Fundamentals of GIS and ArcGIS 10.x

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the course

Lecture 1: Introduction to the course

Lecture 2: What is GIS?

Lecture 3: Files and documents that you will use during the course

Chapter 2: ArcCatalog

Lecture 1: Theory. Getting to know ArcCatalog

Lecture 2: Tutorial 1. ArcCatalog. Part 1.

Lecture 3: Tutorial 1. ArcCatalog. Part 2

Lecture 4: Tutorial 1. ArcCatalog. Part 3

Chapter 3: Introduction to ArcMap

Lecture 1: Theory. Introduction to ArcMap

Lecture 2: Tutorial 2. Part 1. Datasets, dataframes, repair the link

Lecture 3: Tutorial 2. Part 2. Making groups,saving as layer files

Lecture 4: Tutorial 2. Part 3. Zoom, identify tool, attribute tables of vector

Lecture 5: Tutorial 2. Part 4. Measure tool, pixel resolution, attributes of raster

Chapter 4: Working with vector, raster and tables

Lecture 1: Theory.Working with vector, raster and tables

Lecture 2: Tutorial 3. Part 1. Creating vector dataset

Lecture 3: Tutorial 3. Part 2. Adding fileds, editing tables, calculating areas of polygon

Lecture 4: Tutorial 3. Part 3. Create table, add data to the table, join tables

Lecture 5: Tutorial 3. Part 4.Working with raster, raster attributes, raster zones

Chapter 5: Map projections and coordinate systems

Lecture 1: Theory. Map projections and coordinate systems

Lecture 2: Tutorial 4. Part 1. Map projections and coordinate systems

Lecture 3: Tutorial 4. Part 2. Reproject dataset, define coordynate system of dataframe

Lecture 4: Tutorial 4. Part 3. Mercator, equidistant and equal area projections.

Lecture 5: Tutorial 4. Part 4. Comparing the differences between coordinate systems

Chapter 6: Selections(queries)

Lecture 1: Theory.Queries in ArcMap

Lecture 2: Tutorial 5. Part 1. Select by atrributes

Lecture 3: Tutorial 5. Part 2. Remove from selection, add to current selection, SQL langua

Lecture 4: Tutorial 5. Part 3. Select feature tool, make layer non – selectable

Lecture 5: Tutorial 5. Part 4. Select by graphics

Lecture 6: Tutorial 5. Part 5. Select by location

Lecture 7: Tutorial 5. Part 6. Definiton query

Lecture 8: Tutorial 5. Part 7. Raster queries

Lecture 9: Tutorial 5. Part 8. Spatial join, export features to a new dataset

Chapter 7: Raster operations in ArcMap

Lecture 1: Theory.Raster operations. Part 1

Lecture 2: Theory. Raster operations. Part 2

Lecture 3: Theory. Raster operations. Part 3

Lecture 4: Tutorial 6. Part 1. Local operations – Raster calculator

Lecture 5: Tutorial 6. Part 2. Local operations – Combine function

Lecture 6: Tutorial 6. Part 3. Local operations – making selection from combine output rast

Lecture 7: Tutorial 6. Part 4. Focal operations – focal statistics

Lecture 8: Tutorial 6. Part 5. Zonal operations – zonal statistics as table

Lecture 9: Tutorial 6. Part 6. Zonal operations – zonal geometry as table

Lecture 10: Tutorial 6. Part 7. Global operations – Euclidean distance.mp4

Lecture 11: Tutorial 6. Part 8. Setting mask and extent of raster

Lecture 12: Tutorial 6. Part 9. Reclassify tool

Chapter 8: Vector operations in ArcMap

Lecture 1: Theory. Concept of Vector opertions

Lecture 2: Tutorial 7. Vector operations. Part 1 – field calculator

Lecture 3: Tutorial 7. Vector operations. Part 2 – overlay, intersetion

Lecture 4: Tutorial 7. Vector operations. Part 3-Statistics

Lecture 5: Tutorial 7. Vector operations. Part 4-Buffer and multiple buffers

Lecture 6: Tutorial 7. Vector operations. Part 5. Clip and summarize tools

Chapter 9: Slope, aspect, isolines and DEM in ArcMap

Lecture 1: Theory.Slope, aspect, isolines and DEM

Lecture 2: Tutorial 8. Part 1. Modelling DEM

Lecture 3: Tutorial 8. Part 2. Slope and Aspect

Chapter 10: Interpolation and geostatistics in ArcMap

Lecture 1: Theory. Concept of interpolation and geostatistics

Lecture 2: Tutorial 9. Part 1. Interpolation and geostatistics

Lecture 3: Tutorial 9. Part 2. Geostatistical methods – Kriging

Chapter 11: Georeferencing and map transformation in ArcMap

Lecture 1: Theory. Georeferencing and map transformation

Lecture 2: Tutorial 10. Georeferencing and map transformation

Lecture 3: Tutorial 10. Georeferencing and map transformation. Part 2 – collecting GCP

Lecture 4: Tutorial 10. Georeferencing and map trasformation. Part 3: resampling, rectify

Lecture 5: Tutorial 10. Part 4- 2nd order polynomial

Chapter 12: Map presentation in ArcMap

Lecture 1: Theory. Map presentation. Part 1.

Lecture 2: Theory. Map presentation. Part 2.

Lecture 3: Tutorial 11. Map presentation and making legends. Part 1. Working with map types

Lecture 4: Tutorial 11. Map presentation and making legends. Part 2. 12 steps to present a

Lecture 5: Tutorial 11. Map presentation and making legend. Part 3. Legends and graticules

Lecture 6: Tutorial 11. Map presentation. Part 4. Classification in symbology

Chapter 13: Remote sensing in ArcGIS: Indices

Lecture 1: Theory. Introduction to remote sensing

Lecture 2: Theory. Vegetation indices concept

Lecture 3: Theory. Urban and water indices

Lecture 4: Where to download free satellite data

Lecture 5: Tutorial 12. Part 1. NDVI analysis and composite bands

Lecture 6: Tutorial 12. Part 2. Urbanization indices : NDBI, UBI

Lecture 7: Tutorial 12. Part 3. NDWI and MNDWI