KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMETAL STUDIES

IMPACT OF CAMPUS-WIDE ESRI ARCGIS LICENSE ON TEACHING & RESEARCH IN

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

Contact: Anthony Gakobo Macharia Department of Env. Planning & Management

gakobo.anthony@ku.ac.ke

Esri-EA Education GIS User Conference 20th November, 2014. The University of Dar es Salaam, Nkrumah Hall

Anthony Gakobo, Olive Mugenda, Simon Onywere, Solomon Mwenda,

Elizabeth Maende

BACKGROUND

• Kenyatta University embarked on a GIS training

programme on June, 2014.

• To enable students and staff members benefit

from the geospatial tools now at their disposal.

• The program was divided in two phases:

1.INTRODUCTION

This phase has three objectives:

i. What is GIS

ii. What is ArcGIS

iii. What can ArcGIS do

This training is carried out in three days

Cont… • In the first day of training, basic explanations of

Esri Arcline of tools;

• ArcCatalog, ArcMap, ArcGlobe, ArcScene,

ArcTool boxes & ArcReader are introduced.

• This prepares the participants to the new

terminologies

Cont…

• ArcCatalog is taught as a file management tool

from start menu, program files, ArcGIS

installation folder path.

• This shows participant where the ArcGIS

software is installed in their computers.

• Figure 1 below shows this path:

Cont… • This basic approach give participants exposure

of the path to follow suppose there are no

shortcuts created.

• Extensive explanation of ArcCatalog is done as

participants use their computers to open

ArcCatalog and connect to the pre-copied data

folder.

Cont…

Cont… • ArcMap is introduced later on the same day using

the same approach as for ArcCatalog.

• showing participant similarities and differences of

ArcMap as the main working environment &

ArcCatalog as a data management tool.

• This culminates with doing some exercise to start

ArcMap on their computers, to locate ArcTool

boxes and making a Map of Kenya.

2. APPLICATION

• This phase is offered to participants who have been

trained on the basic introduction of ArcGIS.

• This is a five days training involving field data

collection using Garmin hand held GPS receivers,

map preparation using field data, and introduction to

ENVI 5.1

Cont….

• The main objective is to show participants GIS can

be thought of as a single integrated system of

hardware and software,

• Typically made up of a variety of different 5

components: The people, Geographic data, the

software, the hardware and the data management

platforms (Servers and Databases).

OTHER OBJECTIVES

• The other objectives of this phase are aimed at

introducing participant to:

i. What are the components of GIS

ii. What are the stages of GIS

iii. What is ENVI 5.1 / ArcGIS as a tool for remote

Sensing and GIS.

6 STAGES OF GIS

1. Data acquisition, surveys and research operation.

2. Data input and Data storage (data and image processing)

3. Data processing (analysis and modelling)

4. Data output (editing, computation, reports and public

relations)

5. Data use (continuous observation by the use of land

properties and feedback)

6. Management of spatial data.

IMPACT OF GIS IN KU

STUDENT LISTENING TO PROFESSOR ONYWERE

GARMIN GPS

ASANTE

THANK YOU

FOR

YOUR ATTENTION