Session 2: Exploring GIS
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1 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/1 Session 2: Exploring GIS Map Production - Exploring various GIS functions Objectives: 1. To create a map layer Air Pollution Index (API) and its attribute table 2. To symbolize your data 3. To design a map layout Task 1: Creating map layer and attribute table 1. Start ArcCatalog In Start menu, select ArcCatalog under ArcGIS folder. 2. Create a new feature layer Select the working directory C:\yuikee\SHAPEFILE\ In File menu, select New and then click Shapefile to create new Shapefile.
2 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/2 Type API as the name of this new Shapefile in Create New Shapefile menu. Select Point in the field Feature Type. Select OK to finish. (You may check that a new Shapefile was created under the working directory.) 3. Build an attribute table Right click the new Shapefile API.
3 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/3 Select Properties to open Shapefile Properties menu. Select Fields tab to open field properties menu. In the new row, click the empty space under Field Name column. Type Name and then select Text under Data Type column. Repeat the previous step and then add the new field API with data type Short Integer and Address with data type Text. Press OK to finish the attribute table creation. 4. Start feature editing adding, moving and deleting feature In ArcCatalog toolbar, click ArcMap button to start ArcMap. Open the existing ArcMap Document Lesson_1.mxd Click the Add button in ArcMap and then select API under the working directory C:\yuikee\SHAPEFILE\ Click Start Editing under the Editing menu in Editor toolbar. (You may click the Editor button toolbar.) in Standard toolbar to add Editor
4 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/4 Highlight the Source where the API layer is stored. Click the Create New Feature button map. to add API stations on the
5 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/5 5. Edit feature attributes Right click the API layer in TOC. Select Open Attribute Table. (To identify the corresponding feature from the map, click the record and then highlight the record. Corresponding feature will be highlighted)
6 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/6 Type the name of API station to the field Name and corresponding API value and address in the field API and Address respectively. Attributes of API Name Id API Address Shum Shui Po A Yen Chow Street Kwun Tong Tung Yan Street Eastern 3 30 Sai Wan Ho Fire Station Causeway Bay Yee Wo Street Central 5 47 Charter Road Central / Western High Street Mong Kok 7 48 Nathan Road Repeat the previous step to complete all records Close the attribute table. 6. Save and Exit feature editing Click Stop Editing under the Editing menu in Editor toolbar. Press Yes button to save the editing.
7 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/7 Task 2: Setting the style and symbol 1. Select single symbol Double click the symbol below the layer API in TOC to open Symbol Selector menu Select Circle 2 symbol and then change the color to red in Options. Press OK to finish. 2. Select different symbol to represent different feature type Right click the layer in TOC
8 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/8 Select Properties to open Layer Properties menu Select Symbology tab Select Categories in Show menu and then highlight Unique Value In Value Field, select ID. Press Add All Values to set different symbol for different ID. Press OK to finish. 3. Select graduated symbol to represent different value of attribute Right click the API layer in TOC. Select Properties to open Layer Properties menu. Select Symbology tab. Select Quantities in Show menu and then highlight Graduated Symbol.
9 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/9 In Value Field, select API (Remark: You may set the classification method to equal interval in Classification dialog box by clicking the button Classify.) Press OK to finish
10 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/10 Task 3: Setting the map layout and printing 1. Set map window to layout view 2. Add map element In Insert menu, click the Title to add map title Click the Legend to open Legend Wizard Remove all the items in Legend Items except API and then click Next to finish. Click the North Arrow to add north symbol. Click the Scale Bar to add scale bar Click the Scale Text to add scale text
11 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/11 3. Set map grid In map layout view, right click the map layout and then select Properties Select Grid tab in Data Frame Properties Press New Grid to create new grid Select Reference Grid and then press Next to finish 4. Export the map In File menu, click Export Map Enter the filename and set the file to JPEG format
12 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/12 Demonstrations and practice: Applying GIS in teaching S1-S3 curriculum Brainstorming exercise The list below is the main themes you may have to teach at Junior Secondary level. For each, try to think about a teaching or learning activity which may make use of GIS: *For the detailed syllabus, go to Education and Manpower Bureau ( English Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary Education Curriculum Development Personal, Social and Humanities Education Curriculum & Syllabuses Geography Geography (Secondary 1-3) Theme Scramble for land! Urban land use Fixing our cities problems Urban problems Where are our factories moving to? Industrial location Moving out or into cities Urbanization and suburbanization Where to spend our holidays? Recreation and travel Weather and climate do they matter? Collapsing slopes! Teaching/Learning Activity Secondary 1 Secondary 2 Too much water! Water cycle and flooding Taming the spreading deserts Deserts and desertification The unstable Earth Earthquakes and volcanoes Farming the wrong way? Agriculture and technology Too many and too few Population problems Save our rainforests! Natural vegetation Oceans in trouble Marine resources How clean is our atmosphere? Air pollution and acid rain Struggle for power resources Secondary 3 Industrial miracle Industrial development The rich and the poor Development and interdependence
13 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/13 Creating your own step-by-step manual Exercise 1 The map below was worked out by a S2 student. It shows the close relationship between some major earthquakes, including the Kobe earthquake, and the plate boundaries around Japan. You may ask your students to produce a similar map, showing Japan, other regions or the world. Work out a detailed step-by-step manual for yourself. You will find it helpful for your students: 1. Switch on your computer
14 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/14 Demonstrations and practice: Applying GIS in teaching CE curriculum Brainstorming exercise The list below is the main themes and issues you have to teach at the new CE level. For each, try to think about a teaching or learning activity which may make use of GIS: *For the detailed syllabus, go to Education and Manpower Bureau ( English Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary Education Curriculum Development Personal, Social and Humanities Education Curriculum & Syllabuses Geography S4-5 Geography Curriculum Guide Theme/Issue Teaching/Learning Activity Climate - Climatic Types Climatic Anomalies - Global Warming Landforms and Endogenetic Processes - Plate Tectonics Natural Hazards - Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunami Landforms and Exogenetic Processes - Rivers The Trouble of Water Floods and Droughts Agriculture -Farming systems Food and Hunger - Famines Industry - Industrial Location The Choice of Power - Energy problem City -Urban development Sustainable City - Sustainable Development
15 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/15 Creating your own step-by-step manual Exercise 2 At CE level, you may let your students try a more complicated work. Now try to prepare a map showing the close relationship between the location of active volcanoes and the plate boundaries. Work out a detailed step-by-step manual for your students: 1. Switch on your computer
16 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/16 Demonstrations and practice: Applying GIS in teaching AL curriculum Brainstorming exercise The list below is the main themes you have to teach at Advanced Level. For each, try to think about a teaching or learning activity which may make use of GIS: *For the detailed syllabus, go to Education and Manpower Bureau ( English Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary Education Curriculum Development Personal, Social and Humanities Education Curriculum & Syllabuses Geography Geography (Advanced Level) Theme Teaching/Learning Activity Natural Landscapes Climatic System Energy budget & flow - insolation and temperature Atmospheric moisture - condensation and precipitation Atmospheric circulation - pressure and wind Climatic variation - climatic types Landform System Plate tectonics -plate movement and tectonic landforms Drainage basin - water cycle and basin subsystems Biotic System Ecosystem - energy flow and nutrient cycles Soils -soil forming processes Vegetation - plant ecology and natural vegetation Biomes - vegetation response to environment People-environment Relationships Tropical rain forest - deforestation and afforestation Tropical desert - human adaptations and desertification Agricultural Landscapes Farming systems - agroecosystems and farming types Agricultural location - von Thünen and Sinclair models Impact of urbanization and industrialization - farming changes Farming hazards - flooding and droughts
17 EMB/RTC-GIS/Event 2/Session 2/17 Urban and Industrial Landscapes Urban functions and hierarchy - functions of cities and Christaller model Urban structure - urban land use models Manufacturing location - Weber model Urban problems - housing and transport problems Environmental impact - pollution and environmental changes Creating your own step-by-step manual Exercise 3 Your Advanced Level students should be capable of manipulating data with the GIS. Now try to prepare a map showing the close relationship between the location of most recent major earthquakes and the plate boundaries. Work out a detailed step-by-step manual for your students: 1. Switch on your computer
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