CEE 498 - University of Washington



CEE 424

GIS for Civil Engineers

Homework 1

When working with computers in CEE labs, first copy the data from C:\CEE424 to a folder on the desktop and give it your name. Data can be copied from the HD. Work within your new folder, when done you can save the data on a removable media if you want, then, DELETE YOUR FOLDER. Never save the exercises as it says in the book, DO NOT OVERWRITE THE ORIGINAL DATA. The instructions above applies to all your assignments for this class.

When asked to print a layout, add as much as you can of the following: Your name, Class #, north arrow, a scale bar, a scale text, and a legend. All are under “insert” when in layout mode. Shadows and borders can be inserted by “NeatLine” under “Insert”.

I will ask you to answer a question at a certain step of the exercise. To save time, always check at what step should you answer the following question.

Section1: Introducing GIS

Chapters 1 and 2

1. What does a population density map show?

2. What is the biggest difference between features and surfaces?

3. Name two ways to organize your spatial data.

4. What is a raster?

5. GIS can be divided into what tow categories?

6. What are the two 3D visualization environments ArcGIS offers? What do?

Section 2: Getting Started with Maps and Data

Chapter 3: Exploring ArcMap

Exercise 3a Displaying Map Data

1. After step 10, take a screen shot and crop to your table of contents.

2. After step17, what is the ObjectID of Australia?

Exercise 3b: Navigating a Map

1. After step 9, what is the population of Iran as of 2007?

2. After step 12, take a screen shot zoomed in on Alaska.

Exercise 3c: Using Basic Tools

1. After Step 11, take a screen shot with the magnifier back over Europe.

2. After Step 22, what is the length between New York and Vancouver?

Exercise 3d: Looking for feature attributes.

1. After Step 7, take a screen shot of the table. How do you restore the hidden field?

2. After step 13, What is the country and city with the lowest population? What is the population?

3. After Step 16 take a screen shot of the statistics.

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