Submitting your final project presentation file: Please submit your final project presentation as a .PPT or .PPTX file ONLY: Most programs allow you to export presentation slides as a .ppt file extension – if you are having trouble with this, please let us know before 4:00 PM on Friday, December Read more…
Some Housekeeping Notes: Lab computers: Please do not turn off computers when leaving the lab! They get important updates at night, but only if they are left running (do log out of your personal account, though). Lab flexibility: The next three weeks of lab are going to be dedicated to Read more…
In this course we will use both QGIS, a free and open source software package that is developed using open standards, and ArcGIS by ESRI, the most popular desktop GIS software globally. With the software being Open Source, you can download QGIS on your personal computer (even for those non-Open Read more…
Using data from mobile phones, raster and vector data We are going to look at some GPX data (the type that comes off your phone when collecting tracks and waypoints using GPSLogger, OpenGPX, and other methods (like GPS units). We will then take it into QGIS and ArcPro to do Read more…
Raster data as spatial layers In this lab we are going to look at some types of raster data as well as exploring these data in both QGIS and ArcPro. Starting with QGIS Load the crop inventory file Open a new project and add the raster file (aci_2019_bc.tif) from L:\geog204\ Read more…
Working with ArcPro This week’s lab is going to use ArcPro, a world leading GIS software used by industry, government and many commercial companies. ArcPro and QGIS are very similar in how they work and the layout of the software. Starting the software is the same as others, under the Read more…
Topics: Solving a Problem We have been working toward gaining some understanding of the many aspects of spatial data, and how descriptive information can be linked to these geographical entities. Today we are going to take a break from GIS theory and concentrate on GIS applications. This is where we Read more…
Learning objectives: Taking tabular data and bringing it into GIS Data Management Make a folder for today’s lab to save all your data into (i.e. lab2 in your geog204 folder). Once it is created, copy the following data from the L:\GEOG204\labs\lab2 folder: Cleaning the data Right click on the postal.txt Read more…