Arc-GIS for Geology
Students of all GIS backgrounds...
learn the key skills needed to create geologic maps and perform basic analyses of geological data. Click here for an example syllabus for this course
The course revolves around weekly exercises that begin with basic data management and analysis and end with geodatabase design and professional geologic map making.
All Images below are examples of exceptional student work.
Examples of weekly exercises
Generate at basic map of New Mexico
Mosaic DEM’s to a new raster
Geo-reference legacy maps
Analyze and compare surface attributes of local mountains
Calculate landslide risk in New Mexico
Digitize a legacy geologic map
Convert a digital map to file geodatabase
Create and analyze topology
Reclassify the geologic map of New Mexico (for postcard)
Adobe Illustrator tips and tricks
Continental Mantle Lithosphere
thickness is calculated from two maps (Moho and LAB depth) using a raster subtraction.
Click image to dl file.
Postcard Geologic Map of NM
students reclassify geologic map polygons to reduce the # of map units from >100 to 10. The reclassified map is printed as a postcard.
Professional-level digitization
of a legacy map of the NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (see below).
Maps are digitized using state-of-the-art digital geologic mapping schema, principles and practices.
The Legacy map
to the left is digitized (above)
Surface analyses
of local mountains in New Mexico.