DESKTOP GIS SYLLABUS
PACE UNIVERSITY
(Peggy Minnis, Instructor)  MMinnis@Pace.edu
You must be on Chrome to enroll and use your gmail account.

This link will automatically enroll you,
so don't click it unless you are committed to the course.
https://classroom.google.com/c/NzIyMTE5MTUwNDAz?cjc=7vbi2nd

If you mistakenly enroll, you can un-enroll yourself.

Enrollment going on now
Class starts January 20, 2925
You can choose your platform from ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, Global Mapper or ArcMAP
Note:  ESRI is eliminating support for ArcMAP next year

 Week

Topics     

1

For all Students: Downloading US Census data, unzipping data, storing data so you can find it. 
Projections (ways of looking at the Earth),

2

From here on, you can choose your platform from the four programs  
Shapefiles and Geodatabases, the attribute table, adding a new field, zooming in, out, pan, zooming to a feature, clipping features to map just one area. How to add data to your map.
Base maps, Symbolizing data – colors, symbols, effects, labeling, setting extents for labels , labels as annotation, layouts, switching from Layout to Map views, creating meaningful marginalia, making PDFs with layers.  First assigned map to submit.

3

Changing the projection of a shapefile, comparing our original map (not projected data) with a map with projected data.  Making an inset map, measuring features, importing shapefiles into a geodatabase, measuring distances and area, making halos around labels

4

Batch Geocoding via Google Sheets, using the resulting coordinates to locate places on a map
Making lines from spots to a certain point (à la airline routes)
Making a two-line label, clipping a raster. Finding data from other sources, 

5

Creating new shapefiles - point, polygon, line, adding fields, calculating geometry,
editing features, creating a field for lat/lon of point data, creating a polyline from a polygon and vice versa.

 6

Selection - how features interact with each other features, spatial queries,
creating buffers zones, georeferencing a "paper" map to a feature, saving an aerial view for off-line use, clipping or extracting a feature from a raster

7

Using a GPS to map features, routes, converting GPS data to a usable format,
Camera with GPS – integrating, Hyperlinking Photos, documents and video to spots on the map. 
Helping your maps tell a story with locations and photos.

8

Kernel density, hot spot mapping.
Using the US Census to download, prepare and map demographic data.
Density mapping of census features - dot mapping

9

Map Packages, USGS National Map Viewer, downloading DEMs, merging adjacent DEMs.  Online uploading. QGIS 3D map sharing.  Making a story map if I get the videos for that done.  Exporting to google Earth

10

3D week, creating a DEM from Google Earth

11

iTree Tools, Your town's canopy analysis

 12

LiDAR processing and other engaging activities