The data for
the GIS lab exercises are located on the network. In order to gain access to
the data you have to ‘map’ the location of the network drive. - On
the desktop
double click on "My Computer" - Click on the "Tools"
menu -
Click on the "Map
Network Drive..." option - Click on the small black downwards pointing arrow beside the
drive letter. I suggest using G: - Enter the network path \\discovery\shares\g\gis - Make sure that the
small check box labeled "Reconnect at logon" is checked. -
Click the "Finish"
button.
The window
should disappear and (after a few seconds) a new drive should show up in
the My Computer window. Try double clicking on it to open it. If you
can, then you have successfully set up a network drive.
Now you can copy the
necessary folders & files from the GIS network folder to your U: drive
Copying data from the GIS
drive to your U:\ drive(click to expand)
first things first, create a
folder for this course - then be sure to copy all data to this folder
the size of the
data files for the Virtual Campus course is substantial (~100 MB)
the folder that
contains the data for the tutorials is G:\ESRI_Virtual_Campus\LearnArcGIS
and within this folder are 6 individual data folders - one for each module
(i.e. Analysis, Design, Edit, Model, Organize, Reference and Start)
a) if you have
sufficient space (>100MB) then simply copy the LearnArcGIS folder to
your course folder on your U: drive
OR
b) if space is
limiting you can copy only the folder needed (i.e. only Start)for the current module and you can delete the data folders once you are
done
To work on the Learning
ArcGIS 10
tutorials (click to
expand)
first time users need to
- create new account
-
keep the user name and password easy to remember!
Course Codes &
Instructions -
start a new course
(i.e. Learning ArcGIS Desktop) by entering
the code provided by the Instructor
** In the lab you need
only work on the hands-on exercises (marked with
a 'yellow e'
)
- working through the conceptual portions can be
done at a later time - they are worth reading over
Virtual Campus Learning ArcGIS9Review Sections (click to expand):
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