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Learning Module: Acquiring Data

Purpose

Gives students direct experience obtaining data from various sources, qualifying the data, and converting it for use in a GIS.

Learning Objectives

Reading

Activities

Spend some time searching the web for GIS data that you are interested in. Download the data after checking the web site for information on the quality and spatial reference of the data. Then, bring the data into a GIS package and create a map.

Presentations/Discussions

Lab

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