"Mapping" a pathway for instruction:
Step one. Download and install.
Step two. Learn basics about projections.
Step three. Get internet-based data layers and use projections in ArcExplorer . (Use local files and internet sources.)
Step four. Use "raster" layers like aerial photos and landuse in ArcExplorer. (under construction)
Step five. Create a map, use some basic tools, print the map. [ Map Making Part 1] [ Map MakingPart 2]
Step six.. GPS and ArcExplorer, and DNR Garmin.[ Setup a Garmin GPS12 xl ] [ Use a Garmin GPS12 in an exercise][ Use DNR Garmin to move data to AJEE ] [ Download from Trimble GeoExplorer] [ Use Pathfinder Office to make shapefiles ]
Step seven. SSURGO soil data basics [ SSURGO Part 1] [ SSURGO Part 2.]
Step Eight. Use SSURGO soil in ArcExplorer.
Optional Advanced topics: SSURGO soil database topics (ArcGIS, MS Access, Excel used) [ SSURGO mdb Part 1 ] [ Part 2 ]
