GEOG 4/575 Digital Compilation & DB Design Projects

GEOG 4/575 Student Project Final Reports

Due before the scheduled presentation time.

Deliverables:

1. A hardcopy and digital copy of the powerpoint file of the presentation.
2. A project summary report.
3. A digital copy of project's GIS database.

Powerpoint file

The hardcopy doesn't have to be in color. You can print the slides in handout format with 2 slides per page. I will post the slides on the course webpage for future students' reference. If you don't want the slides to be circulated on the Internet, please let the instructor know.

Project summary report

The structure of your project summary report is the same as your proposal. Please make necessary changes on your proposal to reflect what you have accomplished in your project. The report has the following components.

1. Project Title.
2. Background: A short paragraph describing the applications associated with the GIS database and the significance and contribution of these applications to a broader context.
3. Design objectives: Describe the specific objectives that you accomplished in your project.
4. Data layer specifications and geographic extents: Describe your study area, the GIS data layers, and the topological characteristics of these data layers.
5. Methods and techniques: Describe the method and specific GIS techniques you used to compile and manipulate your data (e.g., geocoding, creating relationship classes, overlaying, etc).
6. Intended applications: Describe the intended applications of your GIS database and how your specific database design will facilitate such applications.
7. Demonstration application: Demonstrate the use of your database in a hypothetical or real scenario for geographical inquiry.
8. Limitations and quality statements: State what are the limitations of the database and why.
9. Literature cited.

The quality of your project report is determined by the cohesiveness and logic of your arguments, the clarity of your objectives, and the appropriateness of the methods and techniques. The complexity and comprehensiveness of your project will not be criteria in judging the quality of your project.

Digital GIS Database

There is no restriction on the file format of your GIS database. However, the file(s) delivered to the instructor need to be self-contained, meaning that no additional databases are required to view the GIS layers in the database. Please inform the instructor the location of your project database.

The metadata information for each and every GIS layer needs to be entered using ArcGIS metadata interface (see below) or in an attached ASCII or MS Word document. Please also attach a cover sheet in MS Word format with the following information.

Course/date: GEOG 4/575 Fall 20XX.

Project/Database Title:

Student name(s):

File name and format: (coverage, E00, shapefile, geodatabase, etc...)

Data catalog: (fill in the table below)

Layer name	Data Type	Brief Description	Source
	(e.g., point, line, polygon, GRID, tif, etc)		URL, network drive location, GPS, etc...

Editing Metadata in ArcCatalog

You can use the Metadata tools in ArcCatalog to compile the metadata of your GeoDatabase. Just select Metadata from the Toolbars in the View pull-down menu in ArcCatalog to open the toolbar. The set of tools allows you to edit, import, export metadata. You will have to navigate to and select a feature class and click the Metadata tab on the right-panel of ArcCatalog. The metadata tools become active. Click on the Edit Metadata tool to edit or click the Import Metadata button in the metadata tool set to import existing Metadata.