Spatial Data Center Tutorial Resources

Welcome to Drew University's Spatial Data Center Tutorial Resources uKnow page.  Here you will find links to tutorial files for use with ESRI ArcMap and ArcCatalog Software, ArcPad, Google Earth, and Google Maps.   You will also find here information on the care and maintenance of the Spatial Data Center Equipment.

Please leave comments or ask questions in any of the Comment areas of the pages on the Spatial Data Center uKnow space.

Google Maps and Google Earth Tutorials

Google Earth Basic Skills

ArcGIS Tutorials

Getting Started with GIS

Repairing Data Sources

Downloading Census Data for Use in ArcGIS

Formatting Data for Use in ArcGIS

ArcGIS: ArcMap

Changing or Transforming a Coordinate System for a Map Layer

Digitizing and Editing Features in Shapefiles and Map Layers

Georeferencing an Image File

Converting Degrees Minutes Seconds values to Decimal Degree values

Geocoding: Using Address Information to Map Sites

Plotting XY Coordinates as Points in a Map Layer

Cartograms Tutorial

ArcGIS: ArcCatalog

ArcCatalog - Building Personal Geodatabases

ArcCatalog - Creating New Shapefiles or Feature Classes

ArcPad

Elements of the GPS Status Bar

Elements of the GPS Position Window

How to Collect Data Points with the GPS

Changing the Symbology of Points in the GPS Unit

Check In and Check Out Map Files for Editing in the Field

Finding and Navigating to Previously Recorded Locations in the Field

Full ArcPad Help Documentation (787 pages)

Trimble GPS

Care and Use of the GPS Unit

Uploading Satellite Images and Map Layer Files to the GPS

eTrex GPS

Notes on Recording, Finding, and Reading Waypoints