GIST601A Lesson 13: Editing and Geocoding

EDITING

  1. Reading: Basics of Editing - Read pages 205 - 212  (PDF)
  2. Skills: Editing In ArcGIS (MP4)
  3. Assignment: Lab 11 - Editing (DOC; Submission instructions contained within Word document)
  • Data for this assignment can be found on Box in the GISData/PriceData/mgisdata/
  • Chapter Review Questions, page 214 questions 1-10
  • Mastering The Skills
    • Answer
      • Question 1 (page 215, halfway through step 2): We used Import in order to guarantee that the coordinate system of our new feature class matched out other data. What coordinate system is it?
      • Question 2 (page 221, after steps 25): Use the Measure tool to find the diameter of the cave or spring point markers in ground units _______. What is the course scale of the EdwardsCrop raster? ________
      • Question 3 (page 222, after steps 29): What angle would you enter to create a line going S25°W?___________
      • Question 4 (page 222, halfway through steps 30): What do you think are the units of these distance values? ___________________
  • After completing step 67, save your edits, close ArcMap and zip your final buildings shapefile (you will have to do this in Windows file manager). 

 

GEOCODING

  1. Reading: Chang, Chapter 16 page 350-363
  2. Skills: Geocoding in ArcGIS (MP4)
  3. Assignment: Lab 12 - Geocoding from Chang (DOC; Submission instructions contained within Word document)
  • Review Questions: Page 364, Answer questions 1, 2, 4, 10, 12-16
  • Applications: Task 1 and Task 2; answer Q1-Q5

 

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