Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) enable users to visualize and analyze spatial information in a dynamic digital environment. This short course will introduce students to general GIS concepts and applications. Participants will become familiar with the ArcGIS Pro environment and will gain hands-on experience using ArcGIS Pro to create a GIS project utilizing a variety of data layers.
Topics
- Fundamentals of GIS
- Projections and coordinate systems
- GIS project examples
- Web-based GIS applications
- Datasets, sources, and formats
- ArcGIS Pro software
- Opening a map document
- Using the Tools toolbar for basic navigation
- Arranging, symbolizing, and labeling data layers
- Working with the attribute table
- Creating selections
- Select tool
- Selecting in the attribute table
- Select by attribute
- Select by location
- Exporting a selection into a new data layer
- Creating choropleth (thematic color) maps
- Creating a map layout
- Setting up the layout, map frames
- Inserting map objects (Legend, Scale bar, North arrow, Text)
- Using the Layout toolbar for basic navigation
- Saving and exporting a map layout
Date/Time
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Location
Fondren Library B43A
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