Fall 2009
   GEO327G/386G: GIS & GPS Applications in Earth Sciences

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1.  Useful (you should really know these!) Windows keyboard shortcuts.    
2. How to capture and paste a screen shot or a screen window.    
3. How to cut/paste an ArcMap map or graph into Word, Excel or Powerpoint.    
4. How to georeference an image.    
5. How to join two tables.    
6. How to use a VBA script in the Field Calculator.    
7. How to create a CSV (text) or dBASE file from an Excel Worksheet.
8. How to convert metadata for ArcCatalog.    
9. How to import GTOPO30 and SRTM30 data into ArcMap.    
10. How to import ASTER DEMs into ArcMap.    
11. Notes on NASA MrSID satellite photos.    
12. How to clip a multiband image or grid.    
13. How to copy raster symbology between layers.    
14. How to mosaic multiband images.    
15. How to download data from an internet map server (IMS).    
16. How to load a GIF image or one that has LZW compression.    
17. How to import  preliminary 3-arc second SRTM data (SRTM-3) into ArcMap.    
18. How to display vector files in Google Earth or covert Google kml files to shapefiles.    
  Last updated September 30, 2009
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