Integrating GIS & Lidar into the classroom

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Where do landslides occur in Amity Creek? What contribution do they have to the fine sediment load of the river?

Tasks:1. Field survey of landslide

scars with GPS, noting width and height of scars

2. Import GPS data into ArcGIS3. Calculate scar areas4. Create a map that displays

the data5. Synthesis – where are the

slides located?

GIS skills learned:6. Create new project7. Import existing files8. Import GPS data9. Simple calculation of area10. Map creation and export

Tasks:1. Add historic air photos and

channels2. Digitize in recent channel3. Make map showing channel

migration4. Make measurements of

distance moved5. Higher-order task: Figure out

role of migration on sediment flux into channel (with focus on recently stabilized bend)

New GIS skills learned:6. Creating a shapefile7. Digitizing on-screen8. Measuring distance and

area on-screen

Tasks:1. Create hillshade from DEM2. Make contour map3. Make DEM semi-transparent4. Overlay DEM on hillshade5. Add contours6. Make a map and export it

New GIS skills learned:7. DEM analyses – contours,

hillshades8. More visualization tools

(transparency, labels)9. How to make a cool

topographic map

Montgomery et al. 2001, Climate, tectonics, and morphology of the Andes

Egholm et al. 2009, Glacial effects limiting mountain height

Egholm et al. 2009, Glacial effects limiting mountain height

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