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2025

MSU/USDA
Summer Research Experience

GIS SEMINAR

Day 1

June 4 | 09:00 - 16:00

 

Location: ABE 100

Objective:

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- Introduction to GIS & GPS

- Geospatial data sources

- ArcGIS Pro & tools

09:00
09:10
09:30
11:00
12:00
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:15
16:00



 

Welcome
What is GIS?

GIS concepts
Data sources & applications
Lunch break
ArcGIS overview
Basemap, views, projection
Manipulate vectors
Manipulate rasters
Map layout and share
Closing

Day 2

June 5 | 09:00 - 12:00

 

Location: ABE 100

Objective:

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- Introduction to ArcGIS online

- StoryMap, Dashboard, Survey

- Applications

09:00
09:10
09:30
10:00
10:30
11:30
11:45
12:00




 

Review Day-1
ArcGIS Online (AGOL)
Overview of Apps
Create Dashboard
Create Survey123 form
Explore results
Make online map
Closing

 

Tasks

Task 1: Manipule attribute table

Data: World Population per Country


Goal: Manipulation of the attribute table and symbology

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Steps:

1. Change symbology for population
2. Get summary statistics
3. Add a new field (pop_prct) and use field calculator for % population
4. Sorting the pop% and get the top 5 countries with highest population
5. Use the attribute selection for top 5 countries and export selection
6. Create a chart (scatter plot) with population % versus country area
7. Create a map layout

 

 

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Data Source

Populated City

Source: 

Worldbank

Task 1

River

Source: 

USGS

Task 6

Aerial Forest Shot

Source: 

NAIP 1m

Task 2 & 3

Crop Field Aerial Shot

Source: 

CropScape

Task 6

3D Terrain Visualization

Source: 

SRTM 30m

Task 4

Green Pastures

Source: 

GCERlab

Task 7

Earth from Space

Source: 

Landsat-9

Task 5

Garden Soil

Source: 

Field survey

Instructor

Vitor S. Martins
Assistant Professor

vmartins@abe.msstate.edu

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Dpt. of Agricultural & Biological Engeering

Mississippi State University

 

 

www.gcerlab.com/

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GCERlab is part of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Mississippi State University

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