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