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The Creation and Development of a Comprehensive Guide to Technical Rock Climbing in Ferguson Canyon, Utilizing GIS Technology Gary Horton Jr. Applied GIS I (GEOG 1820) Salt Lake Community College, Fall 2011 Slide 2 Geographic Orientation Slide 3 Why make the guide? Existing maps and route data are either inaccurate and/or incomplete. Members of the climbing community are becoming accustomed to topo-maps and other resource materials in alternative (particularly electronic) formats. The general population is quickly adopting the use of internet and multimedia enhanced smartphones. Slide 4 Materials Needed Traditional Guidebook Handwritten navigational information Notebook and pencil GPS unit (Garmin model Venture HC) Slide 5 Methods Use the materials to collect the required data. Download the data onto the computer in a tabular format using DNR Garmin. Save the tabular data as a point shapefile. Add the *.shp to a sufficient basemap layer of orthophotography acquired from AGRC. Carefully compile additional information into the associated attribute tables. Slide 6 The Past Slide 7 The Present Slide 8 The Future Slide 9 The End Comments? Questions? Concerns?