GIS using ArcGIS Desktop

Course title: GIS using ArcGIS Desktop

Dates and registration links:

23/01/2023 to 03/02/2023: http://bit.ly/3UILb50

03/04/2023 to 14/04/2023: http://bit.ly/3TBxtQ1

05/06/2023 to 16/06/2023: https://bit.ly/3GkYdBh

11/09/2023 to 22/09/2023: https://bit.ly/3UILb50

27/11/2023 to 08/12/2023: https://bit.ly/3ECVt0Q

INTRODUCTION

A GIS (Geographic Information System) is a powerful tool used for computerized mapping and spatial analysis. A GIS provides functionality to capture, store, query, analyze, display and output geographic information. This course introduces GIS concepts and ArcGIS tools used to visualize real-world features, discover patterns, and communicate information. Using Arc Map and ArcGIS Online, the participants will work with GIS maps, explore data, and analyze maps and data as you learn fundamental concepts that underlie GIS technology.

DURATION

10 days

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Find and organize geographic data and other content for a mapping project.
• Display features on a GIS map and access information about them.
• Perform spatial analysis to answer questions.
• Share GIS maps and analysis results.

COURSE OUTLINE

MODULE 1: The ArcGIS platform

• The ArcGIS platform
• Getting to know the ArcGIS platform
• Components used in this course
• Lesson review

MODULE 2: The basics of GIS

• Lesson introduction
• Applications of GIS
• ArcGIS online
• Sign in to ArcGIS Online
• Choose a base map
• Add a data fie to your map
• Save and share your map
• Lesson review

MODULE 3: Understanding GIS data

• Lesson introduction
• Turning geographic information into GIS data
• GIS data models
• Explore GIS data models in Arc Map
• Working with tables
• Documenting your data
• Open Arc Map and create a folder connection
• View data in a GIS
• Identify various fie types
• View an item description
• Correct an error in an item's metadata
• Preview a dataset's geography and table
• Add data to the map
• Lesson review

MODULE 4: ArcGIS online

• ArcGIS Online content
• GIS services and web maps
• Web mapping applications and mobile apps
• Tools and data from ArcGIS Online
• Explore GIS content using ArcGIS Online
• Browse ArcGIS Online for desktop content
• View an item's details
• Examine options for opening ArcGIS Online items
• Lesson review

MODULE 5: The importance of coordinate systems

• What is location?
• How spatial data stores location
• Geographic coordinate systems
• Working with data in different geographic coordinate systems
• Projected coordinate systems
• Spatial properties and distortion
• Understanding distortion
• Work with coordinate systems
• Identify the coordinate system for a dataset
• Identify the coordinate system for another dataset
• Identify a dataset with a different coordinate system
• Identify a dataset with an unknown coordinate system
• Assign a coordinate system to a dataset without a spatial reference
• Change the coordinate system for a dataset
• Lesson review

MODULE 6: Acquiring and selecting GIS data

• Lesson introduction
• Methods for obtaining GIS data
• Accessing GIS data
• Considerations for creating GIS data
• Creating data
• Considerations for choosing GIS data
• Evaluating GIS data

MODULE 7: GIS Data

• Gather and evaluate GIS data
• Consider the data you need
• Examine the data you have
• Add data from ArcGIS Online
• Transfer files from one geodatabase to another
• Import shape files into the geodatabase
• Lesson review

MODULE 8: Interacting with a map

• Lesson introduction
• Symbology and visualization
• Finding, identifying, and selecting features
• Asking questions and getting answers
• Getting information from a GIS map
• Explore a map using Arc Map
• Navigate the map
• Modify symbology
• Identify features
• Find features
• Export selected features from a fie to a geodatabase
• Select features
• Navigate the map
• Modify symbology
• Identify features
• Select features and view an attribute table
• Lesson review

MODULE 9: Performing spatial analysis

• Lesson introduction
• The geographic approach revisited
• Questions you can answer with GIS
• What is spatial analysis?
• Geoprocessing in analyses
• Common analysis tasks
• Perform spatial analysis with common analysis tools
• Open Arc Map and examine the map document
• Extract features in your area of interest
• Identify vulnerable facilities in Lee County
• Overlay the Cat3 layer with Lee County
• Identify hospitals close to the storm surge inundation polygon
• Lesson review

MODULE 10: Sharing results

• Lesson introduction
• The importance of sharing results
• Sharing content through Arc Map
• Sharing content through ArcGIS Online
• Export the map as a PDF
• Create a map package and upload it to ArcGIS Online
• Create a web map
• Customize map symbology and save the map
• Create a web mapping application