Lab Exercises, FNRM5131, GIS For Natural Resource Management

Resources

Lab Materials, Organized Chronologically

Readings are from the book "GIS Fundamentals, 5th Edition," by Paul Bolstad

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Week
 Lab Number & Topic
Assignment

Instructional Video ArcGIS: All videos are on YouTube (unlisted)
Data (ArcGIS)
1

Lab 1, Introduction to the software

As short introductory video
on installing the UMN Citrix
reciever,accessing the 
CFANS Desktop and data for
for each week's exercises

Lab 1 Instructions

-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise  

Semester-long Projects (Pick ONLY one):  
1) Hopkins, 
2) St. Anthony Park,
3) Appalachian Watershed

-StartArcGisPro1stTime
-Intro2ArcPro
-Layout&NorthArrow
-Legend&Text 
-Activate&ZoomLayout 
-MeasureTool
-ScaleBar
-Symbols
-Unique_Symbols
-Export_Map

Lab1 Data
Semester Project Data:
-Hopkins Data, 
-SAP Data, 
-Wtrshed Data,
 Raster Clipping Video
2
 Lab 2, Coordinate Systems

Lab 2 Instructions

-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise

 -On the Fly Projection
-Coordinate Query
-Labels 
-Set the Map Window Projection
-Project 
-Set Layout Scale
-Rename Map & Set Measure Units
3
 Lab 3, Data Entry

Lab 3 Instructions 

-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise

 -Autocomplete
-CreateFeatureClasses
-DigitizingPoints
-DigLines
-DigPolys
-MergePolys
-SplitPolys		 Lab 3 Data
4
 Lab 4, Digitizing, Topology
-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise
 -AddAttribute
-Clipdigitize
-CreateExampleTopology
-HatchAndTransparentFills
-ValidateTopology
5
 Lab 5, GPS (optional)
Lab 6, Data and Tables
Lab 5 Instructions-optional: ArcGIS-optional or Geocaching-optional
Lab 6 Instructions
-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise
 -Lab 5 Waypoints, 
-Lab 5 Tracks, 
-Download Cities
-Manual Feature Select 
-Color Ramp
-Select by Layer
-More Symbols
-Field Delete
-Shaded Relief
-Manual Select, Tables
6
 Lab 7, Tables
Lab 7 Instructions: ArcGIS
-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise
 -Select by Attribute
-Join Tables
-Compound Selection
-Create Table
7
 Lab 8, More Tables

Lab 8 Instructions: ArcGIS 

-Summary Overhead for Lab exercise

 -Add Text Table
-Summarize and Join
-Indicator Variable
-Many to One Fix 
8
 Lab 9, Vector Analysis
Lab 9 Instructions: ArcGIS 
-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise
 -Erase
-Union & Multipart
-Area
-Buffering
9
 Lab 10, Raster Analysis
Lab 10 Instructions: ArcGIS 
-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise
 -Resample
-Raster Calcuator
-Reclassify
-Sizing and Aligning Panels
10
 Lab 11, Terrain Analysis

Lab 11 Instructions: ArcGIS 

-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise

 -Watersheds
11
 Lab 12, Interpolation

Lab 12 Instructions: ArcGIS 

-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise

  -Cpy/Paste Frame
-System. Sample
-IDW
-Random Sample
-Trend Surface
-Prep. Strata Base
-Strat. Ran. Samp.
-Lab12_Error_Tips		 Lab 12 Data
12 Thanksgiving Week No Labs or Lecture
13 Lab 13, Cartographic Modeling

Lab 13 Instructions: ArcGIS,

-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise

 Refer to earlier videos as needed Lab 13 Data
14
 Lab 14, Cart. Modeling 2
Lab 14 Instructions: ArcGIS 
-Summary Overheads for Lab exercise

Refer to earlier videos as needed

 Flowchart Video
  Extra Credit Extra Credit Lab Refer to earlier videos as needed Extra Credit Lab Data
  Extra Credit Extra Credit Homework Refer to earlier videos as needed Extra Credit Homework Data