GIS in Geoscience Examples
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Landscape Interpretation and Visualization Using A GIS part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This is an educational activity page from the On the Cutting Edge collection that presents a GIS-based lab exercise for undergraduate geomorphology students to interpret and visualize landscapes using digital elevation data, comparing analog topographic map skills with modern GIS tools like ArcGIS, Spatial Analyst, and 3D Analyst to enhance spatial reasoning and understanding of terrain-forming processes. auto-generated
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Visualizing the impact of storm surge and sea level rise on coastal communities part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
Using Google Earth to Explore Plate Tectonics part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Teaching with Google Earth:Examples
Students use Google Earth to learn about plate tectonics by exploring the topography of the earth's continents and ocean floor, the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes, and seafloor age. They become familiar with these global data sets and understand how Earth's tectonic plates and plate boundaries are defined.
Tsunami Travel Time Approximation part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
An educational activity page for undergraduate geology students focuses on approximating tsunami travel times across the Pacific using GIS tools like ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, emphasizing raster data processing, projection selection, and comparative analysis with expert tsunami propagation models. auto-generated
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Geocoding in ArcGIS: The Spread of Target and Walmart part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Educational activity page guiding students through geocoding Walmart and Target store locations in ArcGIS, creating distribution maps, performing spatial joins with U.S. state data, analyzing retail patterns using graphing tools, and evaluating business or environmental implications, designed for upper-level GIS courses and peer-reviewed for scientific accuracy and pedagogical effectiveness. auto-generated
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Conservation Biology GIS lab exploration part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Educational resource page offering a peer-reviewed, exemplary GIS lab activity for conservation biology, designed for upper-division undergraduate students, featuring downloadable teaching materials and data sets to explore geospatial analysis in environmental management contexts. auto-generated
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Exercise 6: Cartography part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Exercise 6: Cartography is an educational web page from the "On the Cutting Edge" teaching collection that presents a two-part GIS activity where students analyze ArcMap examples to identify data and cartographic techniques, then apply classic cartographic methods through tutorials, developing critical map design skills in an entry-level geoscience course. auto-generated
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Introductory Tutorial/Refresher for Basic ArcMap Techniques for Geoscientists, with Emphasis on Working with Raster Data Sets part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This educational resource is a peer-reviewed, exemplary teaching activity providing a structured ArcMap tutorial/refresher for geoscientists, featuring three sequential exercises focused on raster data handling, including hillshading, DEM analysis, and geologic-topographic correlation, designed for both introductory and upper-level geoscience courses using ArcGIS with Spatial and 3D Analyst extensions. auto-generated
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Digitization and Volumetric Analysis of Sediment Transport in a Simplistic Flume part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This exemplary teaching activity page details a hands-on GIS and flume modeling exercise where students investigate sediment transport dynamics by constructing digital terrain models from physical experiments, analyzing erosion and deposition patterns across varying flume conditions, and applying spatial analysis techniques in ArcGIS to understand geomorphic processes and scaling limitations in analog modeling. auto-generated
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Estimating Areal Rainfall in the Lake Whatcom Watershed part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This educational activity page details a GIS-based hydrology exercise for estimating areal rainfall in the Lake Whatcom Watershed using ArcGIS tools, covering Thiessen polygon and inverse distance weighting methods, precipitation lapse rate adjustments, and spatial analysis techniques for upper-level undergraduate or graduate students, including downloadable datasets, instructor solutions, and peer-reviewed teaching materials. auto-generated
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