GIS is commonly used as an important tool to deal with spatial information. Although GIS packages are increasingly getting more user friendly, the conceptual model behind the storage, analysis and display is still essential to properly deal with these systems. This course aims to give an overview of this conceptual after which it will go in-depth in the use of ArcGIS using a number of practical cases. During the course we provide instruction in the mornings after which participants can work on their own data (or select one of the available datasets provided by the organizers) in the afternoon for which support is provided.
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Target group: |
PhD students |
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Group size: |
24 participants |
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Course duration |
10 days (morning instructions, afternoon exercises) |
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Language |
English |
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next course: |
12 - 21 December 2011 |
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Number of credits |
2.5 ECTS |
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Location |
PC725 Forum building - Wageningen University Campus - location |
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Teachers: |
J. Stuiver
(first four days), J. Stoorvogel and A. Temme
(second four days) |
DRAFT PROGRAM
Monday December 12
9.00 - 10.30 Getting to know each other and overview of the course
10.30 - 10.45 Break
10.45 - 11.30 Geo-information in agriculture by Sytze de Bruin
11.30 - 12.30 Excursion GIS in action
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch Forum
13.30 - 14.30 Overview of the field by Arnold Bregt
14.30 - 15.00 What are spatial questions in your research (discussion)
15.00 - 15.15 Break
15.15 - 16.00 Non-technical aspects of geo-information by Lukasz Grus
16.00 - 17.00 What are spatial questions in your research (discussion)
18.00- . Joint dinner
Day 2 4
Basic aspects and operation often encountered in a GIS
project.
The rest of the first week of the course will not have a
strict time schedule. Depending upon the amount of time questions and exercises
require, the proposed timetable can vary. However, it is expected that all
module topics are dealt with.
Tuesday December 13
Module 1:
1.1 Introduction to working with ArcGIS
1.2 Connecting to an external data source
1.4 An example model in Model Builder
Module 2:
Application Building
2.1 General introduction to application building
2b The need for notations in an application
Module 3: Setting up your Geo-processing
work
3.2 Preparing your ArcMap
environment for Geo-processing
3.3 Preparing your ArcCatalog
environment
3.4 Connecting to the Geotools
external resource data
3.5 Create Geodatabases for your
project application
Module 4:
Pre-processing
4.1 Introduction Preparing your project source data
4.2.1 Determine your XY coordinate project boundaries
4.2.2 Creating a project Clipbox
feature
4.2.3 Clipping your resource data to create project source
data
4.2.3 Create basic reclassification tables
Module 5:
Pre-processing: Giving
attributes values using the model builder
5.2 Intermezzo Make a backup of your toolbox
5.3 Making your own query/edit model
Wednesday December 14
Module 6:
Relational Databases
6.2.2 Importing an Excel spread sheet into a Geodatabase
6.3 Joining tables (relating tables to one another will not
be discussed)
6.3.1 Join
Module 7a: Vector Buffers in GIS
Module 7b: Grid Buffers in GIS
Extra module not in Geotools course
Conversion vector to raster polygon to raster
Raster to raster resampling
Module 11: Overlays in GIS
Thursday December
15
Morning Visualization by John Stuiver and Arnold Bregt
Module 13:
Map Presentations, Visualization
Afternoon Remote Sensing by Lammert Kooistra
Remote Sensing : an introduction
Current developments in Remote Sensing: Opportunities for PE-RC
Friday December 16
9:00 12:30 The inventory and analysis of topography
- Digital elevation models
- Derived geometry variables
- Hydrology
13:30 17:00 iGIS: Your own GIS study
Monday December 19
9:00 12:30 Spatial variability
- Describing spatial variability
- From point to region: interpolation
- Accuracy assessment
13:30 17:00 iGIS: Your own GIS study - continued
Tuesday December 20
9:00 12:30 Land use analysis
- Inventory of land use
- Land use dynamics
- Drivers behind land cover change
13:30 17:00 iGIS: Your own GIS study - continued
Wednesday December 21
9:00 12:30 From GIS to Google Earth
- Getting data into Google Earth
13:30 15:30 GIS GPS and the real world
- Find your way to the farewell cocktail
15:30 17:30 Closure, evaluation and farewell cocktail.
COURSE FEE
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Fee |
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PE-RC and SENSE PhD candidates with an approved Education Plan (TSP) |
450.- |
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All other PhD's and Wageningen University staff |
900.- |
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Non-Wageningen University, non PhD participants |
1500.- |
Course fee includes a reader, coffee/tea, lunches and a course dinner
For registration please click here
Full registration only occurs once you have provided us with the requested information as stated above. Afterwards you will receive an official registration confirmation by one of the course organizers.
Dr. Ir. A. Temme
Tel: + 31 (0)317-484445
Email: Arnaud.Temme@wur.nl