Labs

This course makes use of Athena, MIT's UNIX-based computing environment. OCW does not provide access to this environment. Along with 3 assignments, there are 8 labs in the class. SES # TOPICS Lab 1 ArcGIS Basics (Introduction to ArcGIS, Paper Output) Thematic Mapping in ArcMap (Symbolization, Exploratory vs. Explanatory Mapping) LABS ArcGIS Basics (PDF) Thematic Mapping in ArcMap (PDF 1.6 MB) Comments on Lab 1 and Lab2 (PDF) Database Operations in ArcGIS (Spatial Selection, Lab 3 Query Selection, Tabular Joins, Spatial joins) Lab 4 Database Aggregation, SQL, and Charts Database Operations in ArcMap (PDF) Answer Form (PDF) Database Aggregation and Chart Creation in ArcMap (PDF) Working with 2000 Census Data and MIT Geodata Repository (PDF) Lab 5 Obtaining and Using U.S. Census Data in ArcGIS 2000 Census Variable Locator (PDF) In-Lab Notes (PDF) Vector Spatial Analysis (PDF) Lab 6 Vector Spatial Analysis (Buffers, Polygon Overlay, Area Allocation, using ArcTools) In-Lab Notes (PDF) Answer Form (PDF) Lab 7 Raster Spatial Analysis (Interpolation, Raster Raster Spatial Analysis (PDF)

Lab 2

SES # TOPICS Operations, Spatial Analyst)

LABS In-Lab Notes (PDF) Answer Form (PDF)

Lab 8 Address Matching and Geocoding

Address Matching and Geocoding (PDF)