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Friday 14 February 13:00–15:00 and 15:30–18:00
Saturday 15 February 09:00–12:30 and 14:00–17:30
More than a tool to 'make maps', ArcGIS is a powerful, multi-purpose digital platform to store, modify and analyse digital spatial data.
Although ArcGIS can be run with phyton, in this course we will use the in-built user interface.
Through guided exercises in the lab, by the end of the course you will be able to:
1 credit (pass/fail grade). Attend at least 90% of course hours, participate fully in in-class activities, and carry out the necessary reading and/or other work prior to, and after, class.
Day 1 – Friday
Satellite technology was developed in the 1960s through the joint effort of public and private actors. We begin the course by examining the origins and structure of ArcGIS, looking at why and how it emerged as a complex, innovative and technological system. Afterwards, we look more closely at spatial data (raster and vector) and what to bear in mind when importing them into ArcGIS (projections, geographical scale, layers). We also look at some publicly available data sources (e.g. Openstreetmap, EEA) from which we can download spatial data. When importing our data into ArcGIS, we will look at its organisation and the Arctools box.
Day 2 – Saturday
Get your hands dirty and really start using the software! By means of examples and exercises, we will learn how to modify the property table, use the selection tools and cartography options, how to do queries and use additional tools to manage our data in ArcGIS (e.g. union, merging, recalculation, buffers). We will also learn how to properly create a map and export it.
At the end of the course there will be some time to discuss your own projects and data and see how ArcGIS could be a useful tool to examine them. If time allows, we will also look critically at the visualisation of spatial indicators in 'real-time dashboards'.
None, because the course is an introduction to the use of ArcGIS as a spatial analysis tool.
However, you should have affinity with the main ideas behind georeferenced data and spatial analysis.
| Day | Topic | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Friday afternoon | Origins of ArcGIS and getting acquainted with the software |
An introduction to the governance of ArcGIS as a complex, innovative and technological system Understanding ArcGIS structure and importing spatial data |
| Saturday morning | Visualising information in ArcGIS |
Learning through examples and exercises about the property table, selection tools and cartography options |
| Saturday afternoon | Working with data in ArcGIS |
Learning through examples and exercises about queries, unions, merges, and how to create and export a map |
The course will take place in a computer lab, with the ArcGIS software installed on desktop computers.
Participants can bring their own laptops with ArcGis (ArcMap 10.7) installed - this is optional.
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