry Geography meets geometry 7-1 Learning objectives 7-2 Vector data: A shape-based view 7-3 Connecting vector shapes to real places 7-4 Raster data: A cell-based view 7-5 Raster data structure 7-6 Connecting raster surfaces to real places 7-7 Two representations of elevation 7-8 Vector-raster comparison 7-9 Exercise goals 7-10 What is a geodatabase? 7-11 Feature classes and layers 7-12 Exercise goals 7-13 Lesson review 7-14 Geographic data: A bird's-eye view Geographic data: A bird s-eye view 8-1 Learning objectives 8-2 How is geographic data acquired? 8-3 Turning geography into geographic data 8-4 Sources of geographic data 8-5 Your geographic data is a garden 8-6 ArcCatalog: The ArcGIS data manager 8-7 What is metadata? 8-8 Why does metadata matter? 8-9 Exercise goals 8-10 Lesson review 8-11 Querying data: Asking questions, getting answers Querying data: Asking questions, getting answers 9-1 Learning objectives 9-2 Analysis: The big picture 9-3 Review: Getting information about features 9-4 Finding features based on information 9-5 Two kinds of query 9-6 Anatomy of an attribute query 9-7 Query examples 9-8 Anatomy of a location query 9-9 Selecting features by location 9-10 Exercise goals 9-11 iii

6 ArcGIS Desktop I: Getting Started with GIS Contents Lesson review 9-12 Analyzing spatial relationships Analyzing spatial relationships 10-1 Learning objectives 10-2 Analyzing feature relationships 10-3 What is overlay? 10-4 Overlay with Union 10-5 Overlay with Intersect 10-6 Why use overlay? 10-7 Overlay tools 10-8 What is buffer? 10-9 Two kinds of buffer Why use buffer? Exercise goals Exercise analysis process Lesson review Solving problems with GIS Solving problems with GIS 11-1 Learning objectives 11-2 Putting it all together 11-3 Solving geographic problems 11-4 Solving a geographic problem 11-5 Exercise goals 11-6 Exercise analysis process 11-7 Lesson review 11-8 Course conclusion Course conclusion 12-1 Redefining GIS (group discussion) 12-2 Course objectives revisited 12-3 ESRI educational support 12-4 Where do you go from here? 12-5 Learning pathways 12-6 Course evaluation 12-7 Thank you for attending 12-8 iv