In this capstone course, you will apply everything you have learned by designing and then completing your own GIS project. You will plan out your project by writing a brief proposal that explains what you plan to do and why. You will then find data for a topic and location of your choice, and perform analysis and create maps that allow you to try out different tools and data sets. The results of your work will be assembled into an Esri story map, which is a web site with maps, images, text, and video. The goal is for you to have a finished product that you can share, and that demonstrates what you have learned.
This course is part of the GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis Specialization
GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis Capstone
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About this Course
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Skills you will gain
Geographic Information System (GIS)CartographyEsriMappingSpatial Analysis
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
11 hour to complete
Introduction to Story Maps
4 videos (Total 36 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
4 videos
Introduction to story maps9m
Building your first story map18m
Adding pop-ups to a story map6m
1 reading
Get started on your story map now10m
2 practice exercises
GIS Software needed for this course5m
Week 1 Quiz30m
Week
22 hours to complete
Data Discovery and Project Proposal
1 reading, 1 quiz
1 reading
Advice and guidelines for writing your proposal20m
Week
33 hours to complete
Data Acquisition and Preparation
18 videos (Total 160 min)
18 videos
Data dictionary5m
The importance of metadata4m
Viewing and editing metadata in ArcMap4m
Downloading and using GIS data18m
Adding x,y data from a table11m
Clipping a feature class4m
Merging feature classes5m
Interactive selection in ArcMap6m
Select by attribute15m
Queries and Venn diagrams11m
Select by location2m
Select by attribute and location in ArcMap7m
Mixing attribute and location queries1m
Reclassification and aggregation11m
Joining tables15m
Working with tables in ArcMap12m
Field calculations in tables11m
Week
43 hours to complete
Spatial Analysis
17 videos (Total 162 min)
17 videos
Vector intersection and union8m
Constraint analysis6m
Areal interpolation7m
Spatial join8m
ArcToolbox introduction9m
Raster zones and regions13m
Raster mask and NoData cells9m
Local raster operators7m
Focal raster operators14m
Zonal raster operators6m
Global raster operators13m
Raster weighted overlay10m
Mosaic and aggregate tools4m
What is geoprocessing?6m
ModelBuilder example9m
Getting started with ModelBuilder7m
Instructor
Don Boyes
Professor, Teaching StreamGeography and Planning
About University of Toronto
Established in 1827, the University of Toronto is one of the world’s leading universities, renowned for its excellence in teaching, research, innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as its impact on economic prosperity and social well-being around the globe.
About the GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis Specialization
This Specialization is for those new to mapping and GIS, as well as anyone looking to gain a better understanding of how it all works and why. You will learn practical skills that can be applied to your own work using cutting-edge software created by Esri Inc., the world's leading GIS company and our industry partner.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
Once you enroll for a Certificate, you’ll have access to all videos, quizzes, and programming assignments (if applicable). Peer review assignments can only be submitted and reviewed once your session has begun. If you choose to explore the course without purchasing, you may not be able to access certain assignments.
What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
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