Lecture Outline
Lecturer: George Hilley
Geographic Information Systems Primer

I.  Introduction to GIS
    A.  What is a GIS
    B.  What is a GIS good for?

II.  Some GIS Concepts
    A.  Vector GIS
    B.  Raster GIS

III.  Using ArcView3.0b
    A.  Performing Vector Analyses
        1.  Displaying geographic data
            - Changing Line Weights
            - Changing Line Attributes
            -  Zooming
        2.  Performing Geographic Analyses
            -  Finding Distances
            -  Performing Nearest Neighbor Searches
    B.  Performing Raster Analyses
        1.  Displaying Raster Data
            -  Changing Color Maps
            -  Including multiple data sets
            -  Modifying/ Highlighting Colors
        2.  Performing Raster Analyses
            -  Map Algebra
            -  Creating Hill shades
            -  Creating Contours
    C.  Presenting your data
        1.  Creating your layout
            -  Adding Map Elements
            -  Adding Views
            -  Adding a legend
        2.  Printing your layout
 

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