Course Overview
Introduces the ArcGIS 8.1 software family, including an overview of ArcView desktop (equivalent to GIST 5028). Students use ArcEditor and ArcInfo functionality, and ArcGIS data models. Students use the ArcMap, ArcCatalog and ArcToolbox applications to create and edit data and perform mapping, GIS data management, geographic analysis.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
- Retired
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student should be able to:
- Describe the essential components and architecture of commercial vector based GIS software.
- Describe topological concepts of a both the Coverage and Geodatabase Vector GIS data models.
- Carry out the steps for a successful GIS project, from planning to completion.
- Construct a GIS database using spatial data in digital formats.
- Develop intelligence in spatial data by using GIS software to create topological relationships.
- Link spatial and attribute information to enable geographic analysis.
- Perform spatial analysis of geographic data, using buffering, spatial overlays and spatial update operations.
- Carry out tabular analysis of geographic data by creating new attributes, designing selection sets and invoking look-up tables.
- Generate cartographic symbology using GIS symbol editor tools.
- Design a map which will clearly outline the results of your analysis.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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