Session 2 - Introduction to ArcView Kootenai County GIS Partnership

AGENDA

Review Session 1 -Course Outline Univ. of Washington Intro to GIS

Power Point presentations:Introduction and OverviewIntroduction to ArcView GIS

Goals and Objectives of these sessions

1. Introduce participants to as many aspects of GIS as we can collectively uncover, using ArcView as a primary tool.

2. Reinforce learned software skills through examples, review, and, yes, repetition.

3. Get participants up and running! Querying data, making maps and preparing presentations.

4. Other lofty goals?

Session 1 Review

Session 1 Review - cont.

Explanation/discussion Course parameters and outline

- 15 min+/- for questions/answers/extras from previous session.- 1/2 hr. instruction sessions.- 15 min+/- for questions/answers/extras on current session.

- held once or twice per month depending on class participation/interest.

- we WILL share class preparation and presentation (we learn alot by teaching!) - don't freak out, volunteers, buddy system, whatever works.

- each session, or "chapter" will be prepared/presented in Powerpoint and will be posted on the County FTP site.

Session 1 Review - cont.

Using ArcView GISDisplaying Data- Creating Maps- Adding Tabular data about features to maps- Adding street addresses and other locations to maps- Symbolizing your data- Labeling maps with text and graphics- Charting data- Choosing Map Projections- Laying out and printing maps

Querying Data- Getting the attributes of features- Finding features with particular attributes- Finding features near other features- Finding features that fall inside other features- Finding features that intersect other features- Working with the features you find- Aggregating your data

Creating Data- Creating and editing spatial data- Using a digitizing tablet

Additional Info (taught by the Daves)- working with extensions

Other books of interest

Introduction to ArcView GIS (resource book from 2-day official course)- ArcView Basics- Getting Data into ArcView- Displaying Themes- Working with Tables- Creating and Editing Shapefiles- Querying and analyzing Themes- Geocoding Addresses- Creating Layouts

Using Avenue (taught by the Daves)- beginning - intermediate- advanced

ESRI - Virtual Campus

Session 1 Review - cont.

New source of information - pre-made Power Point Presentations!!!

Univ. of Washington Intro to GIS

http://lobo.cfr.washington.edu/cfr250/schedule.html

Session 1 is (hereby) augmented with the 1st and 3rd UW presentations -

Introduction and Overview

Introduction to ArcView GIS

What is Spatial Data?

GIS Database Concepts.pdf

Framework Data Components.htm

Appendix – Terminology.htm

Power Point presentations:

Introduction to GISThe National Spatial Data Infrastructure

Session 2

Organization of Data

Project Management Presentation

KCGIS Partnership directory structure directories based on:

Organizational Type Ownership Framework Data Category Data sub-category

Session 2

Directory Structure - Level 1

Organizational TypeSession 2

Directory Structure - Level 2

Organization OwnershipSession 2

Directory Structure - Level 3

Framework Data CategorySession 2

Directory Structure - Level 4

Data Sub-CategorySession 2

Kootenai County FTP site

ftp://ftp.co.kootenai.id.us/pub/KCGIS = data and Power Point downloadsGis-dir.zip = Directory structure for KCGIS Partnership

(place in GIS Directory and un-zip)Intro2AV directory = Power Point and other presentation info

ZIP Utility site = http://www.winzip.com

Data sites:http://www.geographynetwork.com/http://www.idwr.state.id.us/gisdata/gis_data.htmhttp://inside.uidaho.edu/default.htmhttp://gis.idl.state.id.us/index.htmhttp://www.idoc.state.id.us/Data/dtacntr.htmlftp://ftp.state.id.us/http://www.fgdc.gov/clearinghouse/clearinghouse.htmlhttp://www.esri.com