For the past year, I have been recording walkthroughs of various GIS operations used in our classes and labs. These are available on our YouTube page, which is not monetized and available for use in any of your courses if you find them useful. Students in my GIS class are required to watch and take notes on a series of videos before each lab, and students in my Map & LiDAR interpretation course use videos as a reference during labs. I have been finding this far more effective and engaging than purely written instructions.
How to make a georeferenced PDF for Avenza Maps:
- In ArcMap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_944uA7Ayw
- In ArcPro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgjFf3VZkj8
- In QGIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHC5eOdZoGE
Accessing nationwide NAIP imagery via a server in ArcMap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JPYlsQAGSQ&t=2s
Creating new lines in ArcMap at…
- A specified deflection to an existing line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIv_2LPFnk0&t=2s
- A specified distance and direction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY5E6MIvKfA
- A specified angle to the previous segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWF39cTP1Lo
Calculating the grade of a road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROn7pqp-yzQ
Creating a terrain profile graph and using it to identify locations that may need a culvert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Dsafq14GE
Creating a multi-directional hillshade in ArcMap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkLprGCrB3g
Importing geotagged photos in ArcMap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXl4mhJuBno
80 or so others: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCztJHsMrIm8sf0QyA7uTb6Q/videos
If there’s something you’d like demonstrated that you don’t see here, let me know and I’ll do it if it’s a straightforward operation —
Dr. Neil Thompson
Assistant Professor
Applied Forest Management
University of Maine Fort Kent
Office: 121 Armory Building
Office: (207) 834-7628
Cell: (207) 706-9228Mail: 23 University Drive,
Fort Kent, ME 04743
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