Practical Vector GIS
Some theory behind GIS
And
How to use ESRI’s
GeoSpatial Technology
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Two flavors of GISs
• Vector GIS
• Raster GIS
– Objects
represented by:
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– AREA represented
by:
points
lines
polygons
large database each
object
• Grid cells
• one value per cell
• Large number
thematic layers
Looks like a
map
Forest
road
Cropland
stream
Looks like a
dog’s breakfast
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The Course, briefly
• Shared Resource – grad and undergrad
• Slightly different requirements for each
• Required Text, so to speak, is the ESRI
on-line course “learning ArcGIS desktop
9.2”
• “Required” Text is David Theobald’s GIS
Concepts and ArcGIS methods
• All this stuff is in the course syllabus
Demo
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So what do we study?
• Working with maps
• Mod 1: Getting Started with ArcGIS
Desktop
• Mod 2:Creating Map Symbology
• Mod 8:Designing Maps with ArcGIS
• Whoa! That was a big jump
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So what do we study?
• Mod 3: Referencing Data to Real
Locations (Theory and practice)
• Mod 4: Organizing Geographic Data
• Mod 5: Creating and Editing Data
• Mod 6: Getting Started with GIS
Analysis
• Mod 7: Working with Geoprocessing
and Modeling Tools
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Then…
• We do parts of the ESRI raster
course “Learning Spatial Analyst”
• 557 folks do a final project – and
present it to the rest of the class.
*See Syllabus!
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So How does it work?
• Each week…
– you do assigned modules and turn in
grade(s) earned via email
– Then you do a Class exercise that uses
the techniques from the Modules but
without any hand holding.
– And there are weekly quizzes
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Course Attributes
It is fast pased
and there is a
lot to learn
• It is computer
intensive and thus
can be very
frustrating!
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• Just learn to walk
away from a problem,
talk it over with
someone else in the
class or me or the
TA and let your
subconscious work it
out!
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What happens this week?
• NO LABS THIS WEEK!
• To day we find out who is in the
course
• You start work on module 1 in
“Learning ArcGIS Desktop”
• Did you all get the course email with
the ESRI passwords???
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WHAT ARE LABS
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Basically they are help sessions
Attendance is not required
Tues in 314 Baker
Friday in 416 Bray
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Who are we
• Lee Herrington, Professor emeritus,
Resources Information Management
309 Bray, 470-6674
• Alexis Ellis, TA, 402
• Jim Halligan, Instructional Support
Specialist. 416 Bray (usually)
• OFFICE HOURS TBA
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What Do you need?
1 Ability to access your @syr.edu
email.
2 1 gig or more flash drive
3 Text at Orange Bookstore
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Its.syr.edu/netid
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Requirements
• We have not yet really planned on
just how the course will be taught
• However, the basic requirement are:
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Modules
“class” exercises
Quizzes AND your
Notebook…
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The Notebook
• In the past students kept a notebook
of what worked and what didn’t
• This year there is a required text in
which you will keep detailed notes
• And in which there will be reading
assignments (and quiz questions)
• The text will be turned in twice
during the semester – and graded
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