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GIS 1001 Exercise: Downloading and displaying data.

Go to the Illinois Natural Resources Spatial Data Clearinghouse: http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/ISGSindex.html

• select a county, download the layers for that county
• convert the layers from the e00 format
• download one of the Digital Topographic maps (a DRG) within the county
• display the layers and the topographic map in ArcGIS

GIS 1001 Exercise: Creating Digital Data Layers

• Open ArcGIS, including a new project view
• Under the "File" menu select "extensions"
• place a check in the box next to "MrSID Image Support"
• add the following theme from P:\GIS 1001\doqs "41089c14.sid" (it is an "Image Data Source")
• Turn on the theme; it is a digital aerial image that includes IVCC.
• Zoom in to IVCC and create the following layers:
• Buildings
• Roads
• Parking Lots
• Athletic Fields
• Add some type of identifying attribute to the attribute table.

GIS 1001 Exercise: Creating a Map

Using the project you created in "Creating Digital Data Layers," create a set of maps that show the following:

• The location of IVCC with respect to the surrounding community.
• The location of key buildings, parking, and athletic venues.

The rest is up to you: color coding, key, scale, etc.