COURSE 2 – 17th and 18th December 2009

ArcGIS 9.3 FOR EARTH SCIENTISTS
 

Location: GIS Teaching Lab, Room 106 Social Sciences North, Flinders University, Campus Map

All Sessions consist primarily of hands-on practical exercises in the computer laboratory using earth sciences data, preceded by short powerpoint presentations and brief discussion of concepts where required.

Tea, Coffee, Lunches included.

DAY 1
Start 9.00 AM Thursday

9.15-10.30AM
Session 1 - Introduction to ArcGIS
Getting Started with ArcMap and ArcCatalog
ArcGIS Extensions, Display and Manipulation of Spatial Data
ArcSDE

10.30-10.45AM
Morning Tea

10.45-12.30PM
Session 2 - Working with ArcToolbox: Data Overlay, Combination and Manipulation
Exploring and Analysing Spatial Relationships using ArcToolbox

12.30-1.30PM
Lunch

1.30-3.30PM
Session 3 - Working with Attribute Data in ArcGIS
Creating and Editing Tables in ArcGIS, Joining and Relating Tables, Data Querying

3.30-3.45PM
Afternoon Tea

3.45-5.00PM
Session 4 - ArcEditor: Creating Digital Data
Using ArcEditor with Images and Airphotos, Creating digital data

DAY 2
Start 9.00AM Friday

Session 5 - Cell-based GIS and Process Modelling
Introduction to Spatial Analyst and Process Modelling

10.30-10.45AM
Morning Tea

10.45-12.30PM
Session 6 - Interpolation from Point Data
Working with Grab-sample Data, Interpolation Methods to Create Continuous Surfaces, Density Surfaces, 3D Visualisation in ArcScene

12.30-1.30PM
Lunch

1.30-3.30PM
Session 7 - Digital Elevation Models and Surface Analysis
Working with Continuous Surfaces, First Order Derivatives and Surface Analysis

3.30-3.45PM
Afternoon Tea

3.45-5.00PM
Session 8 - Creating Quality Maps and Presentations
Developing professional ArcMap Layouts for Printing and Integration with other Applications