GIS

tool: ArcGIS

Purpose:

ArcGIS is a suite of software that comprises of Desktop GIS, Server GIS, Mobile GIS, and Online GIS. ArcGIS is a platform for building a complete geographic information system (GIS) that lets you easily create, edit, and analyse geographic knowledge on the desktop; publish data, maps, globes and models to a GIS server and/or share them online; and use them on the desktop, on the Web, or in the field.

Features:

• View and query maps
• Manipulate shapefiles and geodatabases
• Data manipulation, editing and analysis
• Mobile device enabled

A&H use case 1 description:

ArcGIS was used in the Mapping Medieval Chester project to integrate geographical and literary mappings of the medieval city using cartographic and textual sources and using these to understand more how urban landscapes in the Middle Ages were interpreted and navigated by local inhabitants.

A&H use case 2 description:

ArcGIS was used in the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project to investigate the relationship between people and their environment, from the Neolithic period to the present day on the island of Cyprus. ArcGIS was used to gather, analyse and map geomorphological data.

Publisher:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Creator:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Data capture:

Geophysical survey

GPS and total station surveys

Specifications:

eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

Java

Microsoft's .NET Framework

COM

Visual Basic

TCP/IP

Unified Modelling Language (UML)

Visual C++

Delphi

Data publishing and dissemination:

Disk publishing

Desktop publishing and pre-press

Collaborative publishing

Resource sharing

Communication and collaboration:

Audio-visual interaction (synchronous)

Resource sharing

Graphical interaction (synchronous)

Software/programming languages used:

Discipline:

Data analysis:

Spatial data analysis

Data structuring and enhancement:

Cataloguing and indexing

2d modelling - raster

2d modelling - vector

3d modelling - interactive

3d modelling - vector

Geo-referencing and projection

Graphical rendering

Alternate tool(s):

GRASS (Geographic Analysis Support System) GIS, ThinkGeo

Tags:

GIS

Geospatial computing

Geospatial technology

Strategy and project management:

Documentation

Practice-led research:

3d modelling - vector

Platform:

All major operating systems

lifecycleStage:

Licence:

Suite:

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tool: RivEx

Purpose:

RivEx is a river network tool designed to run under ESRI ArcMap 9.1. It allows for quality control and analysis of the river network and creation of node layers.

Features:

• Process connected river centre lines
• Generate new node layers for the nodes of the network
• Attribute your network including stream order
• Convert your network to a measured network
• Re-orientate (flip) network polylines
• Quality controlled snapping of sites to the river network
• Export river network data to KML (Google Earth) format