Useful GIS Techniques

This page includes a list of handy ArcView routines and details, created by Kevin Urbanczyk. Get the PDF version of this document.

TOPICS

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1. Directions to get free USGS data

2. Directions to get Digital Elevation Models into ArcView

3. Directions to fix a DEM that has "no data" values of 32767, -9999

4. Directions to mosaic several DEMs into one grid

5. Directions to get DLG files into ArcView

6. Directions to change projection datum from NAD83 to 27 or vice versa

7. How to extract a portion of a DEM

8. How to clip a set of polygons down to a rectangular area

9. How to sort index contours from a grid

10. How to clip the collars off of a DRG

11. How to change projections using ArcView 3.1

12. How to get field data into ArcView: points

13. How to get field data into ArcView: digitize "on-screen" points, lines, or polygons

14. How to make polygons "3D" to make them work within a view or in a 3D scene

15. How to print using the HP755 plotter

16. How to change text attributes after you have already created the text

17. How to change elevation units for a grid