Instructional Documents

written by Scott Robinson and Tommy Sun Hung Wong

These are documents that we have created to help future users create GIS coverages and manipulate them.

How to access GIS information ‚ This is a step by step document on how to access the GIS information from Williams 406.

Creating a new map from parts of two ‚ This document shows how to take data from two maps with the same boundaries and make a new map from them.

Importing and joining tables ‚ This document is a step by step document for importing a new table from excel and joining it to an existing coverage.

How to transform a shape file to an arc file ‚ This document shows how convert a shape file to an arc file for manipulation in arc info with out losing any information. Note: this is only necessary for polygon files, not point or line files.

GIS Binder ‚ This is a PDF version of the Economic GIS binder that can be found at Williams Hall and Rauch Business Center.

Using Wessex Data ‚ This is a "How To" document for using the1990 Wessex cdís from the library. It describes how to extract boundary coverages and how to use the profiler to get data from cdís. Note: This is not the origin of the 1990 census data.