U.S.G.S. Planetary GIS Web Server - PIGWAD

Planetary GIS Tutorials

 

 

GIS Workshops

• June 2009 PGM Mappers 1 Day GIS Workshop
  • GIS for Planetary Geologic Mapping (PDF, Powerpoint)
  • Mini-topics
    • Copy layers from old into geodatabase (PDF)
    • Calculate Geodesic Areas/Length (ArcMap Plug-in, prelim. Instructions PDF)
  Oct 2008 GIS for Mappers 2 Day Workshop
  • GIS for Planetary Geologic Mapping Day 1 (Powerpoint)
  • GIS for Planetary Geologic Mapping Day 2 (Powerpoint)
• June 2008 PGM Mappers 1 Day GIS Workshop
  • GIS for Planetary Geologic Mapping (PDF)
• JPL 2005 1/2 Day GIS Workshop
  • Planetary GIS 101 for ArcMap (Powerpoint)

 

Misc GIS Tutorials

• The 15 minute "Tools for DEMs" Tutorial (PDF)

 

ArcMap  8.x, 9.x Tutorials

• See workshop tutorials above
• Data and ISIS Image Ingestion for ArcGIS 101 (Powerpoint)
• Defining Planetary Projections in ArcMap
• Pre-Defined Planetary Projection Files for ArcMap
• Getting THEMIS images into ArcMap
• HRSC
• HRSC Processing for ArcGIS (Word)
• HRSC export, ISIS import & HRSC-GIS basics (PDF) - by Angelo Pio Rossi from HRSC Workshop
• Fixing a Vector File Originally Defined Using a Wrong Projection (Word)
• Calculate Accurate Areas in ArcMap (PDF)

 

Canvas X w/ GIS+ Tutorials (about program)

• Setting up a Mars Project in Canvas w/ GIS Extension, v1 (PDF)

 

ArcView  3.x Tutorials

• Projection and Spheroid extension
• Georeferencing Images from Map-a-Planet (Mapmaker) or other sources
• Georeferencing Images from ISIS (MOC tips)
  • Adding Registration Information in ISIS
• Importing Tables into ArcView
• How to Create a Surface in ArcView
• Legend Attribute extension
• Image Catalog
• GeoJpeg
• How to Create Vectors with Arrowheads
• GRIDPIG - raster tools for ArcView 3.x