1. Forest Fortescue SRJC 11/3/2011 GIS AND MAPPING IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT

2.  Section 1:  What is GIS?  Section 2:  What are the applications of GIS? INTRODUCTION

3. WHAT IS GIS: SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

4. WHAT IS GIS: WEB MAPPING -Aerial/Road Maps -Terrain View -Street View -Some 45° Aerial Imagery -Native KML Support -http://maps.google.com -Aerial/Road Maps -Lots of 45° (“Birds Eye”) Aerial Imagery -http://www.bing.com/maps Other Tools -ArcGIS Online -Import GIS files -http://www.arcgis.com -OpenStreetMap -Community driven mapping project -http://www.openstreetmap.org

5. WHAT IS GIS? MASHUPS/COMBINATIONS

6. Displaying GPS Points in Google Earth DEMO

7. USES FOR MAPPING

8. USES: GEOCODING

9. Geocoding points using BatchGeo GEOCODING DEMO (WWW.BATCHGEO.COM)

10. USES: AREA AND DISTANCE

11. Using Google Planimeter to measure Area and Google Maps to measure distances AREA AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEMO WWW.ACME.COM/PLANIMETER MAPS.GOOGLE.COM

12. USES: GEOREFERENCING

13. Georeferenci ng an 1877 historical map of Santa Rosa onto Google Earth GEOREFERENCING DEMO (WWW.GEOREFERENCER.ORG)

14.  I’m here to help! leucomonzogabbro@gmail.com (sorry!)leucomonzogabbro@gmail.com  Many useful resources online… The Art of the Google Search  PDF of Google Maps Handout available on the website CONCLUSIONS & RESOURCES