Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) What is GIS?
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
What is GIS?
ARTICIPATION QUESTIONS (choose one):
1) Look at the various different GIS definitions covered in Chapter 1 (GIS Commons). Why are they different? How can the definition of GIS vary by discipline? What will your personal definition of GIS be?
2) Find a photograph of a landscape (can be human scale, picture from vacation, aerial photo, or even satellite image). Make a list of what features on the image fall into the classes of points, lines, and area (polygons). Any exceptions? If you have features that might be one or the other, then explain your decision. Make sure you attach your picture to your post or paste it within your post.
3) Describe three different applications that are often performed using GIS. Try to think of everyday examples that your classmates can relate to. Feel free to include pictures/diagrams to illustrate your examples.
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 2 Discussion
Spatial Data and Projections
PARTICIPATION QUESTIONS (choose one):
1) Choose two or three map projections to present to the class (try to present some that no one has posted yet). List the properties of these projections and the distortions. Don’t forget to show a picture of the projections too! A good reference is http://www.icsm.gov.au/mapping/map_projections.html or http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb//pubs/MapProjections/projections.html . A good list of map projections and visuals can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections .
2) You have been asked to conduct a GIS project that maps the land cover of Western Europe/Antarctica/Africa (choose only one). Which map projection would you choose for this project and why? Provide pictures!
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 3 Discussion
GIS Data Formats and Data Quality
PARTICIPATION QUESTIONS (choose one):
1) Give an everyday example of something that is either high precision but low accuracy, or high accuracy but low precision. Give a second everyday example of something that is non-observable data or secondary data – explain!
2) Satellite images are raster data. There are many types of multispectral satellite images acquired from satellite remote sensing. Include (attach or paste) a picture of a satellite image. Explain which satellite/sensor this image came from, characteristics of the sensor, the location of the picture, the resolution of the image, the image date and time of day, and any other relevant characteristics. (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ might be a good place to start, or http://www.satimagingcorp.com/ , or try a Google search like “Landsat”…) ***Do not just post a picture, I want the image details too!***
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 4 Discussion
Spatial Analysis
PARTICIPATION QUESTION:
What do you think about ArcGIS Pro so far? How does it compare to your expectations? Are there any particular tools that you are the most interested in? Are there any particular capabilities you want to learn more about? What do you find challenging about the software?
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 5 Discussion
Network Analysis and ModelBuilder
PARTICIPATION QUESTIONS (choose one):
1) Design a model that might account for the risk of wildfire for a GIS data set consisting of layers for vegetation type and condition, soils, streams, topography, and wind direction. How might the model be tested? (or… design a model for a spatial environmental issue of your choice. What layers (hypothetical) would you need and what spatial analysis would need to be performed? What tools would you use?)
2) Give two everyday examples of network analysis using a GIS. Provide pictures to illustrate, and explain what is being shown.
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 6 Discussion
Map Making
PARTICIPATION QUESTIONS (choose one):
1) Describe some map formatting techniques characteristic of a professional-looking map. What are some tips and tricks that you can use to make your map look attractive? How can formatting be used to achieve the goal of your map?
2) Examine the different types of maps discussed in Chapter 6 (GIS Commons). Find an example of one such map from the internet. What type of map is it? What are the pros and cons of the map design? Are there any mistakes on the map? How would you improve the map? Attach or paste a picture (jpg) of map to your post.
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 7 Discussion
FINAL PROJECT – Planning Phase (Part 1)
Use this area to discuss your final project ideas with your classmates. Also, discuss data websites and sources you are interested in using. Respond to the post of two other classmates
Also, post your completed Planning Phase document in the appropriate drop box for grading.
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 8 Discussion
FINAL PROJECT – Report and Maps (Part 2)
Paste your report (in the body of your post) and attach your map(s) (as a separate JPG) for your classmates to critique and explore. Be sure to give your project a creative title and include your name. Also, post your report document and map JPG in the appropriate drop box for grading.
Don’t forget to comment on at least two of your classmates projects by Tuesday (this is part 3 of your Final Project).
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 1 Assessment
Frame the problem and explore the study area
Directions: Read the questions and type your answers below each question. It is recommended that you pencil in a note in the appropriate location in your Understanding GIS workbook as a reminder for questions that mention page number and step number. Make sure your responses are clearly written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Also, make sure your answers are given in a font color or altered font size to clearly distinguish your inputs for each set of questions.Be sure to save your file as Lesson1Assessment_lastname.docx (ex: Lesson1Assessment_Smith.docx). Point values are in parentheses.
Frame the Problem
QUESTION 1:How has the Los Angeles River changed over time? How is it different now than it was in the past? Explain in detail. (10)
QUESTION 2:Summarize the problem that you are going to solve using this workbook. Explain why GIS is ideal for solving this problem. (5)
Lesson 1: Exercise 1a
QUESTION 3:ArcGIS Pro has several basemaps that can be added to your project. What are the basemap layers available (list them)? (page 11, #1)(5)
QUESTION 4:What was the name of the city you clicked on on page 18, #1? If your first pick was “Los Angeles”, then click on another polygon and write the name here. (5)
QUESTION 5:On page 24, #10, how many attributes (rows) are in the Los Angeles layer attribute table? (5)
QUESTION 6:What was the name of the river you identified on page 25, #2 (top of the page)? If your first pick was has no name, then click on another river and write the name here. (5)
QUESTION 7:What is the difference between a definition query and an attribute query? Explain. (5)
QUESTION 8:On page 32, #6, what is the name of this feature (see red arrow)? Make sure your basemap has labels shown. (5)
QUESTION 9:What are the two ways to roam continuously across the display? (5)
Lesson 1: Exercise 1b
QUESTION 10:What was the name of the park you identified with the Identify tool on page 41, #2?
What was the park’s acreage? (5)
QUESTION 11:On page 47, #2, how many different fields (columns) are there in the tracts attribute table? (5)
QUESTION 12:After you finish page 52, #12 (and before starting page 53), then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on the bottom of page 52). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (10)
QUESTION 13:What was the name of the park (not Cypress Park) you chose on page 53, #9? What is its distance in miles to the river that you measured? (5)
QUESTION 14:On page 54, #2, how many different fields (columns) are there in the block_groups attribute table? (5)
QUESTION 15:After you finish page 57, #3, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like image on page 57). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (10)
QUESTION 16:After you finish page 62, #5, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (10)
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 2 Assessment
Preview the data
Directions: Read the questions and type your answers below each question. It is recommended that you pencil in a note in the appropriate location in your Understanding GIS workbook as a reminder for questions that mention page number and step number. Make sure your responses are clearly written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Also, make sure your answers are given in a font color or altered font size to clearly distinguish your inputs for each set of questions.Be sure to save your file as Lesson2Assessment_lastname.docx (ex: Lesson2Assessment_Smith.docx). Point values are in parentheses.
Lesson 2: Exercise 2a
You will beturning in your DataRequirementsTable.doc for grading at the end of Lesson 2.
Lesson 2: Exercise 2b
QUESTION 1:What is the Catalog pane used/good for?(5)
QUESTION 2: What type of data or feature class do the icons below represent? (5)
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c)
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QUESTION 3: How do you access ArcGIS Online inside ArcGIS Pro? (5)
QUESTION 4: Copy and paste the Use Limitations from page 75, #4, below this question. (5)
QUESTION 5: What was the shape area number of the parcel youidentified on page 76, #9? If your first pick was the same as the book, then click on another parcel and write the shape area here.(5)
QUESTION 6: What is a stand-alone table? Where is it added to inside the Contents pane? (5)
QUESTION 7: Why are the same features, such as cities, represented with different types of shapes? (10)
QUESTION 8:Every shapefile has FID and Shape attributes. What are these for? (10)
QUESTION 9:On page 80, #7, what are the addresses of the two new parks from the NewParks.shp layer? (5)
QUESTION 10:How are blocks, block groups, counties, tracts, and block centroids related? Explain in detail. (10)
Lesson 2: Exercise 2c
QUESTION 11: What is metadata and what purpose does it serve? Explain in detail. (10)
QUESTION 12:On page 89, #10, what is the field description for MEDHINC_CY ? (5)
QUESTION 13:Don’t forget to turn in your completed DataRequirementsTable.doc for grading. Attach it as a separate file. (20)
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 3 Assessment
Choose the data
Directions: Read the questions and type your answers below each question. It is recommended that you pencil in a note in the appropriate location in your Understanding GIS workbook as a reminder for questions that mention page number and step number. Make sure your responses are clearly written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Also, make sure your answers are given in a font color or altered font size to clearly distinguish your inputs for each set of questions.Be sure to save your file as Lesson3Assessment_lastname.docx (ex: Lesson3Assessment_Smith.docx). Point values are in parentheses.
Lesson 3: Exercise 3a
QUESTION 1:Explain how you got only the Los Angeles River to display in apatite blue and all other rivers in the River feature class to not display. (5)
QUESTION 2: What is the difference between the LARiver layer extent and the Los Angeles River in theRiverfeature classextent on page 102-103? (5)
QUESTION 3: After you finish page 103, #7, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on page 102). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (5)
QUESTION 4: Which on the two park layers is better on page 107? Explain why. (5)
QUESTION 5:After you finish page 107, #12 (with the Parkland layer turned on), then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (5)
QUESTION 6: a) Which of the two park layers only displays parks within the Los Angeles city limits? (2)
b) Is this good or bad for our analysis? Explain. (3)
QUESTION 7:After you finish page 109, #5 (with the NewParks layer turned on), then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on the bottom of page 108). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (5)
QUESTION 8: Don’t forget to turn in your updated and completed DataRequirementsTable.doc for grading. Attach it as a separate file. (20)
Lesson 3: Exercise 3b
QUESTION 9:What is a coordinate system and why is it important?(5)
QUESTION 10:What does it mean to project “on-the-fly”? (5)
QUESTION 11: What are the two different ways you found the coordinate system information for the State layer on pages 115-117? (5)
QUESTION 12: After you finish page 121, #10 (with the Lesson3b Web Mercatormap open), then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like theimage on page 121). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (10)
QUESTION 13: Explain how the Mercator projection distorts the state of Alaska on page 122 and 123. (5)
QUESTION 14:After you finish page 127, #3, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on page 128). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (10)
QUESTION 15:What three things help to define a geographic coordinate system? (5)
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 4 Assessment
Build the database
Directions: Read the questions and type your answers below each question. It is recommended that you pencil in a note in the appropriate location in your Understanding GIS workbook as a reminder for questions that mention page number and step number. Make sure your responses are clearly written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Also, make sure your answers are given in a font color or altered font size to clearly distinguish your inputs for each set of questions.Be sure to save your file as Lesson4Assessment_lastname.docx (ex: Lesson4Assessment_Smith.docx). Point values are in parentheses.
Lesson 4: Exercise 4a
QUESTION 1:What are the two main tasks for this lesson? (4)
QUESTION 2: Explain in detail what you did to the block_centroids dataset in Exercise 4a. (5)
QUESTION 3: What is the default transformation chosen by ArcGIS Pro on page 142, #6? (3)
QUESTION 4:After you finish page 143, #10, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on page 143). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (5)
Lesson 4: Exercise 4b
QUESTION 5:Explain in detail what you did to the Parkland feature class in Exercise 4b. (5)
QUESTION 6: What is the coordinate system of theParksRegional layer? (5)
Lesson 4: Exercise 4c
QUESTION 7: What are spatial queries used for? (3)
QUESTION 8: Explain in detail what you did to the Countylayer in Exercise 4c. (5)
QUESTION 9: Explain in detail what you did to the City_ply layer Exercise 4c. (5)
QUESTION 10: After you finish page 158, #7, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized, and the LARiverParkSite.gbd geodatabase is expanded in the Project Pane – your screen should look like the image on the bottom-left corner of page 158). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (5)
Lesson 4: Exercise 4d
QUESTION 11: Explain in detail what you did to the LARiver.shp in Exercise 4d. (5)
QUESTION 12: According to page 161, what is the difference between dissolving a feature class by geometry and dissolving a feature class by attribute? (4)
Lesson 4: Exercise 4e
QUESTION 13:After you finish page 162, #5, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on page 162). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (5)
QUESTION 14: After you finish page 164, #1 (with the NewParks layer turned off), then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (5)
QUESTION 15: After you finish page 166, #9 (with the park features within three miles of the river selected), then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look similar to the image on the top of page 167). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (5)
QUESTION 16: According to page 165, which field type is used to store letters, numbers, and special characters? (3)
QUESTION 17: Explain in detail what you did to the ParksRegionallayer in Exercise 4e. (5)
Lesson 4: Exercise 4f
QUESTION 18: Which fields did you leave turned “on” page 170? (4)
QUESTION 19: Explain in detail what you did to the BlockGroups dataset in Exercise 4f. (5)
Lesson 4: Exercise 4g
QUESTION 20: What does a table join do? (4)
QUESTION 21: After you finish page 188, #7 (with the VacantParcels layer turned on), then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (5)
QUESTION 22: After you finish page 191, #9 (with the Item Description of the VacantParcels layer still open), then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on the bottom of page 191). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (5)
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 5 Assessment
Edit the data
Directions: Read the questions and type your answers below each question. It is recommended that you pencil in a note in the appropriate location in your Understanding GIS workbook as a reminder for questions that mention page number and step number. Make sure your responses are clearly written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Also, make sure your answers are given in a font color or altered font size to clearly distinguish your inputs for each set of questions.Be sure to save your file as Lesson5Assessment_lastname.docx (ex: Lesson5Assessment_Smith.docx). Point values are in parentheses.
Lesson 5: Exercise 5a
QUESTION 1:In what way does ArcGIS Pro safeguard data that you are trying to edit in order to make sure you really mean to edit it? (10)
QUESTION 2:After you finish page 196, #4, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like image in the middle of page 196 on the left). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (10)
QUESTION 3:After you finish page 202, #2, on the top of the page (with the newly edited Parks polygon showing the outline of the park and the swimming pool and playground inside), then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like image in the middle of page 196 on the right). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (10)
QUESTION 4:On page 202, Update attribute values,#5-6, what is the new value under Acres for the Pecan Playground that you calculated using Calculate Geometry? (5)
QUESTION 5:When you are editing a feature, what is “snapping”? What is the purpose of snapping? (10)
QUESTION 6: Explain in detail what you did to the Pecan Playground polygon in exercise 5a. (10)
Lesson 5: Exercise 5b
QUESTION 7: On page 208, #17, what is the new value under Acres for the Vista Hermosa that you calculated using Calculate Geometry? (5)
QUESTION 8:After you finish page 210, #22, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the attribute table on the top of page 210). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (10)
QUESTION 9:After you finish page 210, #2, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on the bottom of page 210). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (10)
QUESTION 10: After you finish page 211, #3, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on the top of page 211). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (10)
QUESTION 11: Explain in detail what you did to add the Vista Hermosa polygon in exercise 5b. (10)
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 6 Assessment
Conduct the analysis
Directions: Read the questions and type your answers below each question. It is recommended that you pencil in a note in the appropriate location in your Understanding GIS workbook as a reminder for questions that mention page number and step number. Make sure your responses are clearly written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Also, make sure your answers are given in a font color or altered font size to clearly distinguish your inputs for each set of questions.Be sure to save your file as Lesson6Assessment_lastname.docx (ex: Lesson6Assessment_Smith.docx). Point values are in parentheses.
Lesson 6: Exercise 6a
QUESTION 1:Restate the established criteria for selecting our new park location. (5)
QUESTION 2:What are the two objectives for exercise 6a? What is the main tool we will use to complete these objectives? (4)
QUESTION 3:Briefly describe each of the Essential GIS analysis tools described on pages 219 and 220. (8)
a) Query tools –
b) Proximity tools–
c) Overlay tools–
d) Spatial join –
QUESTION 4:After you finish page 222, #12, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on page 223). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 5:After you finish page 224, #10, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on the top of page 225). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
Lesson 6: Exercise 6b
QUESTION 6:After you finish page 228, #12, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on the top of page 229). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 7: What does the ProximityZoneDemographicslayer show? (4)
QUESTION 8: When splitting feature geometry, why is it okay if the attribute value is a ratio or a percentage but not okay if the attribute value is a raw number like TOTALPOP? (4)
QUESTION 9:After you finish page 235, #8, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on the bottom of page 235). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 10:How many records were selected on page 236, #9? (4)
Lesson 6: Exercise 6c
QUESTION 11: How many records were selected on page 240, #6? (4)
QUESTION 12:After you finish page 243, #14, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on page 243). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 13:Describe the remaining sites (page 245). Where is each in relation to the river? Turn the other map layers on and off (like Parks and Parks_Buffer). Make observations that add context to the analysis. (Give more details than those mentioned on page 245). (6)
a) Site 4 –
b) Site 5 –
c) Site 6 –
QUESTION 14:On page 246, #4, in the Near tool, which Method did you use and why? (4)
QUESTION 15:On page 247, #6, which of the six sites is closest to the river? What is the distance of this site? (give a number and units for the measurement) (4)
QUESTION 16:On page 250, #10, what Merge Rule did you set for the POP2010 field? (4)
QUESTION 17: What did you do with the Identity tool on page 251 and why? (4)
Lesson 6: Exercise 6d
QUESTION 18:After you finish page 253, #7, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on the bottom of page 253). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 19: After you finish typing “This is a half-mile buffer around the Los Angeles River” on page 254, #9, but before you click “OK”, hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look similar to the image in the middle of page 254 with the Layer Properties: LARiverBuffer open). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 20: What fields did you delete from the table on page 255? (4)
QUESTION 21:On page 257, #3, which fields did you hide? (4)
QUESTION 22:After you finish page 259, #13, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the table in the middle of page 259 with the RecommendedSites attribute table open and formatted). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
Lesson 6: Exercise 6e
QUESTION 23:On pages 260-261, when you are comparing your Recommended Sites to your guesses from Lesson1, how did your guesses from Lesson 1 turn out? (5)
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 7 Assessment
Automate the analysis
Directions: Read the questions and type your answers below each question. It is recommended that you pencil in a note in the appropriate location in your Understanding GIS workbook as a reminder for questions that mention page number and step number. Make sure your responses are clearly written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Also, make sure your answers are given in a font color or altered font size to clearly distinguish your inputs for each set of questions.Be sure to save your file as Lesson7Assessment_lastname.docx (ex: Lesson7Assessment_Smith.docx). Point values are in parentheses.
Lesson 7: Exercise 7a
QUESTION 1:What is ModelBuilder and why use it? (5)
Lesson 7: Exercise 7b
QUESTION 2:What do input data variables look like in the Model window? (5)
QUESTION 3:After you finish page 276, #13, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your Park Suitability Analysis model window takes up most of your screen – your screen should look like the image on the top of page 277). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (7)
QUESTION 4:After you finish page 280, #12, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your Park Suitability Analysis model window takes up most of your screen – your screen should look like the image on the bottom of page 279). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (7)
QUESTION 5: After you finish page 282, #9, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your Park Suitability Analysis model window takes up most of your screen – your screen should look like the image at the top of page 282). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (7)
QUESTION 6:After you finish page 284, #7, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window takes up most of your screen – your screen should look sort of like the map image in the middle of page 284). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (7)
Lesson 7: Exercise 7c
QUESTION 7: After you finish page 287, #11, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your Park Suitability Analysis model window takes up most of your screen – your screen should look like the image on the top of page 287). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (7)
QUESTION 8:What does the Make Feature Layer tool do? (If you don’t remember, check out page 233) (5)
QUESTION 9:After you finish page 289, #10, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your Park Suitability Analysis model window takes up most of your screen – your screen should look like the image on the top of page 289). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (7)
QUESTION 10:After you finish page 290, #5-6 (middle of page), then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your Park Suitability Analysis model window takes up most of your screen – your screen should look like the image in the middle of page 290). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (7)
QUESTION 11:After you finish page 294, #9, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your Park Suitability Analysis model window takes up most of your screen – should be at full extent and your screen should look like the image in the middle of page 294). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (7)
Lesson 7: Exercise 7d
QUESTION 12: After you finish page 298, #11, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your Park Suitability Analysis model window takes up most of your screen – should be able to see “Distance from Parks” and “Distance to LA River” ellipses). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (6)
QUESTION 13:After you finish page 299, #14, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your Park Suitability Analysis model window takes up most of your screen – should be able to see “Demographic Criteria” and “Park Size in Acres” and “Park Access Distance” ellipses). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (6)
QUESTION 14:After you finish page 300, #4, list the feature class (or classes) in the geodatabase after the tool is ran. Why aren’t all the datasets created during the execution of the tool found here? (5)
QUESTION 15: After you finish page 301, #8, how many recommended parks do you have now? (5)
QUESTION 16:After you finish page 304, #9, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window takes up most of your screen – you should be able to see RecommendedSites_OneMile on the map and it should look like the image in the middle of page 304). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (7)
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 8 Assessment
Present analysis results
Directions: Read the questions and type your answers below each question. It is recommended that you pencil in a note in the appropriate location in your Understanding GIS workbook as a reminder for questions that mention page number and step number. Make sure your responses are clearly written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Also, make sure your answers are given in a font color or altered font size to clearly distinguish your inputs for each set of questions.Be sure to save your file as Lesson8Assessment_lastname.docx (ex: Lesson8Assessment_Smith.docx). Point values are in parentheses.
Lesson 8: Exercise 8a
QUESTION 1:Who is the intended audience of the map that you will be creating in this lesson? (4)
QUESTION 2:What are the challenges we must deal with in making a map for our project? (4)
QUESTION 3: Why did we choose a green buffer to display the LARiverBuffer layer on the map? (4)
QUESTION 4:After you finish page 313, #1, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized– your screen should look like the image on page 314). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 5:After you finish page 317, #13, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should have all of the RecommendedSites showing). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 6:What kind of colors, or “spot colors,” do cartographers use for features to call attention to them on a map? (4)
QUESTION 7:After you finish page 319, #9, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on page 319). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
Lesson 8: Exercise 8b
QUESTION 8: How is the layout view different from the map view we’ve used in previous lessons? How are map frames different in layout view compared to map view? (4)
QUESTION 9: How are the tools on the Layout tab different than the regular map navigation tools? (4)
QUESTION 10:How do you add inset maps to your main map in the layout view? What are inset maps used for? (4)
QUESTION 11:After you finish page 328, #10, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS layout window is maximized – your screen should look like the image on page 328). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 12:After you finish page 331, #22, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGISlayout window is maximized). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 13:After you finish page 333, #7, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS layout window is maximized and your map layout is zoomed to the whole page – your screen should look like the image on page 333). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 14: After you finish page 338, #22, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS layout window is maximized and your map layout is zoomed to the whole page). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
Lesson 8: Exercise 8c
QUESTION 15:After you finish page 342, #6, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGISlayout window is maximized and your map layout is zoomed to the whole page). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 16: What is the difference between a scale bar and scale text? (4)
QUESTION 17: After you finish page 345, #4, then hit the Print Screen (prt sc) button on your keyboard (make sure your ArcGIS layout window is maximized and your map layout is zoomed to the whole page). Place your cursor in the space below this question and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen view into this document. (4)
QUESTION 18: What is the reason for including data attribution text on your map? (4)
QUESTION 19: After your map is completed, write a paragraph explaining which of the six sites you think is the best location for the park. Explain your reasoning. (8)
QUESTION 20: You will be exporting your map to a JPG on page 349 to turn in for grading. Don’t forget to turn in your completed Lesson8_FinalMap_yourlastname.jpg for grading. Attach it as a separate file. (20)
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Final Project – Part 1
Planning Phase
Type your responses into this document. Make sure your answers are clearly written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Also, make sure your responses are given in a font color or altered font size to clearly distinguish your inputs for each set of questions. Worth 2% of final grade.
1. What questions will you explore/answer with your project? Be as detailed as possible. Avoid using yes/no questions, and instead phrase them as descriptive, relational, or causal questions. Descriptive questions are used primarily to describe the existence of some thing or process. Relational questions are designed to look at the relationships between two or more variables. Causal questions are used to determine whether one or more variables causes or affects one or more outcome variables. (20 points)
2. What data resources are you going to use for your project?Do some preliminary exploring for your data. Check out websites used in past Required Tasks, websites listed under Content > Course Resources > GIS on the Web, websites mentioned in your textbook, and internet searches. Do not purchase data for this project – only use free resources. List the websites and file types you plan to use. (20 points)
3. How will you prepare your data? Will any of the files need to be converted? Will you need to define a projection or reproject a data set? Will you need to edit your metadata? Will you need to georeference an image? Do you plan on digitizing a new layer/dataset? (15 points)
4. What ArcGIS tools will you use for your analysis and why? Joins and relates? Queries? Spatial join? Buffer tool? ModelBuilder? List any tools you anticipate using and explain why. (15 points)
5. How do you plan to visually present your data?Will you make one or more maps? What formatting techniques do you plan to use (i.e. graduated colors, multiple data frames, etc)? You are required to export your ArcGIS Pro map(s) to JPG format. (15 points)
6. Write a prediction as to the results of your questions in #1. What do you expect to see/learn when your project is finished? (15 points)
ENMT307 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Final Project – Part 2
Report and Map
Type your responses into this document. Make sure your answers are clearly written with no spelling or grammatical errors. Also, make sure your responses are given in a font color or altered font size to clearly distinguish your inputs for each set of questions. Report and map worth 20% of final grade.
1. What did you do?Restate the questions from Part 1. Did your questions change at all during the course of your project? Why? Summarize what you did to investigate your project. What data did you end up using and why? (15 points)
2. How did you do it? List step-by-step directions of how you prepared and analyzed your data. Explain why you chose to do what you did. (10 points)
3. What did you learn? What does your map show?Interpret and explain to your professor/classmates the results of your work and map. Was this what you predicted in Part 1? If not, then how is it different? Are there aspects of your project that need more investigation in the future? What is the most important thing that you learned from this project? (15 points)
4. Problems? Would you do anything different?Did you run into any problems during your project? Explain. How did you work around or solve them? Is there anything you would do different if you had to do the whole thing over again? (10 points)
5. Map(s) Requirements. Attach map(s) as separate JPG file to your Assignments Folder and Week 8 discussion area. Do not paste it into this word document.(50 points)
Requirements:
a. Map(s) clear enough to stand on its own without the report for explanation.
b. JPG is high enough resolution that text is clearly visible (if it is still blurry when you zoom in, then it is incorrect)
c. Title(s) is comprehensible, descriptive, and appropriate
d. All text is properly formatted (same font and size throughout for each category): title, legend text, geographic labels, etc.
e. Includes Data Source
f. Includes Geographic Coordinate System (coordinate system, projection, and datum)
g. Color and classification schemes bring “out” data (data is the “star” of your map)
h. Perfect alignment of all features: data frames, overview frame, neatline, text, etc.
i. Appropriate use of space (less “white” space)
j. Equal spacing between data frames, legend boxes,neatlines, etc.
k. Suitable and professional map layout (check out the templates for ideas)
l. Scale bar and north arrow placed and formatted correctly (with appropriate units on scale bar)
m. Legend displays appropriate and relevant text and symbols (does not say “Legend” and “Countries_2017.shp”)
n. Legend numbers are rounded and have a percentage sign when appropriate, and excluded data displays as “No Data”
o. Neatline around everything
p. Name and date in bottom right corner, outside of neatline
q. Map author understands data displayed
r. Optional: Includes descriptive text or a photo/image when needed to better explain the map topic to the map reader
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