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WWU Spatial Analysis Lab (SAL) GIS Help
Misc. GIS, RS & Cartographic Tutorials and Procedure Write-ups produced by WWU faculty, staff and students (non-WWU tutorials in orange)
Student Tutorials & Project Write-ups See Also: Misc... (web links, books, online tutorials, etc.) Other Online GIS Tutorial Links
ArcGIS Tutorials & Procedure Write-ups ArcIMS 4.0.1 at WWU ** (PICEA) OLD INFO... No longer accurate... ArcScan: Tracing Lines: Setup & Recommended Settings for Creating (Tracing) Lines from a Scanned Map ArcScripts: Notes on using AML files, VBA macros, Python scripts, and ModelBuilder models in ArcGIS ArcView 3.x File Management: Stefan’s recommended methodology for saving ArcView projects ArcView 3.x Notes Old Geology 447 Notes (Talbot) Calculating Area and Length Fields for Shapefiles Cartography Tips for ArcGIS (See also General Cartography Tips) ArcPAD: Connecting to a Garmin Etrex Definition Queries Notes on using Data Filters Erase (without the Erase tool) - How to erase features if you only have the ArcView license Excel Data into ArcGIS How to get data from Excel to ArcGIS Extracting Grid Values to Point locations (a Point / Grid Identity overlay) File Management for GIS Projects: Recommended methodology for creating, saving, restoring, and archiving ArcMap projects GPS Data into ArcGIS: How to get GPS data into ArcGIS and performe various Datum Transformations (see also Adding X-Y Data to ArcMap) Geocoding with ArcGIS: Converting addresses to point locations GeoReferencing Raster Data (notes): Steps for Geo-Referencing an Image to a known coordinate system in ArcGIS GeoReferencing Raster Data Tutorial ** (w/data **): Tutorial for Geo-Referencing an Image in ArcGIS GeoReferencing Vector Data: Steps for using Spatial Adjustment Tools to Align Vector Data to Real-World GIS Coordinates in ArcMap GeoReference Vector Data (450): Additional Steps for Egeo450 students PRIOR to attempting to GeoReference their vector data using the Spatial Adjustment Tools in ArcGIS... ModelBuilder: Iterations (Looping) KML Files: Exporting Shapefiles to KML for use in Google Earth and/or Google Maps New Fields: Adding and Calculating Values (with details for calculating Area, Length, Unique ID, etc.) Portable Maps: Steps for distributing ArcGIS maps and data Programming / Scripting Advice for ArcGIS Merge vs. Mosaic: Combining Grids (raster datasets) Mosaic Image Files: Combining Image files (.jpg, tif, .img, etc.) STAND-ALONE license How to switch to a Stand Alone license instead of using the License Manager using the Desktop Administrator Toolboxes in the SAL Notes on creating an using Toolboxes X-Y Data: Adding to ArcMap (see also How to get Excel Data into ArcGIS and Getting GPS Data into ArcGIS)
** link only work from on WWU campus w/access to the J:/ drive
Cartographic Tutorials & Procedure Write-ups WHAT ALL GOOD MAPS SHOULD (MUST) HAVE: (from Dr. Bach's Egeo-352 Computer Cartography) Cartography Rules General guidelines Cartography Tips for ArcGIS (A whole additional page of cartographic procedures) Cartographic Examples (Maps from WWU Classes and Projects)
GPS Tutorials & Procedure Write-ups ArcPAD: Connecting to a Garmin Etrex GPS Data into ArcGIS: How to get GPS data into ArcGIS and performe various Datum Transformations (see also Adding X-Y Data to ArcMap) GPS Workshop Files: Download tutorial files for and from the GPS Workshops KML Files: Exporting Shapefiles to KML for use in Google Earth and/or Google Maps Point Data from a (GeoExplorer 3) GPS Line Feature: Can be used as a Method of Obtaining a Series of Points at a Set Interval Quick Plan: Notes on Using Trimble's Pathfinder Office Quick Plan for predicting GPS constellations Quick Plan Ephemeris Data (downloading instructions) X-Y Data: Adding to ArcMap (see also How to get Excel Data into ArcGIS and Getting GPS Data into ArcGIS)
Remote Sensing Tutorials & Procedure Write-ups Creating a Subset of an ERDAS Imagine File Importing Raw Landsat Data to ERDAS Imagine PCI_to_ERDAS: Converting files from PCI *.pix format to ERDAS *.img format
MISC (computer related) Tutorials & Procedure Write-ups Data_Flow_ArcGIS_Examples: ArcGIS Data Flow Diagram Examples Google Earth and Google Maps Notes and Links
MrSID files: Converting to jpeg files (downloadable program) Large-Format Printing at Huxley: Preparing Posters and/or ArcMap Layouts for Printing in the Huxley Map Library (AH-101) or the Spatial Analysis Lab (AH-201 or AH-24) Mapping a Network Drive (Novel Login) "How do I 'Map' a network drive?" - "How do I add the J: drive (or the S: or the M: drive)?" Combining Multiple Documents into a Single PDF File Transferring Files (on or off campus) Windows Explorer: Notes on using Windows Explorer to create, copy and move files and folders
Student Tutorials & Procedure Write-ups
451 student write-ups not posted (yet...)
EGEO-452 (Advanced GIS) Projects
GIS Dictionary ** (ESRI) GIS Tutorial Books (online .pdf files) GIS Books (the SAL Library) GIS Links (misc. web sites)
Other (downloaded) Tutorials (saved to local J/: drive) Adobe Illustrator and GIS ** (from Directions magazine) Adobe Illustrator Cartographic Tutorials & Demos ** (from the book Illustrator Wow)
** link only works from on WWU campus w/access to the J:/ drive
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