2. Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS)
General overview of Geographic Information System General overview of the primary components of Geographic Information System GIS data types: Vector and Raster
3. Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) working
environment Overview of the user interface/working environment of ArcCatalog Overview of the user interface/working environment of ArcMap and ArcScene General Map Analysis
4. Dataframe properties
5. General concept of coordinate systems, plotting survey points
6. Basic GIS techniques
Creating Shapefiles Adding Data and Exploring Layers Viewing data, classifying features Introduction to tables, working with tables i. Changing the table display, editing values and adding fields ii. Joining tables, linking tables, summarizing Layer symbology, Labeling Building queries, selecting features in a set of features, shapefiles based on location and/or attributes
7. Geoprocessing tools in GIS
8. Editing and Digitizing features in GIS
Creating new features Editing features Digitizing scanned maps Working with attribute tables Exporting data to MS Excel Making a topographical map Modifying features 9. Auto-digitization of scanned maps Use of Arcscan tool
10. Georeferencing General concept of Georeferencing Georeferencing of scanned maps to a set of known coordinate points
11. 3-D Analysis in GIS
Introduction to DEM, TIN surfaces Raster surfaces General concept of 3-D Analysis ArcMap tools for 3-D Analysis Exercises on 3D Analysis
12. Simple Animation using GIS
13. Use of GIS in Water Resources Planning/Hydrological Analysis using
GIS Use of the Hydrology Toolbar Watershed Delineation Calculating area and volume of reservoirs
14. Spatial Analysis
Introduction to Model Builder Use of Model Builder for spatial analysis
15. Data Interoperability
Importing/Exporting data to and from different sources/formats
16. Layout View
Working in Layout view and preparing maps for publishing