Week 6 - Points and pattern analysis

nico — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:01:24 -0800

Week 6 In-Class Exercises, Points and pattern analysis

Random point generation for Stratified Cluster Sampling
Analyses of Point Pattern Dispersal

PART I. Random samples and point pattern analysis

A. Download and Install Hawth's Tools for statistical analysis

We will use a third party tool to generate random sampling locations. There are thousands of useful scripts and tools for ArcGIS that you can download for free from

Week 5 - Raster Data Model: DEM and other continuous data

nico — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:07:59 -0800

Exercises:

Week 4 - Queries, relates, and buffers

nico — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:13:29 -0700

Classroom Topics

Further discussion of database normalization and relates, overlays, buffers, and other means of working with GIS data in a relational database structure.

In class presentations.

In-Class Labwork, Week 4

Manipulating data through queries, overlays, and other methods become more complex with relational databases, but understanding how to work with these data is fundamental to organizing a project in digital structure.

Week 1 - Introduction to ArcGIS and acquiring new data

admin — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:39:07 -0700

Classroom topics:

Structure of the class.

Introduction to GIS
Applications in anthropology
Strengths, weaknesses, and critiques
Topics we will cover in this 10 week course

In Class Lab -- Week 1

Part I - Create a shapefile and digitize from a satellite image.

In this exercise we will learn how to create a polygon shapefile by digitizing the polygon from an satellite image of the pyramids of Giza.

Week 2 - Data organization and management

nico — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:49:04 -0700

Classroom Topics

This week's class will focus on data organization and management for GIS applications to anthropological research. Specifically, we will spend time discussing the importance of relational databases and means of organizing and querying data organized into related tables.

Week 9 - Anisotropic cost surfaces and Least-cost paths

nico — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:36:23 -0800

Week 9 - Anisotropic Cost surfaces

Introduction: Non-Cartesian Distance Units
Spatial analysis in anthropology is frequently based on Cartesian coordinates that describe space in terms of regular units on a grid coordinate system. The UTM system is a good example of a Cartesian coordinate system in metric units. GIS permits the calculation of distance costs in terms of non Cartesian units that, some have argued, are a better reflection of real perspectives and human (agent) decision-making.

Week 7 - Pattern analysis, Part 2

nico — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:50:59 -0800

Week 7 In-Class Exercises, Pattern analysis Pt II

Comparing point patterns
This exercise will introduce functions found in the Geostatistical Analyst toolbar.

Introduction

The lab is organized around the following question in the Callalli data:

ArcMap extension: Data And Maps Sidebar v1.6

nico — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:39:04 -0700

Automatically retrieves data for your current Arcmap work frame from the following online sources

ArcGIS 8 "Cookbook" for geologists, part 1

nico — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:26:27 -0700

Also see Part 2: http://www.uaf.edu/geology/facilities/computer/CookBookArcGIS_Pt2.pdf

Teaches a number of steps for incorporating geological field data into an Arcmap project . The class includes georeferencing scanned maps (USGS Topos) and how to digitize vector shapefiles from the features depicted on the scanned map.

Week 3 - Acquisition of digital data

nico — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:06:21 -0700

Exercises: finding datasets, global coverage:

Georeferencing scanned historic maps
Importing GoogleEarth imagery to Arcmap
Locating topographic data
Locating multispectral imagery
Locating vector data

Classroom Topic:

Data acquisition methods for anthropological research.

South American geological data as vectors from USGS

nico — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:05:07 -0700

"World Energy Geology" series and Geoscience Data Catalog

Geological shapefile Bolivian altiplano and cordillera

nico — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:14:39 -0700

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.72
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.72
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.98
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -16.34
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -22.90

About using this course material in your class

nico — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:18:08 -0700

A couple of instructors have written about using the course material and labs in their courses.

I welcome the use of these materials in your class, but with attribution. It is great to see more inventive uses of GIS in anthropological research.

I ask that you please send email letting me know that you're planning to use these material with a link to the class, and that if you have suggestions or if you find errors then please let me know.

Workshop - ArcMap for Archaeology: Mapping GPS and Lab Data (Jan 2008)

nico — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:04:05 -0800

Archaeological Research Facility at UC Berkeley
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP

Working with Archaeological survey data in Arcmap 9.2:
Making maps that link GPS point locations with artifact-level data
Friday Feb 22, 2008
N. Tripcevich

If images are absent in the webpage below, please Reload the webpage and allow it to load completely.

Data used in workshop:

iTrek Z1 GPS datalogger precision test

nico — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:58:49 -0700

The iTrek Z1 datalogger GPS with a solar panel is based on the MTK chipset produced beginning in Q1 2007. I brought this GPS data logger, along with three other GPS units, on an ethnoarchaeological research project in Peru in 2007 where we travelled with a traditional salt-bearing caravan for 14 days, and I gathered 9 days of data logging with the iTrek Z1. I conducted this test to evaluate the precision of the GPS in the southern hemiphere where there is no WAAS.

Llama Caravan 2007 - Project Overview

nico — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:10:44 -0700

Transport in the Ancient Andes

Photos: Mountains (Climbing and backcountry skiing)

nico — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:17:53 -0800

Finding the right transformation when re-projecting data in ArcGIS 9.2

emarsh — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:45:41 -0800

So you're using the Project Tool to re-projecting a map into a new projection.

Before you can start the process, you have to choose from the many transformations. The attached file (World Projections.xls) lists where in the world each projection transformation should be used.

Cartographic transformations in ArcGIS for South America

nico — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:10:52 -0800

ArcGIS offers a number of geographic transformations between coordinates in the older Prov South American Datum of 1956 (PSAD56) and the modern WGS 1984 datum.

Finding the PSAD1956 datum in ArcGIS

The PSAD1956 datum is supported in ArcGIS. The coordinate system settings are found under Coordinate System menus under UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator)

Predefined > Projected Coordinates > UTM > Other GCS > Prov. S. Amer Datum, UTM Zone X (Northern or Southern hemisphere).

read more

How to edit PDF files in Illustrator or Photoshop

admin — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:07:12 -0700

How to edit PDF files in Illustrator or Photoshop

If you have the full version of Acrobat (not just the free Reader) and Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop installed on the same computer you can edit any part of a non-protected PDF file.

Current declination calculator

nico — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:40:59 -0700

Simple form from NOAA for calculating the most current magnetic declination for any location on the planet. For use with declinating compasses.

Tripcevich Papers & Presentations

admin — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:21:15 -0800

ACADEMIC

N. Tripcevich curriculum vitae

Ph.D. Dissertation: Quarries, Caravans, and Routes to Complexity: Prehispanic Obsidian in the South-Central Andes. University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Anthropology, 2007.

Participants

nico — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:30:39 -0800

Participants in Llama Caravan 2007 Project

Llameros de Chancara (La Union, Arequipa)
Fidel Cruz Anco
Virginia Gutierrez
Rómulo Cruz
y 15 llamas

Llameros de Laksa (La Union, Arequipa)
Tadeo Ancco
Raúl Ancco
y 13 Llamas

Investigadores:

Llama Caravan 2007

nico — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:25:27 -0800

Llama Caravan Ethnoarchaeology Project 2007

Documenting a voyage with four llameros and 28 llamas from the Huarhua salt mine (Cotahuasi) to Chancara (puna of Cotahuasi) and onward to Calcauso (Apurimac)

July 2007.
Directed by Nicholas Tripcevich, Ph.D.

GIS data and imagery online

nico — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:24:35 -0800

Visit the file download area using one of the following

Recent posts

Week 6 - Points and pattern analysis

Week 6 In-Class Exercises, Points and pattern analysis

PART I. Random samples and point pattern analysis

A. Download and Install Hawth's Tools for statistical analysis

Week 5 - Raster Data Model: DEM and other continuous data

Week 4 - Queries, relates, and buffers

Classroom Topics

In-Class Labwork, Week 4

Week 1 - Introduction to ArcGIS and acquiring new data

Classroom topics:

In Class Lab -- Week 1

Part I - Create a shapefile and digitize from a satellite image.

Week 2 - Data organization and management

Exercises:

Classroom Topics

Week 9 - Anisotropic cost surfaces and Least-cost paths

Week 9 - Anisotropic Cost surfaces

Week 7 - Pattern analysis, Part 2

Week 7 In-Class Exercises, Pattern analysis Pt II

ArcMap extension: Data And Maps Sidebar v1.6

ArcGIS 8 "Cookbook" for geologists, part 1

Week 3 - Acquisition of digital data

Classroom Topic:

South American geological data as vectors from USGS

Geological shapefile Bolivian altiplano and cordillera

About using this course material in your class

Workshop - ArcMap for Archaeology: Mapping GPS and Lab Data (Jan 2008)

iTrek Z1 GPS datalogger precision test

Llama Caravan 2007 - Project Overview

Transport in the Ancient Andes

Photos: Mountains (Climbing and backcountry skiing)

Finding the right transformation when re-projecting data in ArcGIS 9.2

Cartographic transformations in ArcGIS for South America

Finding the PSAD1956 datum in ArcGIS

How to edit PDF files in Illustrator or Photoshop

Current declination calculator

Tripcevich Papers & Presentations

Participants

Participants in Llama Caravan 2007 Project

Llama Caravan 2007

Llama Caravan Ethnoarchaeology Project 2007

GIS data and imagery online