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Support

• Office hours
  • Wed: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Thur: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Zoom: by appointment and very flexible
• In lab outside of class time
  • By appointment with limited availability
  • Weekends are an option

Course mechanics

• Canvas is where you start lessons and submit labs.
• The Course website is where you find presentations, which contain links to data and other resources.

Tech reqs 🔭

• ArcGIS Pro (FYI: free MOOC Apr 3–May 15).
• Lab computers have all required software.
• Use personal computer, but install required software.

Tech reqs 🔭

• No Windows OS? (or want better computer?)
  • Get a virtual PC
    • Shadow.tech 💯😎
    • Parallels Desktop 💰🙂
    • Virtual Den 👌🤷
• More details as we continue

Make maps

• 25+ years designing maps for print and web
• outrageGIS.com

photograph

• a map represents a real place
• with real processes & people.

explore

• personal adventures
• inspire.

experiment

• with new tools and methods
• to create a unique style.

& field trips!

• to measure and test our maps.

Digital twin?

• Will our maps be as detailed as the real thing?
• A Roblox experience instead of a physical trip?
• A Metaverse trip to Mammoth Cave?

A map is

• An artistic rendering of Earth.
• A measurement of our environment.
• A tool for remembering the past and navigating the unknown.
• Are maps needed if we have a digital twin?

Past courses

• Stay local
• make snazzy visuals
• summary measurements
• and tell a story.

We will

• Work in cutting-edge technology and data
  • ArcGIS Pro
  • Lidar
  • Python
  • Git & GitHub
• Map a site in exquisite detail
  • From feet to inches in resolution
• Create a public portfolio

ArcGIS Pro (AP)

• Leading GIS & mapping software (looks good on a resume)
• Well-documented help and extensive support
• We can stay almost entirely in AP
• Not free (like QGIS) and runs only on Windows OS 😞

Lidar

• LIght Detection And Ranging
• Point cloud is densely sampled features using infrared lasers
• New frontier in mapping and analysis

Lidar example

• Aerial lidar for entire state
• Ground and above-ground features

Lidar data

• Massive
• >20 TB for first edition
• State divided into 46,105 tiles
• How to handle so much data?

Python

• Among the most popular programming languages
• We'll start with no programming knowledge
• Text-based instructions (aka code) make working with big data a lot easier.

Code examples

• First challenge in learning code is understanding syntax.
  • Comments
  • Data
  • Instructions

Why even code?

• When we have emerging tech like AI and ML?
• DALL·E generate, 'a map of kentucky'
• 'topographic map of kentucky, united states showing parks and forests'

Why even code?

• ArcGIS Pro seems like a primarily visual tool.
• Well, maps are visualizations of data.
• Data management majority of work.
• Code is a set of reproducible instructions.

PY4E

• Previous videos are from Python for Everybody, a free online course by Chuck Severance.
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4

Git & GitHub

• Code management, backup, and collaboration.
• Learn basic web page development.
• Publish public portfolios of your maps. 😀😀

Lidar

• measurements and visualizations of places in Kentucky.
• Any feature that you want to visualize and measure.

Final project

• Make 3D and 2D site map
  • Interactive map,
  • Potree point cloud renderer,
  • Cesium Ion web platform,
  • or a video.
• Publish online