Instructions
This is where you access instructions and documentation on how to perform common GIS tasks using the software and data in the GIS Lab (B418). More will be posted as they are developed. If you have any comments or suggestions for improvement/automation in the methods presented, please contact the GIS Analyst.
General instruction sets and references:
- Accessing the GIS Server on the Bio-sci Network
- Install ArcGIS 9.x
- How to Create Cartographic Models
- GIS Computer Wish List
- How to Transfer GIS Data so the Files Don't Corrupt
- Types of File Formats that can be Exported from ESRI Software
- Printing to the Print Devices in B418
ArcGIS 9.x GIS in Ecology short course manuals:
- GIS Project Issues SLIDES
- Spatial Referencing SLIDES
- Querying and Creating Maps
- Analyzing Vector Data
- Analyzing Raster Data
- Editing and Creating Layers
Instruction sets for ArcGIS 9.x:
- Shortest Path, Least Cost Path, or Cost Path Functions .XLS
- Analysis of Locations and Temporal Datasets .ZIP
- Calculating Edge to Edge Distances .ZIP
- Extraction of Landcover Area within Multiple Buffers .ZIP
- Visualizing Animal Movement from Locations and Paths
- How to Run the Topographic AMLs: CTI, TRI
- Move Polygons to Point Coordinates .TBX
- Identify Path Segments Outside Kernel Home Ranges .TBX
- Edge Crossing Characterization .TBX
- Adjacent Patch Metrics Class Area and Length
- Calculate a Distance Matrix of Locations along River Network
- Layer Variables for RSF-type Modelling Applications .XLS
- How to Subset a Raster/DEM
- Creating Watersheds from a DEM in ArcGIS 9.x
- VBA Macro Installation Instructions for ArcGIS .ZIP
- Iterate Random Point Generation and Calculate Distance to a Base Station .MXD
- Converting Lines to Polygons in ArcGIS 9.0
- Vector-Based Landscape Metrics in ArcGIS
- Raster-Based Landscape Metrics and Simulations in ArcGIS
- How to Semi-Automate the "Joining" of Ice Chart Attributes to Animal Locations by the Appropriate Date
- ArcGIS Quick Reference
Tutorials for ArcGIS 8.x:
Instruction sets for ArcGIS 8.x:
- Error Matrix for Map Comparison or Accuracy Assessment
- How to Connect to Data on the Network
- Importing XY (Point) Data from MS Excel to ArcMap
- Georeferencing an Image
- "Clip" a GRID Using a Polygon Shapefile
- Calculating the Area of Overlap Between Patches and Multiple Buffer Rings
- Analysis of Change in Polygon Distribution
- Creating Watersheds from a DEM
- Measuring Area/Length of Organisms with GIS
- Measuring the Shortest Non-Linear Distances Between Marine Animal Locations Within an Ocean Mask
- Pond Distance and Habitat for use in Wildlife Modeling
- Measuring the Lengths of "Receiving" Polygon Edges .MXD
Instruction sets for ArcView 3.x:
- How to Display a Landsat 7 Image in ArcView 3.x
- Calculating a Distance Matrix of Locations Along River Networks
- Spatial Pattern Analysis of Categorical Maps (Patch Analyst/FRAGSTATS)
- Transforming Between NAD83-NAD27 Using the Projection Utility Wizard
- Mapping Point Locations along Transect Surveys
- Mapping Point Locations along Drill Pad Surveys
- Mapping Transects Based on GPS Points, Azimuth, and Distance
- Clip GRIDS Using a Polygon Shapefile
- Calculating the Volume of a Lake
- Obtaining XY Coordinates for Path Intersections with a Polygon Theme
- Calculating Proportion of Different Classes within Multiple Polygons
- Calculating Polygon (Home Range) Overlap
- Measuring Distances Between Centroids
- On-Screen Digitizing of Polygons
- Spatial Calculation of Locus Allele Frequencies
- One-To-Many Attribute Mapping - Linking and Joining One Theme to Many Records Based on a Key Field .APR
- Calculating Proportion of Habitat within a Polygon Wedge Based on Point Locations and Bearings (Turning Angles) .APR
Instruction sets for ERDAS IMAGINE 9.x:
Last Modified: 2010-02-05