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ExaminingGPSData(GPSandGIS)Part3
ManipulatingFiles{__}Selectthethreefilesleadingawayfromthevolcanotoprepareforcombining
themintoasinglefile:Underthemenu"Utilities"select"Combine."Intheresulting"CombineData
Files"window,press"Browse"tobringupalistoffilesinthefolder.Notethatasyouhighlightafile
nameby[]

ExaminingGPSData(GPSandGIS)Part4
AnAerialPhotoThatCanBeUsedasaMap:TheDigitalOrthophotoAdigitalorthophotoimageisan
aerialphotograph,indigitalform,withaveryusefulspecialproperty:Ithasbeencalibratedsothatit
maybeusedasamapthecoordinatesofthemaparepreciselyspecified.Asyoumayknow,most[]

DifferentialCorrection(GPSandGIS)Part1
INWHICHwetakeacloserlookatthesubjectofGPSaccuracyandexploretechniquesthatreduce
errors.OVERVIEWGPSAccuracyinGeneralWhenyourecordasinglepositionwithagoodGPS
receiver,thepositionrecordedwillprobablybewithin5to15metershorizontallyofthetruelocationof
theantenna.When[]

DifferentialCorrection(GPSandGIS)Part2
MakingDifferentialCorrectionWorkFromapracticalpointofview,anumberofconditionshavetobe
satisfiedfortheprocesstowork.Thebaseandroverhavetobetakingdataatthesametime,andthebase
hastobetakingdatafrequently.Ifthebasestationistoservetherover,wherever[]

DifferentialCorrection(GPSandGIS)Part3
PROJECT4CMcVeyWaypointWaypointsUsingOnetoCheckYourWork{_}TheMcVey
monumentisagoodcandidateforawaypointsinceitisaknownreferencepoint.Wewilldothisinorder
toseeanotherwayofcalculatingthedistancefromacorrectedaveragepointtoaknownpoint.Stillin
the__:\GPS2GIS\McVey_NGSdirectory[]

DifferentialCorrection(GPSandGIS)Part4
PROJECT4FTheOKCampusMoreGPSFilesandDOQsInthisProjectweverifyagainthat
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differentialcorrectionhasgreatvalueherewesuperimposeaGPStrace,onadigitalorthophoto,made
bywalking.{__}MakeaPathfinderOfficeprojectnamedUK_Campus_yis.Specifyitsdirectoryto
be_:\GPS2GIS\UK_Campus_yis.{_}Usetheoperatingsystemtocopythe[]

AreView,ArcData,andGPS(GPSandGIS)Part1
INWHICHyoulearntouseapartofESRIsArcViewsoftware,anduseinputfromtheArcUSA
databaseandGPSfiles.OVERVIEWWhatGISIsThetitleofthistopic,TheGlobalPositioningSystem
andGIS,impliesthatyoucanfindinformationhereonhowtouseGPStodevelopdataforaGeographic
Information[]

AreView,ArcData,andGPS(GPSandGIS)Part2
StartingaNewProjectandSavingIt{_}ClickontheonlyotherArcViewmenuitem:"File."6Click
on"NewProject."Awindowwiththename"Untitled"willappear.SeeFigure53.{_}Starttosave
thisemptyprojectwithanewtitle:Fromthe"File"menu(notethatthemenuhaschanged,nowthat[]

AreView,ArcData,andGPS(GPSandGIS)Part3
IdentifyingParticularFeaturesofaParticularTheme{_}MakeI090317a.shpactive.MakeCty2mactive
whichmakesI090317anolongeractive.(Morethanonethememaybemadeactiveatatime,butthis
isamoreadvancedmaneuver.Forthemoment,knowhowtomakeasinglethemeactive,andhowto
makeitvisible.){__[]

IntegratingGPSDatawithGISData
INWHICHyoulearnapproachestoconvertingGPSsoftware1datafilestoGISsoftwaredata
files,^practicewithsampleGPSanddigitizedshapefilesandcoverages,andthenundertaketheprocess
onyourown.OVERVIEWAnotherDatumLesson:IteachattheUniversityofKentuckysDepartment
ofGeography,inLexington.SeveralyearsagoIborrowedaGPSreceiver[]
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