Spatial Data Analysis Labs

Tutorials

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Computers

Gateway E-4610 Intel Core 2 Win XP Computers (15)

Gateway E-4620 Intel Core Duo Win XP Computers (6)

Gateway E-6300 Pentium 4 Win XP Computers (10)

Gateway E-6100 Pentium 3 Win 2000 Computers (13)

HP iPAQ H5550 Pocket PC (2)

Tablet PC (3)

Printers / Plotter

HP Deskjet 1220c

HP Deskjet 952c

HP DesignJet ColorPro GA

HP Deskjet 870Cxi

Lexmark E320 and Lexmark E321

Preparing your poster for the HP DesignJet 5500PS

How to change printer defaults for all users

Scanners

HP ScanJet 4100c

HP ScanJet 6300c

UMAX 2100xl

Nikon Supercool Slide Scanner

GPS

Garmin GPS III

Garmin Rino 130 Handheld/2-way radio and GPS

Garmin GPSMap 60c Handheld/color map navigator GPS

How to Use Garmin GPS 76S

How to Use Leica Laser Locator GS20 GPS Unit

How to Use the Leica Laser Locator

How to Connect the Leica Laser Locator to the GS20

How to use GIS DataPro

Trimble Tricks and Tweaks

Trimble Pro XP Backpack GPS

Best Practices for Trimble GeoXT

How to Assemble the Trimble GeoXT

How to Use Trimble GeoXT

How to Assemble the Trimble Pro XP Backpack GPS

How to Use GPS Controller

How to Use TerraSync

How to Use ArcPad 6.0

ArcPad Quick Reference 7.0

How to Convert an ArcGIS Map in to an ArcPad Map

How to Use GPS in ArcPad

How to Use HP iPAQ H5550 with GPS + ArcPad

How to Use GPS Utility

Digitial Camera

Sony DSC-P110 Digital Camera

DVD Burner

Iomega SuperDVD DVD-RW

Projector

EP1690 Optima Projector Quick Start

EP1690 Optima Projector Guide

How to Clone the Overhead Projector in K273

General Information

Common Datums/Projections in Hawai'i

Satellites: Matrix and References

Catalog of the SDAL's Library of Books

Cartography Best Practices

How to Install the Hawaiian Keyboard

Latitude Longitude Conversion Math

UH Hilo Benchmark

Software and Network Help

How to use WinZip to unzip and zip files

Quick and easy mapping of the I: drive

Mapping network drives

Mapping UHHL Z: drive

Using a batch file to automate mapping of network drives

How to use add (network) printers

How to use SSH Secure Shell to transfer files to/from a web server

Website 101 - How to build your own website

How to Map the Network Drives

GPS Data to ArcGIS

GPS units - How to connect to a PC

How to use DNRGarmin software

How to use GPS Utility software

How to install GPSi extention

How to use GPSi extension

ArcPad

ArcPad 8.0 Installion Guide

ArcPad 8.0 Quick Reference Guide

Online Communities

• Adobe Flex Builder Community
• Definiens Community
• ERDAS Community
• GPSU - GPS Utility
• ITT - ENVI & IDL - Community

Online Tutorials

• Adobe Flex Builder Tutorial
• Definiens Tutorial
• ENVI Tutorials
• IDL Tutorials

ArcGIS Tips and Tricks

How to export shapefiles to Google Earth

How to reproject in ArcGIS 8.3

Quick & Easy Steps to Convert an Excel file to a ArcGIS-ready Table

Creating X,Y coordinates in a shapefile's attribute table using XToolsPro

ArcGIS 9.x Data Models

How to bring Point information into a Polygon

How to remove the Scripting Error when launching a new tool

How to Convert Excel Files into Shapefiles

How to Convert Txt Files to Shapefiles

How to Reproject Shapefiles

• ArcGIS Extensions
• How to Use DNR-Garmin
• How to Use GPSi

Please also see GPS Data to ArcGIS section on the Tutorials page.

 

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ESRI Student Software Package

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Contact Info Feel free to contact us at: Phone: (808) 933-3190 E-mail: sdalhelp@hawaii.edu

Location The Spatial Data Analysis Labs are located on the second floor of Kanaka‘ole Hall on the University of Hawai'i at Hilo Campus (map). Kanaka‘ole Hall is numbered 333 on this map. The Instructional Lab is located in room 273. The Research Lab is located in room 273A.

 
   
 

SDAL Computer Problem Report Form Please fill in all fields: Name: E-mail Address: The computer number you are having trouble with (located on the front of the computer, i.e. GISLAB-xx): The building and room number where the computer is located: Please describe in detail the problem you are having: To send your report, please answer the following simple question: What is Sixty plus One? If you have any troubles submitting the problem form, please call at (808) 933-3190.