This is a 3 hour hands-on workshop where students will learn the fundamental skills and concepts to be successful users of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The activities demonstrate how to preview GIS data, make a map from data and edit the map symbology, and export a map to PDF.
The data used during the workshop are located on the libstorage drive in the IntroToGIS_April2016 folder. Instructions for accessing the network drive can be found below. The full path to the data is \\libstorage.clemson.edu\gis\IntroToGIS_April2016
Activity 1. Previewing Data - Connect to a Folder
- Inspect Geometry, Attributes, and Metadata using ArcCatalog
Activity 2. Create a Map from Scratch - Add a Basemap and Data as Layers in ArcMap
- Navigation Tools: Zoom, Pan, Bookmarks
Activity 3. Symbolizing Features - Customize Symbology of Vector Data (points, lines, polygons)
- Symbolize Data Using Attributes (lines, polygons)Â
- Search Tools: Identify, Find
Activity 4. Create and Export Your First Map - Using Layout View to Arrange a Map Document
- Add Cartographic Elements (Title, Legend, North Arrow, Scale Bar)
- Export to a PDF
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Instructions to connect to libstorage drive.pdf Download | Â | 516k | v. 1 | Apr 4, 2016, 7:06 AM | Blake Lytle | Intro_to_GIS_April_2016.pptx Download | Â | 6861k | v. 1 | Apr 4, 2016, 7:00 AM | Blake Lytle |
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IntroToGIS_2_Create_A_Map_From_Scratch.pdf Download | Â | 473k | v. 2 | Apr 7, 2016, 7:17 AM | Blake Lytle |
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IntroToGIS_4_Export_Your_First_Map.pdf Download | Â | 613k | v. 2 | Apr 7, 2016, 7:16 AM | Blake Lytle |
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IntroToGIS_1_PreviewingData.pdf Download | Â | 927k | v. 2 | Apr 7, 2016, 7:09 AM | Palak Matta |
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IntroToGIS_3_Symbolizing_Features.pdf Download | Â | 873k | v. 3 | Apr 7, 2016, 7:17 AM | Blake Lytle |
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IntroToGIS_Data.zip View | Â | | | Apr 7, 2016, 7:53 AM | Blake Lytle |
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