This repository contains lab exercises for an introductory class in Geographic Information Systems taught at Temple University's Department of Geography and Urban Studies.
We have attempted to genericize the labs, so that they can be used apart from any particular lab setting. This means that the exercises do not include due dates, course numbers, instructor names, etc. The exercises are intended to be completed in the following sequence:
- Introduction to ArcGIS (pdf, docx) (1 week)
- Working with Projections and Coordinate Reference Systems (pdf, docx) (1 week)
- Thematic Cartography (pdf, docx) (2 weeks)
- Tables and Attribute Data (pdf, docx) (2 weeks)
- Creating Geographic Data Through Georeferencing and Digitizing (pdf, docx) (2 weeks)
- Vector Operations (pdf, docx) (2 weeks)
- Raster Data and Operations (pdf, docx) (2 weeks)
An additional lab exercise is planned to be created for use in future terms:
- GIS Programming with ArcGIS ModelBuilder (1-2 weeks)
Many of the lab exercises include instructions for downloading data from public sources. For exercises where data is provided, the data is not currently hosted on GitHub. We are considering an appropriate solution for distributing the data. In the meantime, please contact Lee Hachadoorian to request data files.
- Lab 1 originally by Kevin Henry, substantially revised by Lee Hachadoorian (Fall 2017); Jeremy Mennis (Fall 2018)
- Lab 2 by Lee Hachadoorian (Fall 2017)
- Lab 3 by Jeremy Mennis (Fall 2017)
- Lab 4 by Bradley Gardener (Fall 2017)
- Lab 5 by Hamil Pearsall (Fall 2017)
- Lab 6 by Jeremy Mennis (Fall 2018)
- Lab 7 by Jeremy Mennis (Fall 2018)
All GIS faculty in Temple's Department of Geography & Urban Studies participated in planning the content and sequencing of the lab exercises. Significant testing, editing, and revising provided by (in alphabetical order): Bradley Gardener, Lee Hachadoorian, Charles Kaylor, Jeremy Mennis.