Introduction to ArcGIS Software

Instructor: Michelle Wang
Michelle is a GIS Specialist for Engineering Information Services at UNC Chapel Hill.
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 30: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: Manning Hall Room 01
Course Description:
This ArcGIS introduction course covers fundamental GIS concepts (definitions and basic tools), as well as how to query and edit spatial and attribute data. Step by step demos and hands-on exercises will be used during the course. By the end of the course, participants will be able to use ArcMap and ArcCatalog to display data, edit and analyze data and finally produce a professional map based on a given dataset.

Working with Coordinate Systems in ArcGIS

Instructor: Amanda Henley
Amanda is the GIS Librarian at Davis Library.
Date/Time: Thursday, September 14: 2:00 - 3:30
Location: Manning Hall Room 01
Course Description:
This short course will provide an overview of map projections and how to work with them in ArcMap and ArcCatalog. Datum transformations will also be discussed. Students will gain a basic understanding of coordinate systems, and will learn how to:
Assign a coordinate system to a data layer
Project data
Use ArcMap to decipher the coordinate system of data that has no metadata
There will be a presentation followed by hands-on exercises.

Working with LIDAR Data

Instructor: Sarah B. Wray
Sarah is the GIS Coordinator for the Geospatial & Technology Management group at NC Emergency Management.
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 27: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Location: Manning Hall Room 01

Geoprocessing Using Python

Instructors: Chris Mankoff and Jay Stewart
Chris and Jay are analysts at the Carolina Population Center Spatial Analysis Unit.
Date/Time: Thursday, October 12, 2:00 - 3:30pm
Location: Manning Hall Room 01
Course Description:
This advanced short course will teach participants how to interact with the ArcGIS Geoprocessor using Python scripting. A prior understanding of Python scripting would be beneficial.

Finding Spatial Data

Instructor: Amanda Henley
Amanda is the GIS Librarian at Davis Library.
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 25: 2:00 - 3:00
Location: Manning Hall Room 01
Course Description:
Amanda will show participants how to best utilize the geospatial data collection available from the Library, and demonstrate the how to obtain spatial data from online sources.

Google Earth for Scientific Regional Analysis

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Instructors: Scott Madry and Amanda Henley
Scott is a Research Associate Professor of Anthropology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
(NEW) Date/Time: Friday, November 17, from 2:00-4:00
Location: Manning Hall Room 01
Course Description:
An area of the Burgundy region of France was surveyed using Google Earth and a surprisingly large number of previously recorded and new archaeological sites were located. This short course describes the capabilities and limitations of Google Earth for regional archaeological survey and site location, and for general feature identification. The system has significant benefits for this work, but also has limitations that could be addressed to make the tool even more useful.
Following a short presentation of the research results, there will be hands-on exercises using Google Earth and ArcGIS software. Participants will analyze an area and create 'placemarks' to share with others and see how to incorporate GPS data. Did you know that you can overlay images in Google Earth? Did you know that you can export shapefiles so that they can be viewed in Google Earth? These exercises will show you how.

This page updated July 12, 2007.

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