EVSC 362/795 GIS Methods

Lectures

• Uses of GIS - PDF
• Introduction to ArcView - PDF
  • Additional notes
• Map Conventions
• Acquiring GIS Data - PDF
• Raster and Vector and ARC/INFO Topology -PDF
• GIS on the WWW
• EXAM 1
• Importing Data
  • Instructions
• Logical Operations and Queries
• Georeferencing and Digitizing
• Editing Tables and Calculating
• Projections
• Geoprocessing
• Metadata
• EXAM 2
• 3 D Analysis
• Spatial Accuracy - PDF
• Spatial Analyst
• Network Analysis - PDF
• ARCGIS - PDF
• Image Analyst
  • optional material as PDF
  • as html

Exercises

• Lab 1 - Intro to Arcview - PDF
• Lab 2 - Layouts - PDF
• Lab 3 - Symbols - PDF
• Lab 4 - PDF
• Lab 5 - PDF
• Lab 6 - PDF
• Upload a File - be sure to give it a name you recognize! It should also include your name somewhere in the file itself.
• Individual Project (word file)

Individual Maps

Resources

• UVA Geospatial and Statistical Data Center - http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/
• Terraserver - http://terraserver.microsoft.com
• ESRI - http://www.esri.com

Readings

• Chap. 1 & 2 in text
• Chap. 3-5 in text
• http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/MapProjections/projections.html http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs07701.html