GPS to GIS: Top 10 GPS for GIS Skills ANDREW CAREY ELI CRAWLEY ANDREW CAREY ELI CRAWLEY

Objectives Check List for Project Planning GPS for the Office GIS for the Field Food for Thought Real Examples

THE WHAT – GIS ? A Geographic Information System or GIS is a computer system that allows you to map, model, query, and analyze large quantities of data within a single database according to their location. Create maps Integrate information Visualize scenarios Present powerful ideas, and Develop effective solutions!!!

THE WHAT - GPS? GPS – Global Positioning System (US Dept of Defence) GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite System – generic term for all satellite navigation systems GLONASS – GLObal NAvigation Satellite System (Russian System)

THE WHY COMMUNICATION ! Field - Office Personnel

TOP TEN GPS 1.Data Sources2. ArcMap Essentials3.Tool Box4.Best Management5.Final Product1.Mission Planning2.Map Projections3.Database Prep4.Data Collection5.Data Processing GIS

1. Mission Planning Where / What ? Software / Hardware ? Accuracy?

2. Projections Datum Map Projection World File

2. Projections Assigning a.prj to your Trimble export will allow other programs to read and know the coordinate system and datum the data is in. To attach a prj…

2. Projections Under the coordinate system tab ---Bottom next to Projection File click Browse, to ESRI “Coordinate Systems” 64 – Bit C:\Programs Files x86 \ArcGIS\Desktop\CoordinateSystem 32 – Bit C:\ProgramsFiles\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\CoordinateSystem

3. Data Prep Time Spent Prior to Data collection, Time Reduction in the Field Drop Downs and Domains, Quick Data Acquisitions How do people identify objects, Common vs Scientific Data Dictionary Building Forms Naming Conventions

4. Data Collection Ensuring High Quality Data Collection Time Spent at Point Velocity Filter Quantity of Satellites

5. Data Processing Differential Correction Process Data Proximity to Base Station Correcting with Multiple Base Stations High Quality Data Data

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1. Data Sources – Building a Map Background Image Symbology Roads Reference Satellite Basemap Readability Digestible

1. Data Sources Continued Arizona: Utah : South Dakota: New Mexico: National Map (Nation Wide) : GIS Inventory: Colorado: Nation Wide Roads : bin/geo/shapefiles2013/mainhttp:// bin/geo/shapefiles2013/main

2. ArcMap Essentials Zoom Pan Identify Full Extent Add Data

2. ArcMap Essentials – Select

2. ArcMap Essentials – Export

3. Toolbox Clip, Buffer, Export, Joins Spatial Data Tools Spatial Statistics

4. Best Management Practices Data Control-Merging GUIDs (Every Point and Geometry) Personal / File GDB vs Shapefiles DATA BACK UP !!!

5.Final Product – Cartography

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5.Cartography – Continued North Arrow Scale Bar Data Frame

POSITIONS for ESRI Workflow

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