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BSEN 6220

GIS LABORATORY II
Carson Edge

October 15, 2014

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GIS LABORATORY II: Linking Tales and Querying Spatial Data

INTRODUCTION.................3
PROCEDURES..3
QUESTIONS ANSWERED..3
LESSONS LEARNED...3
APPENDIX: Africa Atlas Map.4

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INTRODUCTION
When analyzing large amounts of data, distinguishing between different data points is important.
Each data set can be given a unique symbol to better represent and distinguish it from other data
sets. ArcGIS accomplishes this by the ability to manipulate the symbols of the data features by
changing color type, shape, and other properties. This allows the data to be more easily
understood.

PRECUDURES
Students will become familiar with data frames through symbolizing features and raster data.
This will be accomplished by going through a packet of directions and answering certain
questions.

QUESTIONS ANSWERED
2. A data frame is a view that shows certain geographic data. It can help to emphasize certain
data points.
3. General Data Frame, Coordinate System, Illumination, Grids, Feature Cache, Annotation
Group, Extent Indicators, Frame, and Size and Position.

LESSONS LEARNED
ArcGIS provides a very easy way of symbolizing different data sets. When we were ask to
change the symbols for the animals, it was much more effective to change the elephant, giraffe,
and zebra symbols then leave them as dots on the map. The majority of data comes in large
quantities and if there is no easy way of displaying it effectively, data analysis can become
difficult.
I found it very interesting when symbolizing the raster data and showing the different elevations
in the Topography data frame. The raster data assigns a different value for data point and then
the data range can be given a color value. Assigning these different color values to the data
points shows the differences in elevation and gives the Topography map depth.

Adis Abeba
Lagos Ibadan
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Douala
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Abidjan Kinshasa#Nairobi
Luanda#
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Dar es Salaam
Johannesburg Maputo

Wildlife

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#Durban

Cape Town

Tunisia
Morocco
Algeria
Libya Egypt
Western Sahara
Mauritania
Mali Niger Chad
Senegal Burkina Faso
SudanEritrea
Guinea
Ghana Nigeria
Ethiopia Somalia
Ivory CoastCameroon Cent Af Rep
Equatorial GuineaCongo Uganda Kenya
GabonCongo DR
Tanzania

River

Dakar

Countries

Casablanca# #Tunis
Cairo
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Algiers
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El-Giza

Angola
ZambiaMalawi
ZimbabweMozambique Madagascar
Namibia Botswana
Swaziland
South Africa

Topography

Major Cities

Africa Atlas

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