GIS in Geoscience Examples
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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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Exercise 3: Reclassifying the New York State Geologic Map part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Educational activity page detailing a GIS-based exercise where geoscience students reclassify and simplify the New York State Geologic Map for cartographic clarity, covering data merging, projection troubleshooting, attribute reclassification, and map design principles within an exemplary peer-reviewed teaching framework. auto-generated
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Exercise 1: Introduction to spatial data – mapping the classroom with paper and pencil part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
This educational activity page presents a classroom exercise introducing spatial data concepts through paper-and-pencil mapping, covering scale, location, coordinate systems, and metadata in a GIS context for geoscience students. auto-generated
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Working with USGS discharge data part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
In this exercise, we use the USGS real-time data available online, and use it to construct a rating curve for the Walla Walla river near Touchet. We then make a simple model of flood inundation in ArcGIS for the ...
Investigating Earthquakes: GIS Mapping and Analysis (College Level) part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with GIS:Examples
This is a college-level adaptation of a chapter from the Earth Exploration Toolbook. The students download global quake data over a time range and use GIS to interpret the tectonic context. -
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 Teaching Methods: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.
Shorelines of Glacial Lake Hitchcock part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Educational activity page detailing a GIS-based geomorphology exercise where students analyze Glacial Lake Hitchcock's shorelines by removing isostatic rebound from DEM data to interpret delta stratigraphy and past lake levels, including teaching goals, context, and downloadable instructional materials. auto-generated
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Mars Landing Site Analysis Lab part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Educational lab activity page where students use GIS and remote sensing data from Mars orbiters to evaluate proposed landing sites based on scientific value and engineering safety, designed for an introductory GIS course with ArcGIS and spatial analyst tools. auto-generated
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Spatial Analysis of Raster Data - An Antarctic Example part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Educational activity page detailing a GIS-based exercise using Antarctic raster datasets (elevation, ice thickness, bedrock topography) to teach spatial analysis techniques in ArcGIS, including projection customization, raster calculation, hillshading, and isostatic adjustment modeling, aimed at upper-division and graduate geoscience students. auto-generated
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