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MapWindow GIS Tutorial - A2 PDF

This document summarizes a GIS workshop exercise that teaches participants how to: 1) Query attribute tables and save query results as a new shapefile. 2) Download satellite imagery and add it as a layer in MapWindow GIS. 3) Export GIS layers from MapWindow as KML files and view them in Google Earth. The workshop uses layers of towns, streets, and fire hydrants to demonstrate these skills.

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MapWindow GIS Tutorial - A2 PDF

This document summarizes a GIS workshop exercise that teaches participants how to: 1) Query attribute tables and save query results as a new shapefile. 2) Download satellite imagery and add it as a layer in MapWindow GIS. 3) Export GIS layers from MapWindow as KML files and view them in Google Earth. The workshop uses layers of towns, streets, and fire hydrants to demonstrate these skills.

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MapWindowGISWorkshop

05January2009,McCurtainCounty,Oklahoma Participants:VolunteerFireDeptandRuralWaterDistricts

EXERCISE2
Inthisexercise,youwilllearn: A.Toqueryspecificattributesintheattributetable B.Tocreateanewshapefile C.TodownloadasatelliteimageanddisplayitinMapWindow D.TodisplayGISfilesinGoogleEarth

A.QueryingSpecificAttributesintheAttributeTable
FromEXERCISE1,weimportedseverallayersasshownintheillustrationbelow:

Rightclicktl_2009_40089_placeandclickViewAttributeTableEditor. .) (Alternatively,highlighttl_2009_40089_placeandclicktheAttributeTableEditortool Itsattributetableisshownbelow.ItshowsthemajortownsandcitiesinMcCurtainCounty.

LetsusetheQueryfunctiontoqueryIdabelandsaveitasanothershapefile. ClickSelection>Query.

(Alternatively,clicktheQuerytool TheQuerybuilderpopupappears.

.)

Usingthescrollbar,doubleclickonNAME.ClickEqualsignbutton .TypeIdabelinsingleor doublequotes. ClickExecutebutton. TheIdabelrecordishighlighted.TheIdabelareaboundaryisalsohighlightedinthemap.

(Alternatively,youcanclickonthefirstcolumn(graycolor)oftheIdabelrecordlinetohighlightthe Idabelrecord.ThisistheeasiestwaytoselecttheIdabelrecord.However,ifyouhavehundredsor

thousandsofrecordsandifyouhavetochoosemultiplefields,theQuerybuilderfunctioncomesin handy.) Todeselectthehighlightedrecord,clickSelection>SelectNone.

B.CreatingaNewShapefile
ClickSelection>ExportSelectedFeatures.

SavethenewshapefileasIdabel.SaveitintheMapWinWorkshopfolder. ClickYestothequestion:Doyouwanttoloadthenewshapefile?Nowwehaveanewshapefile namedIdabelintheDataLayersarea.

Unchecktl_2009_40089_McCurtainandtl_2009_40089_place. ZoominonIdabelboundary.RightclickIdabel>ZoomtoLayer.

ItshowstheextentofcoverageofIdabel. Next,letschangeitscolor.DoubleclickonIdabeltoopentheLegendEditor. Makethefollowingchanges: FillColor:Transparent(Hint:ClickonFillColor.Clickthescrollarrow.HittheWebtab.Click Transparent OutlineColor:DarkOrange LineWidth:2 ShowFill:False

ClosetheLegendEditor Downloadandaddthefilecalledstreets.shp. Downloadandaddthefilecalledfire_hydrants.shp. DragthetwolayersaboveIdabel.

Letssaveourprojectthusfar.Inmenubar,clickFile>SaveAs. SaveasWorkshop_A2.mwprjinMapWinWorkshopfolder.ClickSave. Letsactivatesomeplugins. InMainMenu,clickPlugins>GISTools.AlsoactivateOpenMetadataManager.

ThepluginsGISTools,MetadataTools,andthemeasuringtoolarenowdisplayedinthemenubar andtoolbar.

Letslookatthemetadataofalayer.Highlighttl_2009_40089_place.ClickMetadataTools>View MetadataforCurrentLayer.

C.DownloadingasatelliteimageanddisplayingitinMapWindow
FromGeospatialDatasetsforMcCurtainCounty(http://agecon.okstate.edu/gis/McCurtain.asp),under Imagery,downloadortho_e11_s_ok089.sid. SaveittotheMapWinWorkshopfolder.Thefileis436MB,soitmaytakeawhiletodownload.Extract ittothefolderwiththesamenamethatisautomaticallycreated.Asingleimagefileiscomposedof severalfilesasshownbelow: Addtheortho_e11_s_ok089.sidimagetoMapWindow. ClickOpentoseetheimage. Youmayhavetodragtheimagelayertothebottomtoexposetheotherlayers.

Rightclickortho_e11_s_ok089.sid>ZoomtoLayertoviewitsentireextent.

RightclickIdabel>ZoomtoLayer. UsingtheZoomIntool

,drawasmallboxsomewhereatthecenterofIdabel.

Changethesymbologyofthefirehydrants.Doubleclickfire_hydrantstoopenitsLegendEditor. Usethefollowingchanges:PointcolorCyan.PointSize6.PointStyleptCircle.

tosaveyourproject

YoumayusethePantool tomovetonearbylocations.ClicktheSavetool toWorkshop_A2.mwprj. ClickFile>ExittocloseMapWindowGIS.

D.DisplayingGISfilesinGoogleEarth
First,weneedtoinstallapluginforMapWindowsowecandisplayGISfilesinGoogleEarth. DownloadtheShape2EarthMapWindowpluginfrom:http://shape2earth.com/shp2e.aspx. Followinstructionstodownloadandinstall. (Or,downloadasimilarsoftwarecalledShp2kml2.0.Itisashapefiletokml,standaloneconverter. Youcangetitfrom:http://www.zonums.com/shp2kml.html) OpenMapWindowGIS. OpenWorkshop_A2.mwprj. InMenuBar,clickPlugins>Shape2Earth. ThepluginShape2Earthisnowinstalledandshowninthemenubar. ClickIdabel>ZoomtoLayer.

ClickShape2Earth>ExporttoKML

ClickRunUnregistered

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Usethedefaultparameters.ClickthesmallGoogleEarthicon tosaveIdabelaskmlfile.

Again,SharewareLicenseInformationwindowofShape2Earthpopsup.ClickRunUnregistered. SaveasIdabel.kmlinMapWinWorkshopfolder. OpeningGoogleEarth First,downloadandinstallGoogleEarthifitsnotinyourcomputer.Goto: http://earth.google.com/downloadearth.html. Inmainmenu,clickFile>Open

OpenIdabel.kml. YoushouldseetheIdabelboundaryplottedinGoogleEarth.

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SaveMapWindowproject. ExitMapWindow. Nowwehavejustlearnedhowtoqueryspecificattributesintheattributetable,createanewshapefile, downloadanddisplayasatelliteimage,anddisplayGISfilesinGoogleEarth. ENDOFEXERCISE2

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