Download Instructions

Before starting to download any of the data it is recommended that you create a folder on your "C" drive named "CM Lab Exercises" where you can download all of the data folders to. In order to open the data you will need to have an unzip utility such as WinZIP. As some of the files are very large they have been split up to make it easier for students to download.

Section I: Getting Started with GIS

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Arcview 3.3 ( 406 KB in size)

Chapter 2: Understanding Data Issues (7.52 MB in size)

Chapter 3: Entering Data (9.30 MB in size)

Chapter 4: Querying and Merging Data (549 KB in size)

Chapter 5: Understanding Layouts and Map Design ( 7.54 MB in size)

Section II: Basic Spatial Analysis

Chapter 6: Proximity Analysis (434 KB in size)

Chapter 7: Spatial Distribution Analysis (478 KB in size)

Chapter 8: Distance Analysis (478 KB in size)

Section III: Advanced Spatial Analysis

Chapter 9: Hot Spot Analysis (478 KB in size)

Chapter 10: Density Analysis (465 KB in size)

Chapter 11: Spatial Dispersion Mapping (547 KB in size)

CODEBOOKS

In order to view the codebooks you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Homicide Codebook: Codebook for the Homicide point data.

Houston Codebook: Codebook for the Houston polygon basemap.