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Course Codes & Homework

What? You did not receive them? Doh! You got to get on the ball, yeah?

Everyone will receive the course codes by tomorrow (Tuesday) night and this is the only homework due next week.

I sincerely apologize...

Class Plan (09/29)

Introduction to Geoprocessing: The Model Builder

MODEL WE MADE

Items Discussed Today:

1. Geoprocessing Tools in ArcToolbox
2. Creating a Model
3. Including Geoprocessing Tools in Model
4. Adding Parameters
5. Environmental Settings
   

Exercise #1

• Convert this table into a shapefile.
• First convert to temporary event class
  
• Right-click/Display XY Data
• X: Long
• Y: Lat
• Spatial Reference: NAD 83
• Second export the event class to new shapefile
• Right-click/Data/Export Data
  

Exercise #2

• Convert this table into a shapefile exclusively using the Geoprocessing Tools. (No right-clicking and no toolbars.)
• Create Temporary Layer: ArcToolbox/Data Management Tools/Layers and Table Views/Make XY Event Layer
• Copy to New Shapefile: ArcToolbox/Data Management Tools/Features/Copy Features

Exercise #3

• Create an Automated Model that does the same thing as the above procedure.

1. Create a new Toolbox in ArcCatalog (right-click/New Model)
2. Add this Toolbox to ArcMap (right-click ArcToolbox/Add Model)
3. Create a new Model in the Toolbox (right-click/New Model)
4. Edit Model (Right-click Model/Edit)

Census 2000 Data

Data: http://factfinder.census.gov
Shapefile: http://txsdc.utsa.edu/txdata/shapefiles/state_shape108.php
GLO Data: Texas General Land Office (GLO): GIS Data

Suitability Steps

1. Decide Which Criteria to Use
2. Decide Which Coordinate System to Use
3. Set the projection/coordinate systems of all input files to that system
4. Create raster layer for each criteria
1. Proximity
2. Value at that spot
5. Reclassify
6. Combine using Weighted Averages
7. Select a Site
   

Homework (Due 09/29)

Online Module: Geoprocessing w/ ArcGIS Desktop

• Modules 1 & 2
• Print out certificates and bring to class
  

This is a new course. Send an email to me requesting your course ID. If you request in this email for your grades to this point, I will include a breakdown with the course access code...

Class Plan (09/22)

One Objective for Toady's Class:

Remove All Doubts Concerning the Coast Guard Project

1. Reminder: Workshop Wednesday @ 3pm
   
2. Ensure Teams are formed
3. Discuss MavSpace
1. Turn in a zipped file containing:
1. MXD
2. All Data
3. I should be able to click on the MXD from any computer/location and it should work.
4. NEATNESS COUNTS
5. 2-Page (max) document detailing your results and your criteria and reclassification and weighting decisions.
   
4. Answer all questions
5. Open Class Until 7pm

Next week we begin to learn to use the Model Builder!

No Office Hours Saturday (09/20)

I am way too sick to come in today and my voice can barely croak above a whisper.

To make it up to you guys, though, I will be available on Monday afternoon, from 2-530pm in the GIS Lab (before class) for extra help.

Office Hours Location Reminder

Just a reminder that while my office hour times remain the same as posted on the syllabus, the locations have changed. See below for the complete schedule of office hours:

Digital Media Studio in
Central Library, Rm. B29
Tues & Wed: 3-5pm

Central Library Rm. B20
Sat: 9-2pm, 5-8pm

Sci & Eng. Library in
Nedderman Hall Rm. B03
Thurs: 3-5pm

Coast Guard Site Selection Project Due: October 6

Coast Guard Site Selection Project Due: October 6

Homework (Due 09/22)

Repeat class exercise for Denton County. Turn in print copy of final screenshot.

Extra Credit

In this class we offer a generous extra credit benefits package.

GIS Workshop Attendance: 3 points each added to final grade
GIS Day Participation: 6 points added to final grade (info coming soon)

There are 3 workshops held this semester. Schedule is here.

Title: Create Your Own Customized Google Maps Webpage
Time: Wednesday, September 24, 3-5pm
Location: Central Library B20 (basement)
Description: Learn how you can easily create your own customized Google Map webpage, overlaying multiple point, line, and polygon layers. Every participant will create a transportable webpage that can be hosted on any web server or run off any hard or flash drive or CD-ROM.

Examples:

• Presidential Election Data 2004
• Hodge Podge Sample of Stuff From My Computer
• Health Resources

Class Plan (09/15)

Plan for Today's Class

1. Explore datasets for Coast Guard site selection project.
- Texas General Land Office: GIS (source) (backup)
- A good background map (base map) is: Geography Network/Census 2000 ArcIMS layer

2. Class Exercize:
We are the xSkaters and need to find a cool place in Tarrant County to practice our downhill skateboarding.

Criteria:

1. Steep slope as possible
2. Far from major roads
3. Low number of households
4. Prefer not to be within .5 KM of schools

Data:

1. Elevation (prepared NED)
2. Major Roads (Texas GLO)
3. Number of households (prepared households)
4. Schools (TEA)

2 Students Have Not Received Access Codes

Only 2 left! You know who you are! Send an email requesting them please.

Homework (Due 09/15/08)

1. ESRI Virtual Course: Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Module 2


2. Write a 1-page paper (as short or long as you need to make it - a single paragraph or two is fine if you hit the following two points) explaining how the site suitability process works. I am looking for two items. First, I want you to explain how the process works...the steps. Second, I want you to provide an example from your research (or personal) interests where site suitability process is applicable.
   
1. Background Info
2. Examples:

Suitability Analysis with Raster Data - Part 2

Land Use Suitability Analysis for Florence Township, Goodhue County, southeast Minnesota, U.S.A.

Using GIS for Grape Suitability Analysis

A GIS APPROACH TO HABITAT RESTORATION SITE SELECTION AND PRIORITIZATION IN THE NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY HARBOR ESTUARY

1) Fossil site prediction using geographic information systems (GIS) and suitability analysis: The Two Medicine Formation, MT, a test case
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 251, Issues 3-4, 8 August 2007, Pages 354-365
Kathryn B. Oheim
Full-Text (Campus Only)

2) GIS-based land-use suitability analysis: a critical overview
Progress in Planning, Volume 62, Issue 1, July 2004, Pages 3-65
Jacek Malczewski
Full-Text (Campus Only)

3) A GIS-based multi-scale approach to habitat suitability modeling
Ecological Modelling, Volume 169, Issue 1, 1 November 2003, Pages 1-15
Ron Store and Jukka Jokimaki
Full-Text (Campus Only)

4) Integrating spatial multi-criteria evaluation and expert knowledge for GIS-based habitat suitability modelling
Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 55, Issue 2, 10 July 2001, Pages 79-93
Ron Store and Jyrki Kangas
Full-Text (Campus Only)

Class Plan (09/08/08)

1. Review homework & ensure everyone is member of team and was able to access ESRI online courses
2. Introduce the Spatial Analyst Toolbar
3. Explore Surface Analysis functions
1. Download 30-meter DEM for Arlington Quad from TNRIS. (bkp)
   
2. Create contour lines, slope, aspect, and hillshade.
4. Class Exercise: Where in the D/FW Metroplex should we open a new pizzeria?
1. Download materials here
1. We will be following (kind of) the Guide_WithoutGeoprocessing.doc.
2. Same dataset we used last class and homework.