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3/6/2013 1 Advanced Geographic Information Systems Fine tuning cartography skills Vector manipulation Attribute data and vector calculations Lab 3 USGS Geologic Map of the Logan 30’ x 60’ Quadrangle

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Advanced Geographic Information Systems

Fine tuning cartography skills Vector manipulation Attribute data and vector calculations

Lab 3 USGS Geologic Map of the Logan 30’ x 60’ Quadrangle

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Lab 3 You will add USGS layers to map project and clip out subsection

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Task 1: Recreating portion of map • Focus on details

• Alignment • Symbology • Legends • Fonts

• No Representative Fractions

Task 2: Area calculation • Go beyond tutorials • Make graph symbology and title

effective

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N 4,634,200

E 500,000

E 430,400

16,510 m

19,050 m

E 446,910

N 4,615,150

Lab 3 UTM central

meridian

Dimensions of

bounding box

Calculating UTM coordinate pairs to define bounding box

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Highlight elements

that contain the most

useful information

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Thinking outside the

box.

Effective?

Ineffective?

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Select export

Questions? Submit URL to Canvas

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