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Introduction to Geospatial Information Science

A one-day, hands-on workshop to introduce users to the basic concepts of GIS

This one-day, hands-on workshop introduces the basic concepts of geospatial information science (GIS). It will present fundamental geographic and cartographic principles that are the foundation of GIS and current state-of-the-art information technology tools that bring GIS to users’ desktops. The workshop will include hands-on use of ArcView 9.1 GIS software and various geospatial databases. Attendees will come away from the workshop with a general understanding of the science and technology behind GIS and a basic skill set for making maps with ArcView 9.1.

Time Topic/activity

08:30 - 09:00 Check-in

09:00 - 09:15 Introduction and overview of geospatial information science

09:15 - 09:30 Spatial representation: maps, coordinate systems, projections, scale

09:30 - 10:00 Spatial features: vectors (points/lines/polygons); rasters; attributes

10:00 - 10:20 Spatial topology: lines-nodes-segments; TIGER

10:20 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:00 Introduction to GIS and ArcGIS 9 overview

11:00 - 12:00 ArcGIS 9: Basic skills and lab exercises

12:00 - 01:00 Lunch

01:00 - 02:20 ArcGIS 9 more basic skills and lab exercises

02:20 - 02:30 Break

02:30 - 04:00 ArcGIS 9 intermediate skills and lab exercises

04:00 - 04:30 Dismissal and open lab time

Geography

GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE

Cartography and Surveying

Photogrammetry

Remote Sensing

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Geocoding/geoprocessing

Global Positioning System (GPS)

IT Infrastructure and Human Resources

SPATIAL FEATURESVectors: points-lines-polygonsRastersAttributes

SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONMapsCoordinate systemsProjectionsScale

SPATIAL TOPOLOGYlines-nodes-segmentsTIGER

GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION CONCEPTS

Spatial Representation

Maps USGS

Coordinate systems Dana

Projections Dana

The “Dana” websites linked on this slide were developed by Peter H. Dana, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin, 1995.  These materials may be used for study, research, and education in not-for-profit applications.  If you link to or cite these materials, please credit the author, Peter H. Dana, The Geographer's Craft Project, Department of Geography, The University of Colorado at Boulder.  These materials may not be copied to or issued from another Web server without the author's express permission.  Copyright © 1999 Peter H. Dana.  All commercial rights are reserved.

Think of map scale the following way.If you have an 8.5’’ x 11” paper map…

Larger scale: (e.g. 1:50,000 or 1” = 0.789 miles) Shows less area and more detail

MAP SCALE

1:50,000 scale map of Harrisburg

Smaller scale: (e.g. 1:500,000 or 1” = 7.89 miles) Shows more area and less detail

Think of map scale the following way.If you have an 8.5’’ x 11” paper map…

Larger scale: (e.g. 1:50,000 or 1” = 0.789 miles) Shows less area and more detail

MAP SCALE

1:500,000 scale map of Harrisburg

Smaller scale: (e.g. 1:500,000 or 1” = 7.89 miles) Shows more area and less detail

Think of map scale the following way.If you have an 8.5’’ x 11” paper map…

Larger scale: (e.g. 1:50,000 or 1” = 0.789 miles) Shows less area and more detail

MAP SCALE

SPATIAL FEATURES Vectors (points-lines-polygons)Rasters

Attributes:Feature Feature class Attribute Point Water wells Depth to waterLine State roads Traffic volumePolygon Counties Total population

SPATIAL TOPOLOGY: lines-nodes-segments

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SPATIAL TOPOLOGY: lines-nodes-segments

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SPATIAL TOPOLOGY: lines-nodes-segments

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Relational Database Tables

Record ID Street Fnode Tnode Lfadd Rfadd Ltadd Rtadd Lzip Rzip Seg-A Roosevelt Node-1 Node-2 100 101 198 199 17111 17112 Seg-B …. Seg-C …. Seg-D …. Seg-E ….

Segments

Nodes

Record ID Latitude Longitude . Node-1 41.90433 76.23594 Node-2 41.90567 76.23407 Node-3 …. …. Node-4 …. …. Node-5 …. ….

Join to Nodes

T IGER

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NTEGRATED

EOGRAPHIC

NCODING

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U.S. Census Bureau TIGER

GEOCODER

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. TIGER Line Files Technical Documentation

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System?

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