internship presentation

1. By: Nelson Gakuru
For the period 8th- 29th

2.  Objectives
 Monthly review
 Prospects
 Challenges

3. To Develop:
◦ Proficiency around GIS software,
 Mastery of various GIS software applications.
◦ Applications around GIS.
 Setup interactive applications to present data on maps.

5. Objectives
To:
 Understand how maps are organized,
 Learn terms used in the mapping field,
 Know how ArcGIS Desktop v10.0 works and stores data,
 Create a simple map.

6. Tools used
 ArcGIS Desktop v10.0.

7. Tutorials used
 Oakar’s Fundamentals of ArcGIS Exercise Manual,
 ESRI’s help tutorials at help.esri.com.

8. New Things Learnt
In ArcGIS Desktop v10.0
o Navigating through the software,
o Setting up folder connections,
o Switching layers on and off,
o Creating a Geodatabase,
o Editing layers,
o Making joins and relations to datasheets,
o Creating a new Feature Class,
o Identified different file formats.

9. YES

10. Objectives
To:
 Export Data from ArcGIS Desktop v10.0,
 Find out about online map editors,
 Create a simple web map application,
 Publish a web map application online,
 Sync ArcGIS Online with ArcGIS Desktop v10.0.

11. Tools used
 ArcGIS Desktop v10.0,
 ArcGIS Online.

12. Tutorials used
 Oakar’s Fundamentals of ArcGIS Exercise Manual,
 ESRI’s help tutorials at help.esri.com.

13. New Things Learnt
o Exporting data from ArcGIS Desktop v10.0,
o Importing data with ArcGIS Online,
o Explored three new online editors,
o Created a simple web map application,
o Published a simple web map application,
o Knew to sync ArcGIS Online with ArcGIS Desktop v10.0.

14. YES

15. Objectives
To:
 Learn the frameworks,
 Create a more complex and interactive web map Application,
 Create services from ArcGIS Server,
 Publish a service from my local ArcGIS Server.

16. Tools used
 ERDAS APOLLO 2011 CLIENT,
 OpenStreetMap viewer editor (http://openstreetmap.org),
 ArcGIS Online.

17. Tutorials used
 Oakar’s Introduction to ERDAS Apollo Exercise Manual,
 ESRI’s help tutorials at http://help.esri.com,
 ERDAS APOLLO at http://apollopro.erdas.com.

18. Halfway met
Reason:
oUnable to publish a service from my local server

19.  Setting up the database,
 Using near real time data.