Assignment 9

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Due Date: April 20, 2017
Point Total: 10 points

California Hillshade

For this assignment you will be creating three separate hillshades for California.

 

  1. Add the California DEM to ArcMap
    1. This DEM is found at http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Earthquakes/CaliforniaDEM/ImageServer to add to ArcMap use the following steps
      1. Click the Add Data button
      2. From the Look in: drop-down choose GIS Servers
      3. Click the Add ArcGIS Server option
      4. Select Use GIS services option and click Next
      5. For the Server URL: type http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/
      6. Do not enter a User Name or Password
      7. Click Finish
      8. Navigate into new connection then open the Earthquakes folder
      9. Add the CaliforniaDEM layer to ArcMap
  2. Create a standard hillshade using the default hillshade tool.
  3. Download and unzip the Terrain Tools found at http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=4b2ea7c5f87d476a8849c804b81667aa
  4. Add the toolbox to ArcMap
  5. Create two additional terrain representations using the tools/techniques from the toolbox.
    • Prior to creating your terrain representations be sure to read the documentation found in the Doc folder to understand what each tool actually does.
    • Some of these techniques will be slow due to the amount of processing they do.
What to turn in:
  1. An letter size map for each of these terrain representations along with some reference data overlaid on top of them