LUPMIS - GIS User Manual for Land Use Planning
Main menu:
- Home Page
- 0. Rationale
- 1. GIS handling
- 2. GIS data entry
- 2.1 Create new layer
- 2.2 Digitize line
- 2.3 Digitize point
- 2.4 Digitize polygon
- 2.5 Edit existing layer
- 2.6 Delete feature
- 2.7 Split line
- 2.8 Split polygon
- 2.9 Merge lines from different layers
- 2.10 Unite lines
- 2.11 Snap lines
- 2.12 Join polygons
- 2.13 Extend polygon
- 2.14 Insert island
- 2.15 Define unit surrounding islands
- 2.16 Create 'doughnut'
- 2.17 Fill 'doughnut' polygon
- 2.18 Fill polygon with 'holes'
- 2.19 Digitize parcels from sector layout
- 3. GIS operations
- 3.1 Create buffer
- 3.2 Create exclusion zone
- 3.3 Overlay units
- 3.4 Convert line to polygon
- 3.5 Derive statistics (area size, length)
- 3.6 Clip unit according to other unit
- 3.7 Create geographic grid
- 3.8 Move entire vector map
- 3.9 Move or copy individual features on a map
- 3.10 Adjust polygon to line
- 3.11 Convert points to polygon
- 3.12 Define by distance
- 4. Attribute database
- 4.1 Start with database
- 4.2 Import database
- 4.3 Display database information
- 4.3 Retrieve database information
- 4.4 Enter attribute data
- 4.5 Edit attribute data
- 4.6 Seeds
- 4.7 Repair attribute data
- 4.8 Merge lines with attached database
- 4.9 Transfer attribute data from points to polygons
- 4.10 Export and import styles and labels
- 4.11 Select and display
- 4.12 Copy data: DRA, DBF
- 5. Conversion of data
- 5.1 Points
- 5.1.1 Import list of points from text file
- 5.1.2 Import list of points from Excel file
- 5.1.3 Convert point coordinates between projections
- 5.1.4 Convert point coordinates from Ghana War Office (feet)
- 5.1.5 Convert point coordinates from Ghana Clark 1880 (feet)
- 5.1.6 Track with GPS
- 5.1.7 Download GPS track from Garmin
- 5.1.8 Download GPS track from PDA
- 5.2 Vector maps
- 5.3 Raster maps
- 5.4 Communication with other GIS programs
- 5.1 Points
- 6. Presentation
- 7. GIS for land use planning
- 8. Database
- Annexes
- A1. Map Maker setup
- A2. Background to cartography and raster images
- A3. Glosssary
- A4. Troubleshooting
- A5. Styles
- A6. Classification for land use mapping and planning
- A7. GIS utilities
- A8. Map projection parameters
- A9. Maps in pilot areas
- A10.Standards
- A11. LUPMIS distribution CD
- A12. Garmin GPS
- A13. Training
- A14. ArcView
- A15. Population statistics
- A16. Entry and display of survey data
- A17. External exercises
- A18. MS Access
- A19. Paper sizes
- A20. Site map and references
1.5 Measure
1. GIS handling
1.5 Measure
Level of expertise required for this Chapter: Beginner
A) To measure the distance between two locations, use the Tape-tool from the toolbar left. Click on the tool, then point to the starting point, and then to the end point. Distance is shown in meters.
B) You can also measure areas on-the-fly with right-mouse > Measurement > Area measurer and delineate the area.
C) If the layer is hit-able, you can use the Data-tool from the toolbar left to retrieve measurements, i.e. for polygons, their area and their perimeter. See Chapter 1.4 for the procedure to make a layer hit-able.
D) For more measurements, including areas, see Chapter 3.5.
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LUPMIS exercise: On layer Ghana_regions measure the distances between different regions of Ghana.
