Week 2 - Earth structure and earthquakes / Introduction to ArcGIS and map projections |
Readings
Required reading for this week is Chapters 7 and 8 of the set textbook: Merali, Z. and Skinner, B.J. (2009) Visualizing Earth Science. John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey 582pp. ISBN 978-0-471-74705-5 Lecture notes:Lecture notes: slides and handouts (6 slides per page) and an additional housekeeping slide Video recordings: part 1 and part 2 (memory card was full, so there is an interruption around 9:10 in part 2) and a video related to unit housekeeping Practical notes and dataPractical notes: Prac2-intro_AM_mapprojections (Word) or Prac2-intro_AM_mapprojections (PDF) Data files: data.zip Note that you must unzip the data.zip file before you can use the files in ArcGIS ENV101-Prac2-Intro_to_ArcMap.mxd (ArcMap map document) Note that this should be placed in your prac folder at the same level as your data folder (see this example) Demonstrations: Demo 1 | Demo 2 *Note
that some files and the appearance of some software may have
changed slightly to those presented in the practical notes and
demonstration videos. If you cannot troubleshoot the problem yourself,
please make a post to the Practical Exercises forum on the learnline Discussion Board.
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