Welcome to the Computer Mapping Home Page
Students in this class us state-of-the-art software from ESRI to create digital maps. Once they have mastered mapping skills, they use them to complete projects about their local communities using real world data.
Here are examples of student Computer Mapping Projects
Unit 1 (Intro to ArcGIS)Students learn their way around ArcGIS, the industry standard software used to display and analyze spatial data. They complete a set of tutorials which illustrate the last flight of Amelia Earhart as a sample project. (Click Thumbnails for Larger View) |
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Unit 2 (Managing and Displaying Data)Students use a variety of computer mapping skills to create several maps of Africa. When completed, these maps for a poster or atlas of Africa (Click Thumnails for a larger view)
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Atlas of Africa
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Enirichment 1 (Exploring Wayne County Data)Students used the skills learned in the previous lessons to prepare some interpretive maps of Wayne County, Michigan. (Click Thumnails for a larger view) |
Wayne County Atlas
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