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Intermediate ArcView 3.2a for Natural Resource Users $75

This course was written for Idaho Department of Lands as a carry-over training option until they upgraded to ArcGIS 9.2 (or other product). Many technicians were struggling with some of the basics but more importantly were struggling with a number of intermediate tasks.

This download includes all materials to conduct a live training of this material. It certainly could be used as a tutorial, although it doesn't have the lecture detail that many tutorials have.

Following is an outline of the lecture and exercises.

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Lecture -- example portion of PowerPoint lecture found here (only some of the slides from one lecture are included as a sample)

1. Introductions

1.1. Schedule / Housekeeping

1.2. Who is this class for?

1.3. Course Objectives

1.4. Teaching Methods

1.5. People Introductions and Student Objectives

1.6. What happens after the class?

2. Operation and Data Issues

2.1. Placing the ArcView icon on your desktop

2.2. Pathnames in the Project File

2.2.1. Source

2.2.2. Project repair (solving the “Where Is?” issue)

2.2.3. Creating an indestructible project (.apr)

2.2.4. Editing the .apr file

2.2.5. Using relative pathnames

2.2.6. Using environment variables

2.3. Data types

2.3.1. Coverage

2.3.1.1. Definition

2.3.1.2. Storage

2.3.1.3. Standard Fields

2.3.1.4. Managing coverages

2.3.2. Shapefile

2.3.2.1. Definition

2.3.2.2. Storage

2.3.2.3. Standard Fields

2.3.2.4. Using the shapefile manager

2.4. Geographic Coordinate System

2.4.1. Sphere

2.4.2. Datum

2.4.3. Geographic coordinates

2.4.4. Projections

2.4.5. Projection distortion

2.4.6. Mercator projections

2.4.7. UTM Zones

2.4.8. Coordinate System

2.5. Working with Projections

2.5.1. Define Projection

2.5.2. Project

2.5.3. Using the Projection Utility Wizard

2.6. Tabular data

2.6.1. Supported types

2.6.2. Attribute tables

2.6.3. Associations (relates, joins, spatial joins)

2.6.4. How to create and use a join

2.7. Working with event themes

3. Editing Spatial Data

3.1. Create a new shapefile (from any theme for editing)

3.2. Editing existing features

3.3. Snapping features

3.4. Using the draw tool

3.5. Editing attributes

3.6. Step-wise procedure for editing

3.7. Different editing operations

3.8. Undo edits

3.9. Calculate area (without additional tools)

3.10. Saving edits

3.11. Adding / using extensions

3.12. Review of XTools Extension

4. Queries and Selections

4.1. Why create feature selections?

4.2. Asking questions of your attributes

4.3. Selected by graphic element

4.4. Interactive selections

4.5. Controlling themes that selections are applied to

4.6. Spatial query

4.7. Definition query

4.8. Scale dependent display

5. Analysis

5.1. Spatial analysis functions

5.2. Proximity analysis

5.2.1. Buffering

5.2.2. Nearest neighbor

5.2.2.1. Spatial join

5.2.2.2. Distance matrices

5.3. Geoprocessing

5.3.1. Using the wizard

5.3.2. Union

5.3.3. Clip

5.3.4. Others: merge, intersect, spatial join

6. Customization

6.1. Scripts

6.1.1. Definition

6.1.2. Loading / editing / compiling / running a script

6.1.3. Using a script

6.1.4. Associating a script with a button

6.1.5. Extensions

6.1.6. AVEXT directory

6.2. The default Project

6.3. Wrapup

Exercises -- example portion of exercise here (MS Word) (only some of the portions of an exercise is included as a sample)

1. Setup

1.1. Important Beginning Information

1.1.1. Terms used in the exercises

1.1.2. Interpreting the exercise look

1.1.3. Other notes for the course

1.2. Install the Training Data

1.2.1. Copy the data to your drive

1.2.2. Removing data after the class

2. Data Issues

2.1. ArcView Management

2.1.1. Create a desktop icon

2.1.2. Set the start directory

2.1.3. Set the HOME and TMPDIR environment variables

2.2. Manage Your Projects

2.2.1. Working with multiple projects / backups

2.2.2. Create portable projects – use environment variable

2.3. Manage Shapefiles

2.3.1. Copy a shapefile

2.4. Manage Coverages

2.4.1. Copy a coverage?

2.4.2. Copy a coverage for editing in ArcView

2.5. Working With Projections

2.5.1. Observe projection error and determine cause

2.5.2. Define correct projection information for IDL data

2.5.3. Project the IDUTM data to the same projection as IDL data

2.6. Using GPS Data

2.6.1. Open, read and display the tabular data

2.6.2. Project the point data

2.7. Working With Tables

2.7.1. Tabular join

2.7.2. Label with joined fields

2.7.3. Placing tables into a layout

2.8. Optional Steps

3. Editing Spatial Data

3.1. Basic Editing

3.1.1. Setup procedures

3.1.2. Make edits

3.2. Copy Features From One Layer To Another

3.2.1. Get the feature(s) you want to copy

3.2.2. Place the copied feature(s) into the new theme

3.3. Update Based On New Feature

3.4. Eliminate Slivers

3.4.1. Install and use XTools for editing procedure

3.4.2. Remove slivers using Union

3.5. Calculate Area

3.5.1. Using the Calculator

3.5.2. Using XTools for calculation

3.6. Learning On Your Own

3.6.1. Polygon editing

3.6.2. Line editing

3.6.3. Point editing

3.6.4. XTools investigation

3.6.5. Add polygon boundaries that are coincident with lines (advanced)

4. Queries and Selections

4.1. Queries

4.1.1. Interactive (spatial) selection

4.1.2. Attribute selection

4.1.3. Spatial (theme on theme) selection

4.1.4. Make a selection on Roads

4.2. Definition query

4.3. Multiple Definition Queries / Scale Dependent Display

4.4. Optional Steps

5. Analysis

5.1. Buffer Analysis

5.1.1. Buffer road of interest

5.1.2. Intersect buffered road with streams

5.1.3. Determine length of streams within buffer

5.1.4. Combine buffer with existing timber types theme

5.1.5. Display timber types only within buffered area

5.2. Spatial Join

5.2.1. Attribute streams with ownership

5.2.2. Associate culverts with nearby roads

5.3. More Analysis

6. Customization

6.1. Using A Sample Script

6.2. Add a New Tool to the Interface

6.3. Learning On Your Own

6.3.1. Extensions

6.3.2. Default Extensions

6.3.3. Other scripts

7. Course Evaluation

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