Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Introduction to ArcMap
Phil White
Earth Sciences & Environment Librarian
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
Agenda
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Introductions (2 min)
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Short presentation (10 min)
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Resources walkthrough (5 min)
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Arcgis/ArcMap orientation (10 min)
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Adding & visualizing data (20 min)
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Make a map! (30 min)
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Wrap-up
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
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Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
What is GIS?
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
A geographic information system (GIS) lets us visualize, question, analyze, and interpret data to understand relationships, patterns, and trends.
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
Who uses GIS?
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
GIS Software
Esri products
- ArcGIS Online
- ArcGIS Desktop (suite of tools containing ArcMap, ArcCatalog)
- ArcGIS Pro
Open source
- QGIS
- R Spatial
- PostGIS/SQL
Bonus
- Python!
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GIS Data
5 things to remember:
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Points
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Lines
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Polygons
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Cells
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And their associated attributes
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2(ish)Data Types
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
Vector Data =
points, lines, polygons
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
Raster Data =
grid or cells, pixels... basically an image
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
Data Formats
Vector
- Shapefile (.shp)
- .KML/.KMZ
- Geodatabase (.gdb)
- Spatialite (aka sql)
- GeoJSON
Raster
- GeoTIFF
- Esri Grid
- MrSID
- Others
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
Resources available to you:
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libguides.colorado.edu/GIS
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ArcGIS Online
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Esri software via CU site license
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Esri Training Catalog
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More workshops
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Esri student licenses
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Coursework in Geography, Geological Sciences
Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap
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Earth Sciences & Map Library Workshop Series
Intro to ArcMap