EVSC 466/795 GIS- ARC/INFO

Syllabus

Lectures

Uses of GIS - PDF
Introduction to ArcView - PDF
- Additional notes
Introduction to ARC/INFO
Acquiring GIS Data - PDF
Raster and Vector and ARC/INFO
- Additional notes
Topology -PDF
GIS Modeling
Logical Expressions -PDF
Importing Data - PDF
- Help Sheet for ARCVIEW and ARC/INFO generate files
Projections and Datums - PDF
EXAM 1
ARC/EDIT & ArcEdit Commands
Georeferencing and Digitizing -PDF
Metadata - PDF
GIS on the WWW
GRID processing (demo, see ArcInfo Help on Spatial Modeling/Cell-based Modeling with GRID)
Cost/Distance modeling (demo, see ArcInfo Help on Spatial Modeling/Cell-based Modeling with GRID/Euclidean, cost distance and other functions)
Accuracy in Spatial Databases - PDF
ARCGIS -PDF
Sample AML
Image Processing - PDF

Exercises

Lab 1- Arcview
Lab 2 - Arc/Info
Lab 3 - GIS Modeling
Lab 4 - Advanced GIS Modeling
- Data lab4data.tar.gz
Special Topics presentations by students
- Importing Shape Files - PDF
- Viewshed Analysis - PDF
- Network Analysis -PDF
  - optional additional material - PDF
- Simulation Modeling - PDF
- Using Surveying Data in ARC/INFO -PDF
- Digitizing - PPT
- Arc Macro Language (AML) -PDF
- Contouring - PDF
- Hydrologic Functions - PDF
Projects (material not included in final exam)
- Changes in Thalassia and Syringodium Densities in the Florida Keys: 1996-1999- Diane Barnes, Nicola McGoff, Laura Reynolds, and Lynette Winters - PDF
- GIS Analysis of Waterbird Nests on Shellpiles in Virginia- Rachel Rounds - PDF
- Hydrologic Characteristics of Knights Branch and Music BranchSpotsylvania County, Virginia - Alex J. Nice - PDF
- Elevation Data - Patricia L.Willis -PDF
- An Analysis of the Stream Morphology at the Muddy Creek Research Site Rockingham County, VA - Janna Levin - PDF
- Distance Analysis Using ArcView 3.2 - Josh Bundick and Doug Call - PDF
- Sherando Lake Trails - Matt Ounsworth - PDF
- Modeling sediment suspension with Arc/Info - Sarah Lawson - PDF

Resources

Readings

Chap. 1-5 in text
Arc/Info Help on coverages, vectors and rasters
USGS Projections http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/MapProjections/projections.html - PDF
UTM Factsheet http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs07701.html -PDF
Arc/Info Help on: Project, Tables, Transform, and Grid
Optional - Geodesy for the Layman