NDSU Distance & Continuing Education (DCE)

Objectives:

• Locate places on a world map;
• Identify major lines of latitude and longitude;
• Recognize the difference between small-scale and large-scale maps;
• Use latitude and longitude values to locate features;
• Work with tabular data
• Query data to find answers and make decisions;
• Create a map legend for interpretation;
• Use classification and querying skills to derive information from the map;
• Describe different ways to classify the world – biomes and eco regions;
• Interpret map symbology;
• Compare different map layers and identify relationships between them;
• Identify spatial patterns and give reasons to explain them;
• Identify temporal patterns and give reasons to explain them;
• Compare the geographic extent of different layers;
• Understand the basic concept of GIS;
• Use a basic ArcMap skill set to build a map;
• Use the five-step geographic inquiry model;
• Manipulate map projections using GIS technology;
• Compare locations on a map to photos and satellite imagery using GIS;
• Use GIS to map data downloaded from the Internet;
• Use GIS to interpolate data into a grid format;
• Create online maps using GLOBE datasets and download map images into ArcView for analysis;
• Use the Internet to locate U.S. Census Bureau data;
• Relate large list-based resources to shape file data bases readable by ArcMap;
• Join exterior sources of data to geographic files such as countries, states, or cities to extend their investigations;
• Create graphs in ArcMap from statistics-rich databases;
• Use GPS units to navigate and perform geocaching.