Geography Professor how-to

How to Teach an Intro GIS Lab

Hands-on GIS builds job skills.

Updated By the Career Education Institute Curriculum Team
Quick answer

Hands-on GIS builds job skills. In short: explain; load; symbolize, then complete the remaining steps below.

Step by step

  1. Explain layers.

  2. Load data.

  3. Symbolize features.

  4. Run a simple analysis.

  5. Make a map layout.

  6. Discuss results.

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