GIS Survey
Assignment 4: GIS Map Building with Existing Data

1.  Create a subfolder on your thumb-drive or u:\ drive to save your work to and be sure to give this subfolder a unique but meaningful name.

 2. Review your notes from class, click on the PowerPoint slides (probably only accessible from on campus), and also by using the Help Command menu in ArcView (at right end of menu choices on top of Arc-VIew window) and then scroll down to the Index entry (Note that the online Help Command is not my favorite way to learn things, but this might be all you have, so please look at this even if its quality is low):

View Frame

Layout (Class)  -- note in ESRI speak this is what the Layout window is listed under in the help pages

Theme

3. Using the GIS Textbook on the Web by clicking here (probably only available from campus) read pages 11 through 15 about the definition of GIS.

4. Define in own words Image data and Feature data found in ArcView.

5. Based on the work we illustrated in class, create a map with the existing data  found in

C:\ESRI\Esridata\ 

OR elsewhere on saldata on your computer, such as

J:\GEO\GEO_data\***** (note: there is a lot of data in many folders under a series of subdirectories by place, however also note that most but not all are in a format that can be easily opened in Arc-VIew)

Or if you are very adventuresome other data from the web

For example it is possible to download data from the National Atlas web page.

Special Note: As you are working with your map there are several ways to move back and forth between your View (raw display of data) and Layout (finished product map). The easiest is to open the Window menu and scroll down and click Tile. This will enable you to see all the parts of your project and choose any one of them by moving the cursor to that window and clicking.

Also, periodically save you work to a Project file in the c:\temp subfolder that you created or somewhere on your u: drive. However be aware that this doesn't save all the data as well, it means that if you are working in AH16 you probably can retrieve your work in the future. The same may not be the same elsewhere on campus.

Write-up

  1. Data types: Define image data and feature data as used in ESRI.
  2. Goal: In a a few sentences state an objective or purpose for your map; that is what are you hoping to display with your map?
  3. Data:  State the  data set(s) you will utilize in trying to accomplish this goal (give a name to the data set and a location -- such as computer drive or url).
  4. Final Map: Provide a final map by using the View / Layout command from the menu. Make sure you include all the minimum requirements in making your map (refer to the web page instructions if necessary).
  5. Jpeg:  Also, save a copy of the layouts as jpeg(s) of your map(s) using the following file name:  Egeo250-you last name- first initial-Asgn-4 to  J:\saldata\SAL_temp\Egeo250\Assignment 4\
  6. Results:  In a short paragraph discuss the following: What results are present?  What did you or didn't you learn?  Has your Goal been met?
  7. Critique: Now critique your final map.    Might you want to improve things or add more?  Do you need further work?
  8. Proclib: Create and write-out a ProcLib (procedure library) for creating a translucent color in a layer (much as we did with data in class).

 

Due as indicated in class. Note Office Hours for questions.