Datta – Week 5

CHAP 4:

  •  Works with spatial databases and databases in general
  • You can open folder connections in the right click menu under folders, which will let you access the files without having to locate them every time
  • there is a geoprocessing tool which can make a shapefile into features called “Export Features”
  • Databases can be inputted from .csv files and be made copied and such in the catalog tab
  • You can populate fields with the Calculate Field tool
  • GIS synthaxing is in python script
  • Attribute queries help one search database information
  • The Spatial Join tool is cool and useful

CHAP 5:

  • The grid on the first map is called a graticule and is 30 degrees intervals
  • You can add projects to a spatial map – whats the difference between a projection and a bookmark?
  • You can look up the coordinate system of the USA on ArcGIS’s living atlas- what coordinate systems would I need to know for the rest of the world?
  • You can download census data to use for GIS projects pretty easily on the gov’s website and other stuff on living atlas

CHAP 6:

  • You can use the dissolve block group to separate blocks into specific neighborhoods
  • You can clip attributes to areas to better study a specific area
  • You can intersect features

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