Real-World GIS

Get practical solutions to real-world GIS challenges.

Introduction

• Need help with your GIS projects?
• What you should know

1. Got GIS Data?

• Where is the GIS data?
• How to consider the scale of GIS data
• What spatial data are already in ArcGIS?
• How to get local and state GIS data
• How to get the USA national map data
• How to get census GIS data
• How to get Earth Explorer data
• How to bring hosted GIS data into ArcGIS
• Challenge: Get GIS data for a specific geography
• Solution: Get GIS data for a specific geography

2. What Can Be Done with GIS Data?

• Understanding GIS data types
• Mastering vector GIS data
• Mastering raster GIS data
• How to choose the right GIS data formats for Projects
• Challenge: Vectorization vs. rasterization
• Solution: Vectorization vs. rasterization

3. What Is Up with Projections?

• How to understand the latitude, longitude, and scale
• What is a developable surface?
• Using geoids, spheroids, and datums in GIS
• Mastering projections in GIS
• Challenge: On-the-fly projection vs. project
• Solution: On-the-fly projection vs. project

4. How to Collect GIS Data in the Field?

• Geospatial data collection basics
• How to create a spatial database from coordinates
• How to add scanned map data and drone imagery to a spatial database
• How to collect GIS data using ArcGIS Survey123
• Challenge: Georeference master
• Solution: Georeference master

5. How to Master ArcGIS Online?

• What is ArcGIS Online?
• How to bring data into ArcGIS Online
• How to build web maps from ArcGIS Pro
• How to make an online mapping application
• Challenge: Make an online mapping application
• Solution: Make an online mapping application

6. How to Build a GIS Project from Scratch?

• Challenge: Get the GIS data
• Solution: Get the GIS data
• Challenge: Visualize the GIS data
• Solution: Visualize the GIS data
• Challenge: GIS attribute data exploration
• Solution: GIS attribute data exploration
• Challenge: Isolate the GIS data
• Solution: Isolate the GIS data
• Challenge: Construct new GIS data
• Solution: Construct new GIS data
• Challenge: Analyze the GIS data
• Solution: Analyze the GIS data
• Challenge: Import GIS data into a geodatabase
• Solution: Import GIS data into a geodatabase
• Challenge: Convert GIS data
• Solution: Convert GIS data
• Challenge: Make a web map
• Solution: Make a web map
• Challenge: Make an online mapping application
• Solution: Make an online mapping application

7. How to Land a GIS job?

• What are the different types of GIS jobs?
• Where can you find GIS jobs?
• How can you master the GIS job interview? Part 1
• How can you master the GIS job interview? Part 2

Conclusion

• What are your next steps in GIS?