Scott White

Viewshed Analysis part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This is an educational activity page detailing a GIS lab exercise where students use ArcGIS Spatial Analyst to perform viewshed analysis on the Chaco Canyon area, focusing on terrain visibility from Ancestral Puebloan ruins, with teaching goals in geospatial analysis, hypothesis testing, and cartographic presentation, peer-reviewed and designed for advanced GIS courses.

Mapping Hurricanes - Working with Digital Vector and Raster Data Sets part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This peer-reviewed teaching activity page details a GIS lab exercise for undergraduate geoscience students, focusing on mapping Hurricane Jimena (2009) using ArcGIS and digital vector/raster datasets to analyze storm tracks and wind patterns through coordinate-based point creation, buffering, and cartographic layout.

Introduction to Computer Mapping and GIS part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Courses
An introduction to the study and design of maps, primarily through the application of a specialized computer mapping software program known as GIS.