Topics you should know

Topics you know from readings & lectures

Define GIS
Questions answered by GIS
How to do GIS analysis
Components of a GIS
Applications of GIS
Map types
Concept of scale
Data models / types of data (geography & attributes)
Two geographic data models in GIS (vector vs raster)
Attribute data table structures
1. Operations in a table
2. DB query (SQL)
Geoprocessing operations: Overlays (union/intercept), clip, buffer, erase, dissolve
Properties of the raster model
1. Raster operations (local, focal, zonal, global)
Data creation – types of data
Basic Geodesy (lat-long, geoide, ellipsoid, datum, projections, coordinate systems)
Basic remote sensing
GNSS

Adding data in ArcGIS
Data symbology
Layout/map production
Basic ArcGIS data analysis
Working with geodatabases and shapefiles
Extracting/Exporting data layers
Working with attribute tables (adding/deleting fields, calculating data, sorting, selecting)
1. Attribute query (single & multiple)
2. Summarizing tables
3. Joining tables (attribute and spatial joins)
4. Map algebra in vectors
Spatial query (single & multiple)
Multi-criteria evaluation in vectors
Spatial analysis – Geoprocesing: Overlays (union, intersection, clip, erase), proximity, containment, buffers, etc.
Area calculations
Basic vector data creation and editing (georeferencing and digitizing).
Creating a feature file with field data (XY data)
Obtaining data from outside sources
Data importing/exporting/preparation
Working with projections and datum transformation
Making cartographic models
Storymaps – ArcGIS Online—ArcGIS Pro integration
Open Source GIS
Raster analysis
1. Raster reclassification
2. DB query and Map algebra / operations in raster (Overlay, Boolean algebra, map algebra, reclassification, etc.)
3. Local/neighborhood/zonal analysis,
4. Surface analysis: interpolation, slope, aspect