GIS Tutorial Basic Work Book 1

GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook is the direct result of the authors' experiences teaching GIS to high school students in a summer program at Carnegie Mellon University, undergraduate and graduate students in several departments and disciplines at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as working professionals. 

GIS Tutorial 1 is a hands-on workbook with step-by-step exercises that take the reader from the basics of using ArcGlS Desktop interfaces through performing advanced spatial analyses.
Instructors can use this book for the lab portion of a GIS course, or individuals can use it for self-study. You can learn a lot about GIS concepts and principles by "doing" and we provide many short notes on a "just-in-time" basis to help this kind of learning. 

The book has three parts; Part 1, "Using and making maps,~ is essential for all beginning students. Then come the chapters of part 2, "Working with spatial data," and part 3, "Learning advanced GIS applications." These are largely independent of each other, and you can use them in the order that best fits your
needs or your class's needs. In chapter 1, readers learn the basics of working with existing GIS data and maps. In chapters 2 and 3, they learn how to build maps from GIS data. 

The exercises in chapter 4 teach readers how to create geodatabases and import data into them. Chapter 5 explores the basic data types used within GIS and then shows readers how to use the Internet to download GIS data. Editing spatial data is a large part of GIS work, and chapter 6 teaches how to digitize vector data and transform data to match real-world coordinates. In chapter 7, students learn how to map address data as points through the geocoding process. 

Chapters 8 and 9 cover spatial analysis using geoprocessing tools and analysis workflow models. Chapters 10 and 11 provide instructions on two ArcGIS extensions. Chapter 10 introduces ArcGIS 3D Analyst, allowing students to create 3D scenes. conduct fly-through animations, a nd conduct line-of-sight studies. 

Finally, chapter 11 introduces ArcGIS Spatia] Analyst for creating and analyzing raster maps, including hill-shades, density maps, site suitability surfaces. and risk index surfaces. To reinforce the skills learned in the step -by-step exercises and to provoke critical problem solving skills, there are short Your Turn assignments throughout each chapter and advanced assignments at the end of each chapter.
The quickest way to increase GIS skills is to follow up step-by-step instructions with independent work, and the assignments provide these important learning components. This book comes with a DVD containing exercise and assignment data and a DVD containing a trial version of ArcGIS Desktop 10, ArcEditor license. 

You will need to install the software and data in order to perform the exercises and assignments in this book. (If you have an earlier version of ArcView, ArcEditor, or Arclnfo installed, you will need to uninstall it.) The ArcGIS Desktop 10 DVD provided with this book will work for instructors and basic level students in exercise labs that previously used an ArcView license of ArcGIS Desktop. Instructions for installing the data and software that come with this book are included in appendix D.
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