Introduction Today we will be making maps that can be published on the internet (and actually publishing them!) The process of publishing the map is actually quite straight forwards, however, the cartographic principles we use do change somewhat. Up to this point, we have had a great deal of control Read more…
1. Examining Satellite Images In this section, you will be working with Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, where most images you see contain Blue, Green and Red (more commonly known as RGB) the Sentinel-2 images contain 13 bands. The full list of bands is available from the European Space Agency: https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/user-guides/sentinel-2-msi/resolutions/radiometric There Read more…
Lab Prep First lets confirm we have checked out licences to 3D Analyst in ArcGIS Pro. In Settings > Licensing, if your Extensions are set to Licenced No, we will need to licence them before proceding, otherwise you can skip to the inroduction. Click on Configure Licensing Options Select all Read more…
Getting Ready for the Lab Connect to Osmotar and open ArcGIS Pro, and make a new project on your K drive. Confirm that you are logged into the UNBC GIS Lab Portal; you should see your name in the upper right corner. If you are signed out when you log Read more…
In today’s lab you will be working in ArcGIS Pro to produce a map of the Smithers area using source data provided. Goals of Map Design Several goals of map design can be identified. These include: Clarity Order Balance Visual Contrast Unity and Harmony (to be discussed in later lectures) Read more…
Adding Data to our Maps In today’s lab, we are going to explore the various kinds of data that we can add to our maps. Broadly speaking this data comes in two main types, Vectors and Rasters. Vectors come in Points (waypoints), Lines (Roads or Tracks from a GPS), and Read more…
Assignment 2: Note that this lab includes 5 questions worth 5%. The questions are identified by number (Question 1-5). Please make a title page with course number, lab section, your name and student ID together with your answers for the questions in this lab. Save the file as username_geog205_A2, and submit Read more…
In today’s lab we will be connecting to the GIS server (aka Osmotar), looking at how the file server works, and taking a look at ArcGIS Pro; the primary software we will be using this semester. Housekeeping This semester’s labs will be happening online, and recordings are available. Given the Read more…