Using ArcPad for Fieldwork with GIS

Steve Dunn & Mark Steve Dunn & Mark SmithSmith

GIS @ LeedsGIS @ LeedsGeography Years 7 – 13

• Basic GIS Skills• Population Study• Plate Tectonics• Coursework• Hurricane Tracking• Census Data Analysis• Fieldwork

Biology Y8 – 13

History Y7-12

RS Y7 - 8

Let’s do

Let’s do

some some

fieldwork

fieldwork

with with

ArcPadArcPad

Investigating MICROCLIMATE with ArcPad

Students visit prescribed data collection points to record temperature on the pda.

ArcPad software records georeferenced data points on a map of the School site.

Out in the field ……….

Back in the classroom……

Students import their data into the desktop ArcGIS and using Spatial Analyst they can visualise their data for analysis and comparison.

At Leeds, all Year 8 Geography classes will record data and compare their results. This enables students to view data over different days and time frames.

10:00 am Data 2:00 pm Data

What else can you do?

Land Use survey using a digitised sketch map

Year 8 students visit a National Park honeypot site to look at issues of land use and building function for tourism.

Using pda’s data is collected in the field and visualised for analysis on the desktop.

LEEDS CBD LAND USE MAP 2008

Land Use

Construction

Entertainment

Financial Services

High Order Goods

High Order Services

Low Order Goods

Public Buildingsr

Residential

Transport & Industryshp

Change

Low Order Services

Group Data collected for Year 10 coursework

Data collected using ArcPad can be presented for a variety of studies

Building height & Building Function

3D analysis adds an exciting dimension to utilising field data

Building Height Analysis Leeds CBD 2008

Differentiation through fieldwork analysis!

Year 10 coursework linking Pedestrian Flow Data with Land Use using ArcGIS extensions Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst

http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/images/text/Fieldw_SD_article.pdf

http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,,1642288,00.html

http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/images/text/FW_GIS_in_fieldwork.pdf

Background Information

CONTACT

Steve Dunn

sd@gsal.org.uk