GIS Fundamentals and Geological Applications

Geographic Information System (GIS) provides a vehicle for capturing, storing, querying, analyzing, and displaying geospatial datasets. This module will be mainly dedicated towards understanding basics behind GIS and exploring the use of GIS technologies to manage, analyze, and display of multidimensional, geological, geophysical, and environmental datasets. Hands-on exercise on the geological and hydrological applications of GIS will be also presented.

Period:

• Two weeks (condensed module)
• Four weeks (full module)

Contents:

• Benefits of using GIS geology

o   Geodatabase

o   Geoprocessing

o   Geovisualization

• Building Blocks of ArcGIS

o   ArcGIS Desktop

o   ArcGIS Engine

o   ArcGIS Server

• Coordinate systems and projections

• Desktop ArcGIS Components

o   ArcMap

o   ArcCatalog

o   ArcToolbox

o   ArcScene

o   ArcGlobe

• ArcGIS Extensions

o   3D Analyst

o   Spatial Analyst

o   Geostatistical Analyst

• Geospatial Data Models

o   Vector data

o   Raster data

• Applications of GIS in geology and hydrogeology

• Hands-on exercises

Participants will develop software-oriented skills on how to:

• Utilize ArcGIS to import spatial and non-spatial databases, and integrate, manage, and analyze data to produce information for decision making.
• Use ArcGIS tools, including ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and ArcToolbox.
• Produce professional map layouts.