GIS Technical Tips
General GIS information
Data Related Information
- Notes on Data Pitfalls, from the 1995 GIS Workshop
- UNIX to PC and DLG Conversion Notes
- Graphics file (.gra) of DOI Logo, for use in Arc/Info.
(Caution: large file - 220K zipped with PKZip)
- MrSID Image Compression Software.
This is a commercial site for a new image compression software. There is compression
software, viewer software, and image server software. Images compressed in
this way can be viewed in ArcView using an extension. USGS is starting to
make use of this compression software to serve DOQQ images. Much of the viewer
and server software is free: there is a charge for the compression software.
- Corpscon
5.x Software Corpscon, Version 5.11.08 is a MS-Windows-based
program from the army which allows the user to convert coordinates between
Geographic, State Plane and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) systems on
the North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27), the North American Datum of 1983
(NAD 83) and High Accuracy Reference Networks (HARNs) using the National Geodetic
Survey (NGS) program.
Arc/Info Sites & Tools
ArcView 3.x Sites & Tips
- Year 2000 fixes for Crystal Reports.
- Avenue Scripts from the National Conservation
Training Center for use with the PLGR GPS unit.
- ArcView Extension from Windom Wetland
Management District for use with the PLGR GPS unit.
- ArcView Extension for use with DRG (Digital
Raster Graphic) data.
- ArcView Extension
for a collection of tools that extend the capabilities for Spatial Analyst
and a collection of tools to aid in the analysis of animal movement, from
P. N. Hooge and B. Eichenlaub, USGS, Alaska Biological Science Center.
- ArcView Projection Tip from Mary Jackson
of the Upper Mississippi River NW&FR, using the Projector! Extension and
ArcView 3.0a.
- NADCON extension developed by NOAA for datum
shifting Additional information on doing projections in ArcGIS 8.1 will
be coming soon as well. The information here was supplied by Mark Jacobsen,
Region 2.
- Xtools Extension
for ArcView.
This is a free extension for arcView, developed by Mike Delaune of the Oregon
Department of Forestry. There are a number of functions included in the extension,
and there is some documentation available. This was developed for natural
resource professionals, and may be useful to a number of offices.
- National Wetlands
Inventory script - from Bob Kibler, FWS-SRBO in Boise. This script
simplifies NWI data by different attributes. Download and unzip the
file and follow the directions in the joinnwi.txt file.
- ArcView Resource
Page from Tim Loesch, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Right
now this site contains a number of extensions for ArcView. More scripts
and other information is planned.
- Marker and Line Set Information
for ArcView users.
- General
ArcView Resources, including extensions and pointers to other ArcView
sites.
ArcView 8.1 Sites & Tips
ArcGIS 9.x Sites and Tips
- Codesampler scripts
written in Python that can enhance your work.
- ESRI Support Center
- ESRI ArcGIS License Manager & Installation
tips
- Spatial Techniques: Various ArcGIS related tools including ET GeoTools
and ET GeoWizards
- ET GeoWizards
is a set of powerful functions that will help the ArcGIS users to manipulate
data with ease. It enables the ArcGIS users with ArcView licenses to perform
some data processing tasks standardly possible only in ArcEditor and ArcInfo.
- ET GeoTools
is a set of tools for ArcGIS which purpose is to increase the editing productivity
in ArcMap, give enhanced editing functionality to the ArcView users and enable
them to create and maintain topologically correct datasets.
- Hawth's Analysis
Tools is an extension for ESRI's ArcGIS (specifically ArcMap). It is designed
to perform spatial analysis and functions that cannot be conveniently accomplished
with out-of-the-box ArcGIS.
- Institute for Geographic Information Science at San Francisco State University
GISc Help Desk -
Knowledge Base provides support for both general GIScience questions and
specific questions regarding the technical use of ESRI and Leica software
products.
- Raster Clip Tool, designed to make it easier to clip multiband images.
- Geographic Information
Systems Applications in Wildlife Management - GIS specialists from Devils
Lake Wetland Management District, North Dakota, have developed GIS training
tutorials to assist in learning the basics of ArcGIS. Tutorials include: Installing
ArcGIS 9x, ArcGIS Basic Training, ArcPad 7 Used with Trimble GeoXT, ArcScan
Tutorial by ESRI, Garmin GPS with Minnesota DNR Software and ArcMap 9x.
For additional information regarding this Web page, contact Deb Southworth Green, in the Division of Information Resources and Technology Management, at Deb_Green@fws.gov
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