GIS@UD

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DELAWARE WATER RESOURCES CENTER

Week 1

Lecture

(5.7MB)

Handouts

Download Syllabus (27K)
Shapefile Technical Description (15K)
Instructions on ESRI Virtual Campus (22K)

Lab

Exercise 1: GIS Basics: An Introduction to ArcGIS (79K)

Extra Resources

ArcMap Standard Toolbar (30K)
Draw Toolbar (28K)
Editor Toolbar (24K)
Layout Toolbar (28K)

Week 2

Lecture

Lecture 1: Data Creation and Discovery (3.9MB)
Lecture 2: An Introduction to Census Data (627KB)

Handouts

Data:The Building Blocks of GIS (83K)
Five Steps in Doing a GIS Analysis (21K)
Final Paper and Presentation - Overview and Suggestions (65K)

Lab

Exercise 1 - GIS Building Blocks: Data Creation and Discovery (192KB)

Homework Reading

Choropleth Maps and Census Data by Dr. James R. Carter, Geography-Geology Department Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA (297K)

Week 3

Lecture

Working with U.S. Census Data: A Quick Overview, by Troy Mix, Presented by Andrew Homsey (188KB)

Handouts

Exercise 2 - Census Data and GIS (32K)

Lecture

The Three Components of ArcGIS (886KB)

Handouts

Clipping, Buffering, Dissolving and Calculating (32K)

Week 5

Lecture

ArcGIS in Cartography (powerpoint 3.89MB)

Handouts

Exercise 5: GIS Basics, an Introduction to Cartography (202K)
How to Communicate Effectively with Maps (21K)
Page Layout and Map Composition (63K)
The Eye Dropper Tool (32K)
Exporting from ArcMap (155K)
Animating Graphs (132K)