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Return to Geog 323 \u2013 Pixels to landscape<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Return to Resources for Learning GIS @ MHC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Topics you know from readings & lectures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Define GIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Questions answered by GIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. How to do GIS analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Components of a GIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Applications of GIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Map types<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Concept of scale<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Data models \/ types of data (geography & attributes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Two geographic data models in GIS (vector vs raster)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Attribute data table structures\n
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    1. Operations in a table<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. DB query (SQL)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Geoprocessing operations: Overlays (union\/intercept), clip, buffer, erase, dissolve<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Properties of the raster model\n
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      1. Raster operations (local, focal, zonal, global)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Data creation \u2013 types of data<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Basic Geodesy (lat-long, geoide, ellipsoid, datum, projections, coordinate systems)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Basic remote sensing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. GNSS<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Practical skills learned using the software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Adding data in ArcGIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Data symbology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Layout\/map production<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. Basic ArcGIS data analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. Working with geodatabases and shapefiles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        6. Extracting\/Exporting data layers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        7. Working with attribute tables (adding\/deleting fields, calculating data, sorting, selecting)\n
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          1. Attribute query (single & multiple)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. Summarizing tables<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. Joining tables (attribute and spatial joins)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          4. Map algebra in vectors<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          5. Spatial query (single & multiple)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          6. Multi-criteria evaluation in vectors<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          7. Spatial analysis \u2013 Geoprocesing: Overlays (union, intersection, clip, erase), proximity, containment, buffers, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          8. Area calculations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          9. Basic vector data creation and editing (georeferencing and digitizing).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          10. Creating a feature file with field data (XY data)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          11. Obtaining data from outside sources<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          12. Data importing\/exporting\/preparation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          13. Working with projections and datum transformation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          14. Making cartographic models<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          15. Storymaps \u2013 ArcGIS Online\u2014ArcGIS Pro integration<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          16. Open Source GIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          17. Raster analysis\n
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            1. Raster reclassification<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. DB query and Map algebra \/ operations in raster (Overlay, Boolean algebra, map algebra, reclassification, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. Local\/neighborhood\/zonal analysis,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. Surface analysis: interpolation, slope, aspect<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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              Return to Geog 323 \u2013 Pixels to landscape<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Return to Resources for Learning GIS @ MHC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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