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There are 6 modules in this course
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.
Note: software is not provided for this course.
What's included
4 videos1 reading2 assignments
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4 videos•Total 36 minutes
Introduction to the capstone project•2 minutes
Introduction to story maps•9 minutes
Building your first story map•18 minutes
Adding pop-ups to a story map•7 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Get started on your story map now•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 35 minutes
GIS Software needed for this course•5 minutes
Week 1 Quiz•30 minutes
Data Discovery and Project Proposal
Module 2•1 hour to complete
Module details
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1 reading1 peer review
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1 reading•Total 20 minutes
Advice and guidelines for writing your proposal•20 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
Proposal•60 minutes
Data Acquisition and Preparation
Module 3•3 hours to complete
Module details
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18 videos
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18 videos•Total 160 minutes
Evaluating data using metadata•10 minutes
Data dictionary•5 minutes
The importance of metadata•4 minutes
Viewing and editing metadata in ArcMap•5 minutes
Downloading and using GIS data•18 minutes
Adding x,y data from a table•11 minutes
Clipping a feature class•5 minutes
Merging feature classes•5 minutes
Interactive selection in ArcMap•7 minutes
Select by attribute•15 minutes
Queries and Venn diagrams•11 minutes
Select by location•3 minutes
Select by attribute and location in ArcMap•8 minutes
Mixing attribute and location queries•2 minutes
Reclassification and aggregation•12 minutes
Joining tables•15 minutes
Working with tables in ArcMap•13 minutes
Field calculations in tables•11 minutes
Spatial Analysis
Module 4•3 hours to complete
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17 videos
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17 videos•Total 162 minutes
Vector buffers•16 minutes
Vector intersection and union•8 minutes
Constraint analysis•7 minutes
Areal interpolation•7 minutes
Spatial join•9 minutes
ArcToolbox introduction•10 minutes
Raster zones and regions•14 minutes
Raster mask and NoData cells•9 minutes
Local raster operators•8 minutes
Focal raster operators•15 minutes
Zonal raster operators•6 minutes
Global raster operators•14 minutes
Raster weighted overlay•10 minutes
Mosaic and aggregate tools•5 minutes
What is geoprocessing?•6 minutes
ModelBuilder example•9 minutes
Getting started with ModelBuilder•8 minutes
Map Design
Module 5•2 hours to complete
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12 videos
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12 videos•Total 115 minutes
Design principles•5 minutes
Visual hierarchy•9 minutes
Contrast•6 minutes
Figure-ground relationship•9 minutes
Visual balance•4 minutes
Choropleth maps•16 minutes
Creating choropleth maps in ArcMap•15 minutes
Data classification for mapping•9 minutes
Data classification methods for mapping•14 minutes
Dot maps•12 minutes
Proportional symbol maps•9 minutes
Graduated symbol maps•7 minutes
Story Map
Module 6•1 hour to complete
Module details
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1 reading1 peer review
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1 reading•Total 10 minutes
Guidelines for your story map•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
Story Map•60 minutes
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