GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) Applications in Transportation Systems Engineering & Planning

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

OBJECTIVES

• Define GIS
• Use GIS to identify, explore, understand, and solve spatial problems
• Demonstrate GIS modeling skills
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills in solving geospatial problems.
• Design and implement a GIS project
• Demonstrate competency with the ArcMap software to enhance and interpret data
• Use queries in GIS Analysis
• Formulate applications of GIS technology.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Introducing GIS
• What is GIS
• What GIS can do
• Types of GIS projects
• Remote sensing, GPS, SDSS
• ArcGIS
• Exploring ArcGIS
• Spatial Data
• Metadata
• ArcCatalog
• ArcToolbox
• Working with ArcMap
• Map documents
• Windows and Menus
• Help system
• Data frames
• Layers
• Symbols and styles
• Map scales and labeling
• Coordinate Systems and Map Projections
• Map projections and GIS
• Coordinate Systems
• Spheroids and datums
• Common projection systems
• Projecting data
• Drawing and Symbolizing Features
• Types of maps
• Classifying numeric data
• Using map layers
• Editing symbols and using styles
• Displaying rasters
• Working with Tables
  • Tables
  • Joining tables
  • Statistics
  • Summarizing tables
  • Editing and calculating tables
• Queries
  • What are queries?
  • Selecting
  • Using queries in GIS analysis
• Spatial Joins
  • Spatial join
  • Types of joins
  • Setting up a spatial join
• Map Overlay
  • Map overlay
  • Other spatial analysis functions
  • Coordinate systems and map units
• Presenting Data
  • Maps and Reports in ArcGIS
  • Working with map elements
  • Layout toolbar
  • Working with map scales
  • Setting up scale bars

• Geocoding
  • Introduction to geocoding
  • Geocoding styles
  • Geocoding process
  • Setting up the address locater
  • Reference data
  • x-y coordinates
• Basic Editing in ArcMap
  • Editing overview
  • The Editor Toolbar
  • Snapping features
  • Creating adjacent polygons
  • Editing features
  • Editing attributes
  • Saving work
• Advanced Editing
  • Using sketch tools
  • Changing existing features
  • Combining features
  • Buffering features
  • Topology and shared features

• Working with Geodatabases
  • About geodatabases
  • Creating geodatabases
  • Creating feature datasets
  • Using default values
  • Setting up domains
  • Split and merge
  • Subtypes