ArcGIS Certification Training - New Mexico
ArcGIS Desktop I: Getting Started with GIS
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This course teaches the fundamental concepts and basic functions of a GIS, the properties of GIS maps, and the structure of a GIS database. In course exercises, you will develop basic software skills by working with ArcGIS Desktop tools to visualize geographic data, create maps, query a GIS database, and analyze data using common analysis tools.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Introduction
- Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop 1: Getting Started with GIS
- Course objectives
- Course components
- Day 1 course content
- Day 2 course content
- Course materials
- Additional resources
- ESRI Support Center
- ArcGIS: A complete GIS
- Logistics
Lesson 2: The big picture of GIS
- The big picture of GIS
- Learning objectives
- Group activity
- Four GIS functions
- Mapping and visualization
- Geographic data management
- Data compilation and editing
- Geographic analysis
- Lesson review
Lesson 3: GIS maps
- GIS maps
- Learning objectives
- Paper maps vs. GIS maps
- Features
- Feature representation
- Layers
- Feature organization
- Benefits of GIS maps
- Scale
Lesson 4: GIS power: Map meets database
- GIS power: Map meets database
- Learning objectives
- Attributes
- Layer attribute table
- Feature-attribute relationship
- Attribute table contents
- Categorical symbolization
- Quantitative symbolization
- Symbolization methods
- Quantities: Graduated color
- Labels
- Simple is better
Lesson 5: Creating a map layout
- Creating a map layout
- Learning objectives
- What do you know?
- Map layouts
- Map content considerations
- Map layout design considerations
- Data view vs. layout view
- Terms associated with maps
- Map templates
Lesson 6: Pinning down geographic data
- Pinning down geographic data
- Learning objectives
- Where is this place?
- The elements of location
- Location system: Index grid
- Location system: Cartesian coordinates
- Spatial reference lines on the earth
- Location system: Latitude-longitude
- Angular measurements
- Measuring latitude and longitude
- Writing latitude and longitude
- Exercise goals
- Flattening the earth with map projections
- Map projections and distortion
Lesson 7: Geography meets geometry
- Geography meets geometry
- Learning objectives
- Vector data: A shape-based view
- Connecting vector shapes to real places
- Raster data: A cell-based view
- Raster data structure
- Connecting raster surfaces to real places
- Two representations of elevation
- Vector-raster comparison
- Exercise goals
- What is a geodatabase?
- Feature classes and layers
Lesson 8: Geographic data: A bird's-eye view
- Geographic data: A birds-eye view
- Learning objectives
- How is geographic data acquired?
- Turning geography into geographic data
- Sources of geographic data
- Your geographic data is a garden
- ArcCatalog: The ArcGIS data manager
- What is metadata?
- Why does metadata matter?
Lesson 9: Querying data: Asking questions, getting answers
- Querying data: Asking questions, getting answers
- Learning objectives
- Analysis: The big picture
- Review: Getting information about features
- Finding features based on information
- Two kinds of query
- Anatomy of an attribute query
- Query examples
- Anatomy of a location query
- Selecting features by location
Lesson 10: Analyzing spatial relationships
- Analyzing spatial relationships
- Learning objectives
- Analyzing feature relationships
- What is overlay?
- Overlay with Union
- Overlay with Intersect
- Why use overlay?
- Overlay tools
- What is buffer?
- Two kinds of buffer
- Why use buffer?
Lesson 11: Solving problems with GIS
- Solving problems with GIS
- Learning objectives
- Putting it all together
- Solving geographic problems
- Solving a geographic problem
Lesson 12: Course conclusion
- Course conclusion
- Redefining GIS (group discussion)
- Course objectives revisited
- ESRI educational support
- Where do you go from here?
- Learning pathways
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