ArcGIS Course Syllabus

Section 1: Overview ArcGIS

Accessing and Displaying Spatial Data in ArcGIS
Finding and identifying Features and Values in ArcGIS Desktop
Making Selections in ArcGIS
Zooming and Measuring
Working With Different Coordinate Systems in ArcGIS

Section 2: Datum, Projection, and Database Management

Datum and Coordinate System
Identify UTM Zone
Projections and Transformations
Creating, Managing Geo-Database

Section 3: Data Types, Heads-up Digitization

Vector and Raster Data
Non-Spatial Data (CSV)
Creating Vector Files and Data Collection
Attribute Table Creation/Editing, Join Table
Attribute Table (Join Table & Spatial Query)

Section 4: Symbology and Labelling

Introduction to Symbolization
Single Symbol, Unique Value
Graduated Colours, Proportional Symbol
Dot Density, Chart
Heat Map
Making a map with labels
Display dynamic labels
Reference Scale
Controlling which features are labeled
Converting labels to annotation

Section 5: Spatial Data Input and Editing

Introduction to Spatial datasets
Topology and Error Checking
Basic Spatial Adjustment

Section 6: Raster Data Handling

Display Raster Data in ArcGIS
Merge Raster in ArcGIS
Band Arithmetic in ArcGIS Desktop
Reclassify a Raster in ArcGIS Desktop
Resample a Raster in ArcGIS
Topographic Calculations in ArcGIS Desktop
Clip a Raster to the Extent of a Polygon in ArcGIS Desktop
Zonal Statistics
Extract Raster Values to Points
Geo-referencing a Raster in ArcGIS Desktop

Section 7: Vector Data Handling

Exploratory Data Analysis with Shapefile Attributes in ArcGIS Desktop
Basic Graphing of Shapefile Attributes in ArcGIS Desktop
Spatial Join with Tabular Data
Spatial Join in ArcGIS Based on Spatial Location
Create Choropleth Maps
Split Shapefiles Using ArcGIS
Clip Shapefile in ArcGIS
Intersection of Shapefiles in ArcGIS
Add Buffer Areas to Shapefiles in ArcGIS Desktop
Merge and Append Shapefiles in ArcGIS Desktop
Calculate Shapefile Geometry in ArcGIS

Section 8: Conversion, Sampling, and Proximity

Raster to ASCII
Raster to Polygon
KML to Layer
Layer to KML
Feature to Raster
Create Fishnet and Random Point
Buffer and Multiring Buffer
Create Thiessen Polygons

Section 9: Geostatistical Analysis

Euclidean Distance Raster Generation in ArcGIS Desktop
Compute Line Density in ArcGIS
Compute Point Density in ArcGIS
Kernel Density for Linear and Point Features in ArcGIS
Interpolation of Point Data
Mapping Spatial Clusters in ArcGIS Desktop
Geographically Weighted Regression

Section 10: Advanced Map Layout

How to Add Chart in Map
Title and Dynamic Text
Legend
Neatline
North Arrow
Scale Bar
Scale Text
Picture and Object
How to Add Attribute Table in Map Layout
Save in Map Package
Preparation of Final Layout