GIS Charlottesville
November 18, 2017
Session 1: Managing Maps
Goals
- use a Geoinquiry
- use online map tools
- navigate parts of ArcGIS Online site
- create map notes layer
- retrieve and add images to a map
- save maps
Handouts
- How to Annotate a Map (google doc).
- Link for Word document download: How to Annotate Maps.
- How to retrieve a GeoInquiry map and create a presentation (google doc).
- Link for Word document download: How to retrieve a GeoInquiry map and create a presentation
- Powerpoint: Maps Are More than Location not all slides were used.
- Google slides presentation of Maps are More than Location.
- Hints for Hacking GeoInquiries from ESRI ed. Has directions on how to customize the handouts
Session 2: Modifying Maps
Goals
- make a presentation from a “found” map
- publish data from a .csv (comma separated value) spreadsheet
- symbolize the data
- filter data
Handouts
- Day 2 Directions (Word) SOCIAL STUDIES
- Day 2 directions (google doc) SOCIAL STUDIES
- Day 2 PowerPoint
Data files
- World Cities Excel spreadsheet
- World cities Google sheets be sure to download as a .csv
- Virginia City Excel Spreadsheet
- Virginia cities Google Sheets be sure to download as a csv
- Chesapeake Bay Excel spreadsheet
- Chesapeake Bay Google Sheets be sure to download as a csv
Session 3: Collecting and Creating
Goals
- use a collaborative map
- create a a collaborative map from a spreadsheet
- use scene to visualize topography
Handouts
- Use a collaborative map
- Day 3 Directions (google doc)
- Day 3 Directions (Word)
- Collaborative Map Spreadsheet (Excel) open and save as csv to use
- Collaborative Map Spreadsheet (google) download as csv
Of interest
- Elevation app (Word)
- Elevation App Directions (Google)
- Watersheds (google)
- Creating Watersheds (Word)
Story Map Journal Samples
Story Map Tour Samples
- The United States in 1840
- Story Map Tour Tutorial
- Story Map Tour Option (Word)
- Story Map Tour Options (Google)
Photo Guidelines for images to AGO (Flickr works best)
Layered pdfs on http://vga.maps.arcgis.com
- Download the pdf from source
- Open the pdf in Adobe Reader
- Click the stack of papers
- Click the icon next to folders
- Select the layers you want to show
- Print the map
Workshop Evaluation
Grant Code: CE3.012