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5 Google Sky........................................................................................................................................... 34
8 Google Earth: 1.) Insert pictures 2.) publish online map ................................................................... 40
Definitions ................................................................................................................................................... 60
18 Online review of GPS receivers: consumersearch.com ..................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
19 Check for GPS updates: ETREX ........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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23 Averaging Points and Collecting Lines and Polygons: ETREX ............. Error! Bookmark not defined.
24 Upload GPS data to Google Earth ...................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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GIS basically includes four parts: the user (you), a computer, software and data. Obviously, the
computer is largely predestined and in any case, chances are your computer that handles your email and
internet should be just fine. That leaves us with you the user, the software and data. Let’s start with the
software. ArcGIS made by ESRI is without a doubt the market leader with professional GIS users in the
world. Think of Microsoft being the market leader with its word processing software “Microsoft Word”.
Google Earth is more user friendly, but also restricted in its applications. In addition, there are numerous
other software packages, many of them for free.
You can create your own data, e.g. on your paper map by setting a point on the beach you want to drive
to. In GIS, you would set this point using GIS software. You can also use data that is already available.
Just like your paper map already contains “data” like roads or topography, many GIS software come with
maps, i.e., geospatial data.
So, we got a computer and we got software with geospatial data, now we the users just need to apply it,
and that is where this tutorial comes into place. The following tutorials are pretty basic, straightforward
and developed for anyone who has basic computer literacy. Most of all, these tutorials are based on real
world needs and my experience of what I or students need for their work or personal use. The following
chapters introduce you to GIS on the web, Google Earth, how to make an online map, overflight videos
and we get started with ArcGIS. Since GIS is widely applicable and an integrated part of many
technologies I also include tutorials on how to “mash up” GIS with video editing and how to perform
simple picture edits, for example for our online map. Have fun!
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Sometimes there is confusion between Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer. In a way they are very
similar. Windows Explorer (for example, MyDocuments) points to data on your computer. Internet
Explorer points to and displays data on the internet.
Definition: A Workdirectory is a location on your computer (or network), where you save all your
material, often synonymous with the term 'folder'. For example:
...\school\GIS_class\week2_GoogleEarth means that in your ‘GIS_class’ folder you have a folder (or
workdirectory) called ‘week2_GoogleEarth'
Tips:
1. Whenever you work with a new program save your work every 10-15 minutes.
2. Know where you save your work (that should be in your work-directory.)
3. When working with computers communicate with other students or ask instructor. Nothing is
more frustrating than getting stuck just because of not finding the right button. Even if you
figure it out after an hour or so, chances are that the next time you want to perform the same
task, you only remember having tried a million things.
4. When naming files or folders don’t leave any spaces or use special characters, such as ‘&’ or ‘–’.
You can use letters, numbers and underscores ‘_’
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Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other /work as a
team!
Note: Whenever you save your work make sure you save it in this directory.
1. Make sure you see the <tools> tab. If you don’t see it, Click
on <Organize>/<Layout> and check mark <Menur Bar>
(…to see information about the files, e.g., date and size.)
Congratulations. You set up Windows Explorer. You might find these settings useful whenever you work
with the computer.
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2 Introduction to WebGIS
We all have intuitively used interactive maps online, to find the next movie theater or to see how long of
a drive it would be for a summer trip. This tutorial provides a short overview of online maps and
introduces typical tools necessary for navigating maps.
1. Getting directions
2. Explore wildfires
Wildfires
This online map shows the location of wildfires. It is a different application, and somewhat less intuitive.
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Zoom In:
Hint: try drawing a rectangle with your mouse with the <zoom in> tool pressed
Zoom Out:
Full Extent:
Identify:
Pan:
Q: Save a picture of your map for your records and insert it into this document
Note: If there is no save option, use print-screen on your keyboard and paste it in here.
<insert here>
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c) 3
d) 5
1. Use the directions tab. You can also move the starting or endpoint on the map
Note: in order to get out of Directions, you have to press the X in the search bar
Note: Google autocorrects, if, for example, you were to misspell Babelsberg or Sanssouci.
Further
You can set your home or work address, which is helpful, since those might be frequent starting points
for the directions you seek
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Navigating in StreetView:
- click the mouse to move forward
- zoom in with mouse wheel
You will now see an aerial view and you have new tools
- Rotate view: look in 4 different directions
- A tilt option : good to visualize mountains
- Zoom in and out via mouse wheel or control button
- Press <Ctrl> to simultaneously drag and tilt
Note: rendering aerial photos requires a fast internet connection, and for slower computers, an Earth-lite
version might run.
Final task
Create a travel itinerary for 5 landmarks around your college, as well as a list of 5 restaurants. Include
information on travel options and opening times
SocialExplorer
1. http://www.socialexplorer.com
PolicyMap
http://www.policymap.com/maps
Housing map
http://www.housingmaps.com/
This quintessential mashup “mashes” rental and other housing properties from Craigslist to GoogleMap
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http://vizzuality.github.com/rollingstonesmap/# Shows maps of the Rolling Stones Tours over the last 50
years. Innovative display
http://maps.geotastic.org/rude places around the world that sound rude in the English language
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3 Census Data
In social studies or human related applications, census data seems to be the “holy grail” of U.S.
geospatial data. There are several data outlets that link from the census website. The wealth of
information is not easy to navigate, although some progress towards user-friendliness is visible.
Check out the options in this website. For example you can, first choose a topic, such as employment and
then select the geographic extent, e.g. all counties within your state. Let’s just do that:
2. On the left side chose <Topics> / <People> / <employment> / <Employment (Labor Force)
Status>
4. On the left side chose <Geographies> / <county - 050> / <state> / <all counties>
Check out the available tables. The column <dataset> has 1year, 3year and 5 year estimates.
In short, 1-year estimates only cover highly populated areas based on a small sample size, however these
estimates are more current. 5-year estimates have data for all areas and are most reliable, however,
they are not as current. See below.
This brings you to the actual data. First, you could now download the data for further analysis. For
example, you could download the excel file and join it to a county map in ArcGIS.
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Second, you could visualize the data in an online map viewer. This is what we will do next:
2. From the row <unemployment> chose the <percent> data value of one of the counties
Once you have made a map click the Download Option and download the shapefile.
Note: there is only a <shapefile> download option after you made the map.
However, now you could join that shapefile that you created to the .csv file to get a shapefile with all
other information.
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Summary
We downloaded a) the shapefile for all counties and b) a table with unemployment info. The shapefile
contains spatial information for mapping the counties, however, there is no information on
unemployment included. On the other hand, the table has the unemployment information, but is just a
table w/out spatial information.
Both tables have the same identifying field for counties, Geo.ID. Geo.ID is a code for counties which is the
same in both tables. We just have to join both tables via the Geo.ID field.
Make a copy of your data. If you accidently change something you don’t have to download it again.
In windows explorer:
1. Just copy the entire folder with all files and save in your workdirectory
Remember: one shapefile consists of many different files, for example .shp, .dbf, .xml, etc.
In ArcGIS
1. Add the shapefile to your ArcMap
Notice, there are no columns on unemployment included. We will now join the datatable
4. Chose the field Geo_ID in the shapefile, select the table with the unemployment records and
chose Geo.ID there
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Save a copy of the joined table. Joins are only temporary. As many things in ArcGIS this mundane
task of saving a copy of your shapefile is harder than it should be.
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Additional info:
ACS stands for American Community Survey. The following is the difference between 1 and 5-year
estimates:
Data for areas with Data for areas with populations of Data for all areas
populations of 65,000+ 20,000+
Smallest sample size Larger sample size than 1-year Largest sample size
Less reliable than 3-year More reliable than 1-year; less reliable Most reliable
or 5-year than 5-year
Most current data Less current than 1-year estimates; Least current
more current than 5-year
Currency is more More precise than 1-year, more Precision is more important than currency
important than precision current than 5-year
Analyzing very small populations
Analyzing large Analyzing smaller populations
Examining tracts and other smaller
populations
Examining smaller geographies geographies because 1-year estimates are
because 1-year estimates are not not available
available
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Tip: add a picture from the internet to your placemark by selecting <rich text> in placemark popup.
Remember when you copy the address to a picture, the picture file should end with *.jpg (or other
picture format). Also, pictures embedded in facebook or other places that require login don’t work. One
place to upload pictures to is picasaweb.com
Note: you cannot copy the web address. You have to press the link icon, located beside the printer icon.
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Note: A different way of publishing an online map uses GoogleEarth and is presented later.
warfaring.com
“A shapefile is loaded into the application and displayed on the screen. A projection file (.prj) MUST be included with the shapefile,
otherwise the data cannot be placed in the correct position over the Google Map.”
yahoopipe
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Intro videos:
1. Learn Google Map Engine Lite
2.
Preparation (optional)
Watch video, read intro Google guide
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6. What is the URL of your map (it is not what you see in the Address bar, you have to click
<share>)
Note:
1. Click on table to check out what your map looks like in tabular form
3. Click on the place and see what has changed in the place window that pops up in the map.
Note: you can also use the style option on other people’s maps even if the map is ‘view only’. This is a
convenient feature to visualize certain aspects of the map you might interested in, for example, all
restaurants that are open for lunch.
You can change the display of your data to ‘graduated’, which is useful for numerical data where you
want to see a trend, for example, capacity of hospitals.
The search bar allows you to search for certain attributes of the map.
You can chose which columns appear in the popup window by clicking the settings button in any
popupwindow
Tip: Get public data, for example by google search or via google fusion tables
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Further exploration:
Review tutorials on how to use Google Fusion tables, e.g., for making a map:
https://support.google.com/fusiontables/answer/184641?hl=en
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Google Earth features 360 degree photographs of most populated areas through which you can
seamlessly navigate. Google Earth also allows you to “fly” to your favorite vacation spots and record a
tour of these places. Maps and tours are saved as a .kmz files than can be shared.
You will need: Internet, Google Earth, work directory (Reminder: This is the folder on your computer or
network, where you save all your data. See previous tutorial.)
Intro videos:
3. Learn Google Earth: Navigation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0_K0Wp1rSU
4. Learn Google Earth: Streetview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5cCccXPsvE
5. More information at: http://earth.google.com/support/
The following is copied directly from the Google Earth user guide.
(http://support.google.com/earth/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176576&topic=2376074&ctx=topic )
Start of Google Earth user guide:
The following diagram describes some of the features available in the main window of Google Earth:
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1. Search panel - Use this to find places and directions and manage search results. Google Earth
EC may display additional tabs here.
4. Navigation controls - Use these to zoom, look and move around. See 'Using the Navigation
Controls'.
5. Sign in with your Google account - When you sign in, you can share to Google+ or email what
you're viewing in Google Earth.
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7. Places panel - Use this to locate, save, organize and revisit placemarks.
9. Earth Gallery - Click this to import exciting content from the Earth Gallery
10. Status bar - View coordinate, elevation, imagery date and streaming status here.
11. Overview map - Use this for an additional perspective of the Earth.
Navigating
It’s surprisingly easy to navigate Google Earth. You will see, in a few minutes you are a pro. By the way,
one can also purchase Google Earth navigation devices, like video game joysticks.
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1. Expand the <Sightseeing tour> folder in the Places panel by pressing the triangle in front of the
sightseeing folder
Q: Name 2 places that are in the sightseeing folder
2. Press the <play tour> arrow on the left side below the <places> panel to
play the ‘sightseeing’ tour
Note: since all the data is streamed in live, it takes time for the places to load.
You might want to frequently pause the tour to see a place in full.
3. Close the video tool bar. (This is important, since an open video toolbar
would prevent you from using other tools, such as the placemark tool)
Layers are spatial information ‘layered’ over the GE background image, e.g.,
placemarks or boundaries.
4. Check and uncheck some layers in the ‘layers panel’ on the bottom left
of the map
Note: Too many layers? As useful as layers are, your map window could easily
become cluttered when displaying too many layers. The most useful layer is ‘Borders and labels’. You
might want to turn the other ones off.
Note: If the map seems blurry and incomplete, it may not be fully downloaded yet (or you have zoomed
in too far).
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Identify and describe the following parts of Google Earth. Feel free to utilize the optional intro part
earlier in this tutorial.
Q: In your own words, what is the:
2. Layers panel?
3. Places panel?
5. The three navigation control (top right in 3D viewer)? Name/describe all three parts.
Optional:
6. Toolbar buttons? Describe each.
7. Earth Gallery?
8. Status bar?
9. Overview map?
Setting placemarks
This allows us to add our own points of interesting places
Note:
• Make sure you closed the video tool bar.
• Make sure you are out of street view
1. Find your college, e.g., by searching for it in the top search panel
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2. Press the yellow push pin icon in the tool bar to set a placemark over your college
Note: you can change the name and location of your placemark by right-clicking it and selecting
<properties>
Note: You always want to move your placemarks out of “temporary places,” otherwise they might get
deleted next time you open Google Earth.
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Note: get in the habit of only using alphanumerical characters or the underline symbol ‘_’. (Do not use
unusual characters, such as ‘, $ and &)
Make sure that for every placemark you zoom in and tilt the viewing angle to best highlight the place
(Ideas: your house, your favorite place, etc.) …or… how about making a map of some great places
around your college/university?
Optional Tips:
1. You could add information to a place, by right clicking on the placemark/properties and entering
text under <description>
Note: Saving your placemarks is one of the things that seem a little cumbersome and non-intuitive in
Google Earth. Eventhough you are saving an entire folder of data, you have to use the command <save
place as>.
You can now share this kmz file. Let’s check if your map is really saved!
Task: After checking that it works, submit the kmz file to your instructor and possibly present it to the
class!
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Q: From where to where did you go? How far was it?
Q: 1.) What else should be added to an “Intro to Google Earth” tutorial? 2.) What could be omitted
(left out)? 3) How/where could I improve the spelling/grammar/wording?
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• Change symbol, color and scale (right click on a place: <properties> / double click the symbol)
• You can also include a video, like a youtube video (below the youtube video click <share> /
<embed> to get the code which you can paste into the properties window of your placemark
Additional Resources:
This site contains great tutorials by Google: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/all.html
Wrap up
Make sure you answered all questions and completed all tasks
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a) Shared as a kmz file with other Google Earth users. They can view your tour, and conveniently
stop or continue the tour you created to explore surroundings in Google Earth
b) Saved as a media file, which you can use as input for further editing in a video editor. This allows
you to create a more professional video, which you could publicize. Note, this either requires
Google Earth Pro or a 3rd party program, such as FRAPS (see tutorial)
Video tutorials:
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other /work as a
team!
The best way to record several places is to create placemarks of these places and then record as you
click on them one by one.
You can add to your tour by just stopping and recording new footage
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If you want to see and record and 360 tour press <Shift> and <Arrow> keys
You can include changing historical imagery
Task
Create a tour that with five of the following:
a) Changed viewing angle
b) Additional media, like video
c) Background music
d) Narration
e) 360 degree viewing
f) Streetview
g) Polygon /line
h) Smooth flying (as opposed to choppy jumping from place to place)
i) Under water
j) Changes in historical imagery
k) Changed default flying settings
Additional info:
Apple users can use Quicktime to record the video in Google Earth.
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8 Google Sky
Google Sky is part of GoogleEarth and…, well, through it you can explore the “sky”.
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other, work as a team!
Constellations
1. Turn on the following 2 layers:
a. <Sky Database>/ Backyard Astronomy / Constellations
b. <Sky Database>/ Historical Sky Maps / Hevelius Constellations/Hevelius Overlay
2. Check out some constellations
Q: Do you know your zodiac sign, for example, Virgo, Leo, Aquarius? What is it? Describe how it looks in
Google Sky.
Q: What are 2 other constellations you found? Describe the historic imagery associated with them.
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“Photos, once slices of a moment in the past — sunsets, meetings with friends, the family vacation —
are fast becoming an entirely new type of dialogue. The cutting-edge crowd is learning that
communicating with a simple image, be it a picture of what’s for dinner or a street sign that slyly
indicates to a friend, “Hey, I’m waiting for you,” is easier than bothering with words, even in a world of
hyper-abbreviated Twitter posts and texts.
“This is a watershed time where we are moving away from photography as a way of recording and
storing a past moment,” said Robin Kelsey, a professor of photography at Harvard, and we are “turning
photography into a communication medium.””
(http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/disruptions-social-media-images-form-a-new-language-
online/ (Bilton, N. 2013.Disruptions: Social Media Images Form a New Language Online, NewYork Times,
June 30, 2013
Picasa is a free, user-friendly and basic image editing software made by Google. We will use it to
perform basic edits on pictures before inserting them into the online map or over flight video.
First we will add our folder with the uploaded pictures to Picasa
1. Open Picasa3
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2. Click <File>
3. Click <Add Folder to Picasa>
4. Find your folder and check mark<Scan Always>
5. Click <ok>
Overview of Picasa
Picasa has two main views: 1) library view, which shows all your pictures and helps you organize them
and 2) picture editing view.
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1. Straighten
a. (unless you use a Dutch angle of about 30-45degree)
2. Crop
a. to the essence of the picture (keep in mind ‘rule of thirds’)
3. Check <I’m feeling lucky>
a. This automatically adjusts light and contrast
4. Adjust light
a. Especially fill light for people or animals
Q: Any idea, what part of a camera is responsible for the fill light? Ask instructor.
Answer: Fill light adds light, for example to faces. Thus avoiding shadows in people’s faces, for example,
when it is noon and the sun is directly overhead. To add fill light with your camera you use your flash (fill
flash).
Editing Tips:
- Don’t overdue the edits! Although, the filters are fun, use them sparingly and to a lesser extent
then the default. Most of the time, you want to keep your picture look natural.
- You can undo your edits. Frequently click <undo> to compare your edits with how the picture
looked before
- If you have two ideas for one picture, click <File>/<Save a Copy> to create two copies of your
picture
Explore more of the program! Finish editing your pictures and take note on what you did and which
filters you used
Final Task: Below add your top 4 (or more) pictures into this word document. For each picture
describe
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1. how you took the picture, e.g., how you composed it, fill flash, burst (continuous shooting), etc.
2. What edits did you perform and why (rule of thirds, etc.).
- Note: Somewhat of a challenge and not always intuitive is how Picasa organizes and saves
pictures.
Q: What is the complete web address of your picture? Make sure it ends with …jpg (or other picture
format)
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2.) A second way of publishing an online map is to create the map in Google Earth and then uploaded it
to your account on maps.google.com.
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other /work as a
team!
1. Find a picture on the web and copy its location: right click on picture, <properties>
Note: the link to your picture should start with http://... and end with .jpg)
In Google Earth:
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2. In order to include a picture, type or copy/paste the following html code into your placemark
properties (including the brackets <…>):
<IMG height="90" width="120" SRC="http://www.villageprofile.com/idaho/pocatello/images/13_topic.jpg">
Note: Make sure to include all symbols and have correct spelling. You might want to copy/paste the code
above and just replace the link to your pictures.
Tip: You could further customize, for example use the html command <br> to creates a line break
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=&fulltext=Search&profile=images&re
dirs=1 (Wikipedia commons)
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Note: The free version of FRAPS only allows recording of up to 30 seconds. Paid FRAPS costs about $30.
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other /work as a
team!
Note: The default ‘hotkey’ for recording is ‘F9’ - That means, pressing F9 starts and stops the recording
See if you can find your movie in <Windows Explorer> (e.g. <MyDocuments>).
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Tip: If the file is too big, change fraps settings /movies to half size
Create two more 20-30second recordings as you fly from place to place on the Cottey campus.
Congratulations you created several video segments. Next time we will edit them and add title, music,
etc.
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13 Overflights in ArcGlobe
In this tutorial you will create an overflight video. ArcGlobe is in some respects similar to GoogleEarth.
ArcGlobe provides additional flexibility but is in many respects less intuitive.
GIS concepts
Cartography is the study and practice of making geographical maps by
combining science, aesthetics, and technique. Cartography comes from the
Greek words chartis = map and graphein = write. Cartography attempts to
model and visualize spatial information effectively. Visualization can be
important for understanding scientific or natural world concepts, for
example, it might be beneficial to not “just” learn about a volcano, but to
actually tour one! According to the US Forest Service (Hamilton 2009),
visualizations are valuable because they:
• Present information in a format that most people understand (three
dimensions vs. flat maps)
• Allow interactivity with the audience—various viewing angles, zooming
in/out, etc.
• Provide a “wow factor” that should not be overlooked! Figure. 2D and 3D representation (Hamilton
2009)
You will need:
• ArcGlobe (part of ArcView license)
• Recommended: Movie editing software, such as Windows Moviemaker. I have a Moviemaker
tutorial available.
Caution
ArcGlobe crashes sometimes. Also, watch the size of your videos, they can easily reach gigabites.
Tasks
1. Answer all questions and complete Tasks.
2. Take note of issues to improve in this tutorial. For example, what else should be explored or
mentioned? What should be shortened? What are clarity or grammar issues? (We are constantly
working on improving the student experience. You
would help improving the exercise.)
Instructions
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3. On the menu bar click >View> <Globe Properties>. Explore the tabs.
For this tutorial we will only work with the available default globe layers.
6. Turn on the following layers: a) <boundaries and places> and b) <transportation>
1. Navigate: change the perspective of the scene. Click, hold and drag. Similar to ‘Pan’
2. Pan: Pan the scene (similar to Navigate button, but doesn’t work sometimes)
3. Bird: flying tool (left click forward, right click backward, <shift> to hold elevation
4. Set observer
5. Full extent: click whenever you get ‘lost’
6. Navigation mode (leave unchecked)
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Fly controls:
- Bird is the flying tool
- Left mouse button (or up arrow key) to increase speed
- Right mouse button (or down arrow key) to decrease speed
o This is also how you go into reverse (increase height)
o Check your speed on the left bottom corner,
- Press >shift: to stay at a certain height
- Esc or middle mouse button: to stop a flight
- Moving the mouse forward / backward: tilt the landscape
Tip: Remember, you can always click the <Full Extent> button (symbol of a globe) to go back and see
the whole globe again. Especially at the beginning you will probably get lost in “blue space”.
1. Use the >Navigate and >pan button to position your starting point
2. Click the >Bird icon on the ArcGlobe Tool Bar.
3. Practice flying (use <shift to keep steady elevation. Remember, if this doesn’t work, you have to
uncheck the <Navigation Mode> button
4. Observe fly speed (bottom left) and distance to surface (bottom right)
Tip
Give thought to flight routes. Use those that highlight key areas of interest. Also choppy or busy flights
leave out important detail, and could “make passengers sick”. Going too fast can cause fuzzy resolution
due to the computers graphics trying to keep up with the speed of the flight. I found a flight speed of 1
to 3 to be a good choice.
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2. Click the <Animation Controls> button (play/pause symbol) to open the control box. When
you’re ready to begin your flight, click the <Record button>.
4.
5. Click the >Stop button on the control box to end your recording session.
7. You can then save your last recorded flight as an .aga file.
Tip: Keep your flights very short (5-10seconds) to test this, since it takes a while to render and save.
a. Click the <Animation> tab on the Animation tool bar. In the drop down menu select the
option <Save Animation File.
You can later load this animation in ArcGlobe by clicking >Load Animation File.
1. Give the file an appropriate name, and save it to your project location.
2. Play your saved video
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Q: Describe (in a paragraph) a project where one could incorporate the use of ArcGlobe.
Q: Play your video file. How did it play? Does it play smoothly or abruptly?
If the settings work for you record and export another video, otherwise, check the following section on
possible export settings.
Customize Exporting
If you are not satisfied with the video, you could try different settings. We recommend the following.
1. Change codec to Cinepak
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2. Change resolution
3. Change compression Quality and Keyframe properties.
A codec is a computer program capable of encoding and/or decoding a digital data stream. The word
codec is a blending of the two words: 'compressor-decompressor' or, more accurately, 'coder-decoder’
(Wikipedia 2009).
After clicking >Export, the Video Compression Box appears, you can choose a codec from the
<compressor> drop down menu.
1. Suggested codec is Cinepak (will take longer to export, but creates smoother and smaller
video).
Change resolution
1. You might want to change your resolution by selecting the >Custom Extents radial and typing in
1024 for the horizontal and 768 for the vertical pixel resolution.
Tip:
Use Movie editing software like Windows “Movie Maker” to add audio soundtracks, photos, and video
clips to your flight. See following tutorial on movie editing in Windows Moviemaker.
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References:
Hamilton, R.M. (2009), A Weed Manager’s Guide to Remote Sensing and GIS — Educating the Public, US
Forest Service Publication.
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Every video editor has a timeline that shows your movie in frame-by-frame sequence (see figures below).
Once all of your clips are displayed on the timeline, select each clip in turn and set the "in" and "out"
points. These are the frames that mark where each video clip begins and ends. Essentially, you're
trimming the tops and tails and middle pieces from your clips to remove unwanted pieces.
When you're satisfied with how your clips look, add transitions to smooth shifts between clips or to add
dramatic impact. Your video editing software likely provides a slew of transitions and wipes, but your
best bet is to keep it simple. Stick to straight cuts, dissolves, and the ever-popular "fade to black" (or if
you're a Six Feet Under fan, "fade to white"). A cross-dissolve fades out one clip as another clip fades in.
An additive dissolve adds a second clip and then fades out the first one. Most other transitions available
in programs, such as page curls and fancy wipes, are the hallmarks of cheesy 1980s videos. Finally add
titles, graphics, and motion, e.g. text overlays and credits. (Shortened from Manners 2004, PC World).
Check the third section of this tutorial for a more complete list of editing tips.
NOTE: MovieMaker does not actually cut your videos. MovieMaker only points to the GoogleEarth video
clips, to your music and to your pictures. Movie Maker tells each part when and how they should show
up in the video timeline.
1. Import Google Earth flights, pictures, music and possibly even personal videos into MovieMaker
2. We will add these parts into a timeline
3. Edit the timeline, e.g. cut video parts, make pictures move, insert descriptions, title and credits
4. Publish our video project as a video file
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other /work as a
team!
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We will start by importing all the material that goes in our video: pictures, audio, Google flight video
clips, maybe even personal videos.
1. Click <Import Video> under the <Capture Video Movie> task. You can also use the Movie Tasks Pane
located to the left of the screen.
2. Drag and drop your frames (pictures, video clips, music) from the Collections window to the
Storyboard window, in the order you prefer.
3. possibly click <automovie> to get some ideas for video effects that you could then customize
Congratulations. You just created your first video draft! We will now cut and edit.
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Change to <timeline> visualization (This is a more useful view of your video material)
Q: Where is the frame by frame forward tool? Why is it useful? (Ask instructor)
1. Under <Tasks> <Edit Movie>, add transitions and text to your movie.
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2. Adding text is done by selecting <Make Titles or Credits> where you can choose between different
effects and text types for your given frame.
3. You can drag the text in the timeline to line up with video.
4. It’s common to reference college, class, instructor, other helpers, and all sources (e.g. pictures)
5. Finally add a sound track! (from your mp3 collection, CD or download from the internet, e.g.
http://www.coolfreebielinks.com/Free_MP3_Sounds/ or http://greatinstrumentaldownloads.com)
• Blend pictures or videos into each other, as a transition by dragging them into the end of the
previous video section:
Figure: Move segments into each other (dark blue line shows transition of the pictue ‘eq-faults-14’)
Problem: after inserting or changing a video segment the timing of music and titles is off.
Solution: select all titles behind the newly inserted or changed scene and move them all at once
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Additional ideas:
Save your video on CD and make a CD cover: http://www.papercdcase.com
Publish your video to youtube: It is surprisingly easy. Keep in mind video cannot exceed 10minutes.
References:
Manners, C., 2004, Video Editing Tips: Give Your Videos the Hollywood Treatment, PC World,
http://www.pcworld.com/article/118523/video_editing_tips_give_your_videos_the_hollywood_treatm
ent.html
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Also, many cartographers may use ArcGIS, for example, to create the map, but then move onto an
illustrator program, such as Adobe Illustrator. While MS Powerpoint doesn’t offer the same range of
options, it is widely available and this practices the process of creating a map and moving it to a different
program for further processing.
Note: you can also use other programs to create a poster, e.g. AdobeIllustrator or MS Publisher
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other /work as a
team!
Template
1. Download the template into your work directory
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• Or find PowerPoint templates for posters on the web or via MS PPT template search
Tip: You might want to start by drawing your general layout of text and pictures on a sheet of paper
2. Align all boxes by zooming in on them (even tiny offsets while be noticeable once printed in
poster format)
▫ what might look good as a little quarter inch symbol might be pixilated when depicted
as a 5 inch picture on a poster)
• Header should include your name, school name, full class name, instructor and co-authors
• Reference all sources, including tables, pictures, e.g. have website link of where you found the
picture underneath each picture
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• Make sure to acknowledge all help, e.g. your friends if they proof-read
• Use bullet points and keywords as much as possible (avoid long writings – this is not a paper)
Additional Ideas
• Avoid empty spaces
• Double-check spelling and grammar, have another student or writing center read through it
• Make sure text is readable over the background (don’t use yellow text over white background)
• Wow factor (innovative work, extra work, creative presentation, etc.): 10%
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Name:
Note: A lot of patience and some trial and error is involved when publishing a map on the internet. Take
your time, save often, and try out things.
Definitions:
Picasaweb.com
GoogleMap only links to pictures that are online (http//…)Free online storage place for your pictures.
You could store your pictures here and then have your online map link to the pictures.
Google Map:
online mapping engine. Your map that you created with Spreadsheet Mapper will be permanently
published online via Google Map. You can then email the link or include the link in your website.
Google Earth
Standalone GIS program, which displays user data and streams in base layers, such as aerial photos or
streets through the internet. The map you created with Spreadsheet Mapper can be sent to Google
Earth. You could then save your map as a .kml or .kmz file and distribute or further edit it.
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http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_mapper.html
Tip: Before entering any data, publish first and leave the default locations in. This way you can get a
hang of how to publish the online map / google earth first.
Tip: Enter one set of basic lat/long and a name to see how the publishing to GoogleEarth and
GoogleMap works
You can upload your picture onto http://picasaweb.com and use the link for your online map.
Note: Save several copies of you map, in case you make mistakes.
Q: What additional tips do you have for people wanting to set up an online map?
Congratulations to your new map! You could now embed this map in your website or send it per email.
In GoogleMap upper left corner click <link> and copy the link to your map
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Remember, you could also create maps Using the My Maps Tab
http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_mymaps.html
It is much easier than Spreadsheet Mapper, but less flexible. However, you can add point, line and
polygon features.
Tip: If you make a mistake with your line finish with the line sketch, and then grab and drag the points
that don’t fit.
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Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other in the lab parts
but work alone on your quiz.
Right click on the folder that opened up, <save place as> select kml
In fusion tables:
Add a column called “categories”: <Edit> <Add Column>
Note: it is always good to make a copy of your data and work with that copy. This way you can always
go back to your original data in case something happens
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There are many GIS software programs. ArcGIS is a powerful program that is industry standard for many
GIS professionals with desktop, online, and portable applications. ArcGIS is produced by ESRI, which was
founded by Jack Dangermond in 1969 as a land use analysis consulting firm. ESRI has been focused on
the organization and analysis of geographic data since the beginning. In 81’ ESRI held its first user
conference for the new computer based Geographic Information System where 16 people attended.
Now this event hosts over 14,000 people a year as the biggest annual GIS conference in the world. The
first commercial application released in 1982 was ARC/INFO and ESRI has been a market leader since.
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Feel free to help each other out.
Getting started
1. Open ArcMap
2. Choose templates <Traditional Layouts> / <USA> / SouthernUSA
3. Click <view> / <Data view>
4. Switch back and forth between <layout view> and <data view>
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1. Expand the ArcCatalog tab on the right side(alternatively you could open ArcCatalog from the
computer’s start menu)
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Pick a couple layers and drag them to the other layers in the Table of Contents.
When you are finished, switch to layout view to finalize your map
1. In layout view: Customize the map layout (add your name and a title of your map)
2. Save your map project again
We will now save your map as a picture that we can open with other programs
Task 2: Turn in your lab report. Make sure you answered all questions.
Adding points and other digitizing tasks that are easy in Google Earth are surprisingly difficult in ArcGIS.
In order to add points, you have to 1) create an empty shapefile in ArcCatalog. 2) add the shapefile to
ArcMap, 3) activate the editing toolbar 4) start editing.
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Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other in the lab parts
but work alone on your quiz.
7. Print out the score of your ‘exam’ and hand in before next lab
Note: you can redo the test as often as you want.
Two views in ArcGIS: data view (work view) and layout view (for printing)
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Attribute table
Same as: Feature class/database/table (e.g. hotels, roads)
Contains features/rows (e.g., specific hotels) with certain attributes/columns (size, length, etc.)
For example, feature class roads, with features HW54 and HW71 and attributes ‘name’, ‘number lanes’,
‘length in miles’
HW 54 1 200
HW 71 2
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• Internet access
• ArcGIS 10
• ESRI account
Note: You have two lab periods (and homework) to finish the tutorial.
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Objective: Download two datasets from a websource and map them in ArcGIS
The easiest way of getting data is to use ESRI’s ArcGIS to connect straight to a data service created by
ESRI, the Geography Network
1. Open ArcMap
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The following is a list of additional data sources. I would recommend the first two.
NEW: http://guides.library.upenn.edu/content.php?pid=324392&sid=2655131
Explore these sites and download and map at least 2 different types of data that could be relevant to
your final project.
Note: Download times can be long. For example, some aerial photos can be in the hundreds of MB. Be
prepared to fill the waiting period.
Q: Did you find exactly the data you need? Through which site? If not, why not?
Check documentation for metadata (data about the data). You can also check for metadata in
ArcCatalog.
Q: Check the metadata. When was the data collected? By whom? Which projection is it in?
Note: Your ArcView project will be in the projection of the first layer you added.
Note: You might need to use tools to reproject data. They are: Tool box>/ <Data Management Tools> /
<project> (vector) or <project raster>
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• ArcGIS
• Internet
Update ArcGIS
ArcScripts
Go to http://esri.com
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Intro:
ODK stands for Open Data Kit and allows you to use your mobile device to collect geospatial data
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other /work as a
team!
Preparation
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Intro:
DNRGarmin is one of several programs available for uploading data from your GPS unit to your
computer. Uploading GPS data is likely to become easier, already many models have a removable SD
card or “show up” like a jump drive when connected to the computer. A main issue when downloading
is the type of file saved. Be sure to save your data in the appropriate format for your software (e.g.
shapefile or kml for Google Earth). We will be using the .shp format because we will be mapping the GPS
data in ArcGIS.
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other /work as a
team!
Note: if DNR Garmin doesn’t recognize your GPS, check if its turned on and click on
<GPS>/<Autoconnect to GPS>
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10. Select all the points that you have collected by holding down the shift key and clicking the rows
of your data.
11. Click <File> <save to> <File> WAIT, DO NOT SAVE, YET:
12. Make sure the <save in> points to your folder
13. Change <save as type> to <ArcView shapefile (projected) *.shp>
14. Give your points a name, e.g., GPS_points_(plus your Last Name)
Note: don’t leave a space in the name.
Q: Is the file ‘GPS_points’ there? (hint: answer needs to be ‘yes’ in order to continue)
Note: there should be several files. For example, dbf file contains the actual data, while .shp file contains
coordinates
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Tracklogs are great as a reference at a glance as to where you have been on your gps unit, but they are
also arguably one of the most powerful features your gps has. Here are just a few ideas of things you can
do with a tracklog.
Hiking: Tracklogs can help you backtrack with a few clicks, should you become lost and lose visibility
from a storm. Reversing your tracklog and enabling it as a route can help you trace nearly every step to
find your way.
Media Video/Sound files: You want to know where a certain portion of a video or a word was spoken.
By matching up the time code of the file with that of your track log you can retrace every step, frame by
frame on a map. This is often used for studying airplane crashes. It is also how Google Streetview works.
A special camera created with 11 lenses creates a video file from every angle and geospatially arranges it
along the roadway.
Fitness: Tracklogs can create elevation profiles showing you the steepness of hills and the speed at
which you climbed them. Some specialized GPS units even record your heart rate and bike pedal
cadence and assign it to a spatial point within the tracklog. You can even retrace every curve of a
downhill ski run and gain a better understanding for the mountains topography.
GIS tracklogs can be readily edited and converted into shape files with the proper software. Suppose
you wanted to define a boundary of an irregular object, but had no access to a expensive device running
ArcPad. You could leave a way point at the start and end while walking the boundary and later, copy
that portion of the log and convert it into a shape file with open source software.
With consumer GPS units reaching 2 meters of accuracy, your GPS can do powerful and accurate
GeoSpatial data collection.
Spying: You lend your Lamborghini to a friend and tell him not to go faster than 90 miles an hour and to
also stay away from a certain road. The track log will tell you how fast and where he went upon his
return.
Objectives:
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3. publish photos as a KMZ google file that you could easily publish online.
You can adjust the resolution of your track log by altering the conditions that the GPS unit leaves a
‘crumb’ or records data to the tracklog. Options and capabilities will vary from brand and unit.
Older units tend to have a smaller track log of around 500 to 2,000 points that use proprietary formats
that can often be difficult to convert. Newer Garmin versions, along with many other brands, have a
track log of up to 10,000 points and store the file in a open source code format called *.GPX which
stands for ‘GPS Exchange’ GPX files are readily accepted by many programs such as Google earth and
can even be converted into shape files that can be loaded into ArcMap. Most, but not all, GPS units with
a USB plug will export and import GPX files. Advanced Garmin units such as the 60csx can record an
infinite number of track log points to a memory card by passing the 10,000 point limit.
There are several modes that you can select to determine how the tracklog is
recorded. Different brands may use slightly different terms. Pictured at the right
is a screen shot of a Garmin Dakota 10. Before you set out on your trip or data
collection, it is important that you set how the track log will be recorded to suit
your needs. Tracklog recording method options may include time, distance or
automatic recording.
Time: In time mode a crumb is left at every interval of time regardless of the
movement of the device. The shortest interval for the Dakota10 is 1 second.
Recording at this interval gives you the most data but also fills your log the fastest. 10,000 points would
be recorded within 2 hours and 45 minutes.
On most units the longest interval that you can set is 99 hours 59 minutes; which would take just over
114 years to fill a 10,000 point log!
One disadvantage of time based recording is when the unit is left sitting still, it records data points that
wander around the degree of accuracy of the device. This can look like a large ugly knot on the map, but
is also fairly easy to clean up later.
Distance: Tracklogs record a point every time the device registers it has moved a set distance. The most
accurate resolution for this is 1 meter. At this setting 10,000 points would be registered within 10
kilometers, however!
Even if resolution is set to 1 meter it will only record maximum of one point per second. The
disadvantage to a distance log is it can clip out details that could be important. Say you round a corner
in between two track log points. Rather than show the corner it will cut across and appear that you
drove over someone’s lawn on the map.
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Time and distance are good modes to select if you plan to change your tracklog into GIS shape files or
doing research based applications (ie using GPS to study the movement of a glacier) as there uniform
level of recording gives you a easier uniform data set.
Automatic: Most modern units support automatic tracklogs and for most purposes this mode is the
best choice. The unit continuously changes the resolution of recording according to what you are doing
at that time. For instance, if you are driving down a straight interstate at a fixed speed the distance
between points may be a few hundred meters, however if you round a bend the unit will switch to a
higher resolution to record the curvature more accurately of that bend. If you slow down and begin
making many fine moves, such as driving up a twisty dirt road, the unit will record more detail, and if
you stop the unit will wait for you to move again until recording the next point.
Automatic can create very clean smooth logs that leave out little detail and maximize the limited size of
the track log. Unless you must have a uniform distance or time for a specific application, you should use
this mode.
Some models with automatic will give you an option to select how often to record. Because the density
of points is variable, your results will vary.
Once your Tracklog is set to record properly you are ready to go. It is a good idea to clear your log at the
beginning of each outing to know exactly where you started in case you need to backtrack your route.
You can set waypoints and operate any of the functions of the GPS without disrupting the tracklog which
records in the background. Try to position your GPS in a way that maximizes its reception. The top most
pouch of a back pack is a good spot as well as on a strap around your neck. You may lose a few meters
of resolution but it will be sufficient to track your journey. If you are recording something such as a
boundary and you want maximum resolution it is a good idea to hold the unit in a standard way that
maximizes your reception. Handle bars of bicycles and motorcycles or sunglass pouches that attach to
the straps of your GPS are fantastic places to place the unit while recording your track log.
You must leave the unit on while recording. If you turn the unit off the next point in your log will be
where you turned the unit back on. Pack extra batteries or use external power when recording track
files for long trips.
4. Publish photos as a KMZ google file that you could easily publish online
Software/Equipment needed:
• Gps unit capable of recording a track log.
• Digital camera
• DNR Garmin
2. Confirm that the time and date on the camera matches the GPS (A few seconds of discrepancy
are okay)
3. Properly set your Gps unit to record a track log using interval settings that will record a accurate
record of a brief walk around campus.
4. Be sure to clear any old logs that may be on the unit at this time.
5. Take a picture of the screen of the GPS showing the time (You may have to enable macro mode
on the camera)
Data collection
1. Go for a 15-20 minute walk around campus and take at least 5 pictures along the way of
anything that strikes your interest.
Remember: no need to collect waypoints. Your GPS will collect the tracklog by itself. Wearing the GPS
unit around your neck and outside of your coat is OK and will work, but holding it level away from your
body in one hand is even better!
Info: Some GPS units you can browse just like a jump drive however if you are using the Schools Etrex
you must use a host program to download the information such as DNR Garmin.
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1. Load the GPS into DNR Garmin and download the current track log and export it to a gpx
format use the command file save-as. Then select gpx in the drop down menu.
2. Name the file with your name followed by ‘_campuswalk’
*Tip If possible grab the ‘current’ logfile. Some GPS units compress tracklogs for later use and you may
lose a significant amount of data.
Setting up GeoSetter
http://www.geosetter.de/en/download/
1. Use the address bar (highlighted in red) at the top to browse to the Track log folder you created
on the desktop.
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Your track log gpx file should appear on the bottom right portion of the screen.
1. Click the box next to the track log to enable it and the track will appear on the map along with a
table showing all of the data for the individual points.
2. You can click on the points of data and the map will snap to that portion of the record.
Info: Notice the time appears different than what our GPS told us, this is because all GPS units record
track log data in the UTC time format. UTC is the time the GPS uses to determine your position and any
other times indicated on the device are derived from UTC and adjusted for your time zone. The software
will adjust your time zone for you automatically in upcoming steps by using the time zone of the location
of your tracklog.
GeoSetter provides an option to adjust for any discrepancies between the two devices.
1. Click the file with the screen shot of your GPS and observe the time indicated in the photo in the
preview pane.
2. H
over
mouse
over the
thumbna
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the time
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3. Calculate the offset between these two devices. In this case the GPS was 52 seconds ahead of
the camera.
4. Write down the offset, you will need it for the synchronization of you images.
2. In menu bar click Images and select ‘Synchronize with GPS Data Files.’ Or short cut Ctrl+G
TIP: Geosetter can work with hundreds of files and multiple tracklogs at a time.
3. This opens the synchronization controls. Select the options highlighted in the photo
6. Next enter the time offset for your image files. If the GPS is indicating a time ahead of the
camera the value you enter will be positive.
7. Select OK, if your settings are correct you should get a pop up like this:
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Report is a way to check your work and see what track points are being used to generate the data.
Notice the time difference on the far right. This is the difference in time between track points recorded
and the time on the image file (after the time was corrected for offset by the value you entered).
Your images have now been assigned a spatial position. Use the map to make sure things match up
correctly. If everything looks accurate images with geotags have a red box around them in the preview
pin and also a push pin icon on the map interface to the right.
1. If you are satisfied with the data, select Images> Save Changes or the short cut Ctrl+S
The geospatial information is then permanently written to a special portion of information within your
photo called EXIF, which is a text file encoded within the picture. The GeoCoding will be carried with the
photo where ever it is uploaded to but no changes are made to how the photo appears on your monitor
or when it is printed. EXIF allows for more elements of data.
2. With all of the images highlighted on the menu bar select ‘Edit Data’
This menu allows us to edit the EXIF information recorded with the images.
GPS units can be highly accurate for finding X and Y fixes but are much less accurate for Vertical (Z) You
can expect your elevation accuracy to be anywhere from 15-20 meters (50-65 feet ) off.
1. We can improve the elevation information in our images by clicking “Get from Web” next to the
altitude input.
GeoSetter will match the location with a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) located on the web called the
SRTM the SRTM was a series of space shuttle missions that used radar to create a DEM model of the
majority of the earth in 30 meter by 30 meter squares.
Try this on a few different images and observe the differences between what the gps indicated and
what the DEM judges to be true.
2. When you are ready select “Get All from Web” to update all of the images.
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3. In the field beneath altitude titled ‘location’ click ‘get all from web’
2. For each of the photos you edited add at least a Headline naming the photo and a Caption with
a brief description of the photo
In the other fields you can enter text that will be carried with the image. It is a great place to leave
thoughts, notes, web links or any other information you would want to associate with the image
Info: Several programs on the web, such as Flickr and Picasa will recognize this information we have
entered here and the data is stored with the image wherever it goes. Unless you purposefully strip the
exif within a photo editing program.
It may take a moment to create the file click yes to view the
file in google earth. Verify that the photos and track log are
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there. Click on one of the photos to see your caption and headline.
If you have many images sometimes the encoder breaks the data in the kmz file. Try creating the kmz
file once again and if that does not work decrease the thumbnail size to make the file smaller.
TIP: The Kmz file is a self contained file with your photos and tracklog. Google Earth will only
accommodate KMZ files up to ten megabytes. However, GeoSetter reduces the size of your images.
Congratulation to geocoding your pictures. This is a great way to display your research area or roadtrip!
With a little practice these steps can be very quick and done in just a few minutes.
Graduate Students:
GPicSync automatically inserts location in your photos metadata so they can also be used
with any 'geocode aware' application like Picasa/Google Earth, Flickr, loc.alize.us, etc.
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If you envision a Gaussian curve, the UV and IR spectra would be on the tail ends, usually “drowned out”
by the RGB spectrum.
Again, our eyes can barely make it, so, it needs a bright sunny day and a lot of filters to
Preparation:
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other /work as a
team!
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1. Watch video: Homemade Infrared Goggles! For Under $10 by Kipkay (2012) :
http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Infrared-Goggles!-For-Under-$10/
2. Go outside on a bright sunny day. Summer is better, because the real difference are plants,
because they reflect a lot in NIR and will appear “bright” white.
Because we see the very beginning of NIR, but also the tail-end of Red.
Additional ideas
purchase night vision goggles: EyeClops Night Vision Infared Stealth Binoculars (around $70)
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With the Alta Spectrometer we also measure reflected radiation in these (and other wavelengths). The
goal is to see how different land cover types, such as water, soil and vegetation reflect radiation in
different wavelengths, resulting in different spectra, which could be used to classify satellite images.
Follow the procedures and answer the questions (designated by a Q). Help each other /work as a
team!
4. Measure each landcover type (sand, water, leaf) and write down your data using the worksheet
5. Create a graph of the spectrum for each landcover type (similar to 3-8 spectrum for spinach)
Write a short 1-2 page research paper following the scientific format below:
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Note: This is your entire objective, no need to add anything else here.
Methods
- Describe how you measured
- Which tools
References
Any additional references you used
Please turn in: 1-2 page scientific paper including datasheet and graph of your spectra
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Challenge exercise
• GPS point (or other point layer – this point came from Google Earth)
• Aerial photo DOQ of the area of your University
• Programs: ArcView
Follow the procedures and answer the questions with a Q in front in this tutorial!
Preparation
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It is usually advisable to set the relative pathway, because this enables you to save your project and data
folders and run it from a different computer or from CD.
• DO NOT use spaces or unusual characters, such as & , - / etc. in your file name (underscore
‘_’ is acceptable)
Q: Are there any differences of what is visible on the photo versus today’s situation? The aerial photo
was taken in 2004. (Skip if you don’t know the area)
1. Zoom in all the way until you see only a few pixels
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1. Double click the dot symbol for the GPS point in the TOC
2. Give it a nice symbol, change size and color (yellow sticks out)
3. Right click on your GPS_point layer in the TOC
4. and <open attribute table>
Tip: If you want to do something and you don’t know how, do a right click! (ESRI Instructor 2005)
Q: Check the column headers! How many attribute columns are in there?
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‘Data view’ is for data analysis. ‘Layout view’ is for creating a layout to print a map.
1. Under <view> Change back and forth between layout view and data view (you can also use the
shortcuts on the bottom of the map window)
Q: When you zoom in or out in <data view> what happens in <layout view>?
2. In data view zoom in on the GPS point, so that you see a range of approximately 1000 meters
from top to bottom of the map
3. In layout view, click <insert>
4. and insert a north arrow, scale bar and a title
5. change fonts and distribute map elements to create a pleasant map
Make sure the map is the center of attention (and not the map elements, such as north arrow, scale,
etc.)
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Congratulations, you are able to perform some more basic GIS work!
Challenge question below, in case you are done, eager to do more (or just bored).
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First we have to create a new attribute field in the attribute table which will hold the hyperlink
Tip. Make sure on the editor toolbar the target is your GPS file folder
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1. Double click your GPS point layer to get the <properties> window
2. Click the <Display> tab
3. Check mark <support hyperlink using field>
4. Chose the <hyperlink> field
5. Click <ok>
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30 Editing in ArcGIS
Similar to Price chapter 12
Better:
Make 3 features:
Nothing
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Situation: Snails live in a certain geological formation (limestone) and are in danger over being overrun if
they get too close to roads (within 200meters)
Prep:
Procedure
Step 4: Select the limestone in a geological layer and save limestone as new layer
Steps 22: clip the major roads that are in the area of limestone
Note: we are not using the “elevation range” layer but “limestone” instead
Add a header to your map, as well as, your name, a north arrow, legend and a description. Export as a
jpg and attach to dropbox.
Expected Results:
A nice map showing all major roads in areas of limestone with a 200m buffer where snails are in danger.
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32 Reference links
Collection of useful links
Google Earth Reference guide: http://earth.google.com/support/ click on <user guide > click on <getting
around>
- Make sure that there are no comma’s in your Google Earth placemarks, for example, do not
have a name Joplin, MO.
Great virtual globe: http://www.flashearth.com/ (printing might not be so good) some areas have
better resolution than Google Earth
Video editing tips: Manners, C., 2004, Video Editing Tips: Give Your Videos the Hollywood Treatment, PC
World
http://www.pcworld.com/article/118523/video_editing_tips_give_your_videos_the_hollywood_treatm
ent.html
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