Overview
Review spatial data display techniques and cartographic techniques available in geographic information systems (GIS), specifically using ArcGIS 10.x software. Learn how to create a paper map from your spatial data or analysis. Explore basic map display and cartography tools using cultural resource examples.
Agenda
- The ArcMap interface
- Displaying data
- Organizing the data view
- Map document
- Data frames
- Table of contents in ArcMap
- Moving around the map display
- Changing layer symbology
- Qualitative symbol types
- Quantitative symbol types
- Classifying values
- Changing classifications
- Changing symbol properties
- Labeling features
- Controlling display
- Building a definition query
- Layer files
- Changing a data source
- Basic cartographic concepts
- Creating maps in ArcMap
- Preparing the layout page
- Adding a legend
- Adding other map elements
- Map templates and data-driven pages
- Overview of the other modules in the ArcGIS for Cultural Resources: An Introduction series
Training Curriculum
75-minute, on-demand eLearning
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1
Welcome Letter
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NPI Welcome Letter
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2
Videos
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Making Paper Maps: Part 1
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Making Paper Maps: Part 2
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Making Paper Maps: Part 3
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3
Download Course Slides
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Making Paper Maps (slide deck)
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4
Download Video Transcript
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Making Paper Maps (transcript)
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5
Course Evaluation
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NPI Evaluation
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Faculty

Faculty
Deidre McCarthy, GISP
Full Bio/CV
Participants
This training is suitable for
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Archaeologists; architectural historians; planners; preservation architects and landscape architects;
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Community leaders; contractors, consultants, and project managers; cultural and natural resource managers responsible for compliance requirements;
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Facility managers of historic properties; national, statewide, and local preservation and land management organization members and staff
Immediate Access
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$125.00
Single Course Price
Scholarships
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Related Trainings
ArcGIS for Cultural Resources: An Introduction (SERIES: online / on-demand eLearning)
ArcGIS for Cultural Resources: An Introduction—1 Getting Familiar (30 minute / on-demand eLearning)
ArcGIS for Cultural Resources: An Introduction—2 Querying Data (45 minute / on-demand eLearning)
ArcGIS for Cultural Resources: An Introduction—5 Making Paper Maps (75 minute / on-demand eLearning)
ArcGIS for Cultural Resources: Advanced Techniques (SERIES: online / on-demand eLearning)
ArcGIS for Cultural Resources: Advanced Techniques—4 New GIS Tools (60 minute/on-demand eLearning)
The Importance of Mapping Cultural Resources (60 minute / on-demand eLearning)
Customized Training
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