using arcpad for fieldwork with gis steve dunn & mark smith
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Using ArcPad for Fieldwork with GIS
Steve Dunn & Mark Steve Dunn & Mark SmithSmith
GIS @ LeedsGIS @ LeedsGeography Years 7 – 13
• Basic GIS Skills• Population Study• Plate Tectonics• Coursework• Hurricane Tracking• Census Data Analysis• Fieldwork
Biology Y8 – 13
History Y7-12
RS Y7 - 8
Let’s do
Let’s do
some some
fieldwork
fieldwork
with with
ArcPadArcPad
Investigating MICROCLIMATE with ArcPad
Students visit prescribed data collection points to record temperature on the pda.
ArcPad software records georeferenced data points on a map of the School site.
Out in the field ……….
Back in the classroom……
Students import their data into the desktop ArcGIS and using Spatial Analyst they can visualise their data for analysis and comparison.
At Leeds, all Year 8 Geography classes will record data and compare their results. This enables students to view data over different days and time frames.
10:00 am Data 2:00 pm Data
What else can you do?
Land Use survey using a digitised sketch map
Year 8 students visit a National Park honeypot site to look at issues of land use and building function for tourism.
Using pda’s data is collected in the field and visualised for analysis on the desktop.
LEEDS CBD LAND USE MAP 2008
Land Use
Construction
Entertainment
Financial Services
High Order Goods
High Order Services
Low Order Goods
Public Buildingsr
Residential
Transport & Industryshp
Change
Low Order Services
Group Data collected for Year 10 coursework
Data collected using ArcPad can be presented for a variety of studies
Building height & Building Function
3D analysis adds an exciting dimension to utilising field data
Building Height Analysis Leeds CBD 2008
Differentiation through fieldwork analysis!
Year 10 coursework linking Pedestrian Flow Data with Land Use using ArcGIS extensions Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst
http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/images/text/Fieldw_SD_article.pdf
http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,,1642288,00.html
http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/images/text/FW_GIS_in_fieldwork.pdf
Background Information
