# Presentation: 276690

## Post-field Processing

**Transfer Data & Save Shapefile**

**Edit Shapefile & Make Map**

**Collect Data**

- DNR Garmin

**Notes:**
Data collection is done. 
Two steps remain – 1. transfer and save 2. edit and make a map
Let’s focus on the DNR Garmin program that we will use for data transfer and shapefile creating (saving). 
This is where we are going.  The following slides show us how to get there.

## fGIS

**Notes:**

Forestry GIS (fGIS) is a compact shapefile editing program, digitizer and GIS data query tool for Windows®. Designed for operational field managers like foresters and wildlife biologists, fGIS has essential tools tailored for precision mapping on a desktop computer. Use fGIS to customize layered views including aerial photos and other imagery, draw map objects, query and search spatial data, annotate maps for printing, and much more. The standalone program is unlimited, producing shapefiles and geo-referenced images compatible with commercial software in an enterprise GIS framework.

## fGIS

- _http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/forestry/gis/Applications/FGIS/index.htm_

**Notes:**

You should have downloaded and installed fGIS prior to class.  It is available for WI DNR employees and their partners (federal agencies, etc.)
It is also on your student CD in /2007Software

## Objective

**Create a map**

## Summary of Primary Tasks

**1.) Open Software / Create New Project **
**2.) Access Online Help**
**3.) Add Waypoints Shapefile**
**4.) Add Trackpoints Shapefile**
**5.) Edit Symbology**
**6.) Add Labels **
**7.) Edit Legend Names**
**8.) Add Background Files**

## Summary of Secondary Tasks

**9.) Convert Selected Points to Polygon & Line Shapefiles**
**10.) Convert Selected Points to New Point Shapefiles**
**11.) Edit Point Shapefiles**
**12.) Symbolize with .ini File**
**13.) Print Map with STAND**

## 1.) Goal:  Open Software / Create New Project

**1.) Goal:  Open Software / Create New Project**

**Notes:**
Goal for this topic.  Following slides show how to get there.  

## Open fGIS

## Create New Project (File)

**Create New Project (File)**

**No project file name in title bar yet**

**Assign **_**project**_** file location**

**Name project file**

**Project file extension**

## fGIS Window

**fGIS Window**

**View**

**Table**
**of**
**Contents**

**Legend**
**or**
** ****Key**

**Map**

**Notes:**
fGIS interface -  here’s where the map is displayed

## 2.) Goal:  Access Online Help

**2.) Goal:  Access Online Help**

**Project file name**
** ****in title bar**

## fGIS Help File Index

**fGIS Help File Index**

## fGIS Help

**From the WI DNR Forestry Web Site**

**Yahoo fGIS User Group**

## fGIS Version

**fGIS Version**

## 3.) Goal:  Add Waypoints Shapefile

## Add Layer

**Add Layer**

**Remove Layer**

## Select Waypoints Shapefile

**Select Waypoints Shapefile**

## View Waypoints Shapefile

## Save Work.....Often

## 4.) Goal:  Add Trackpoints Shapefile

## Add Second Layer

**Add Second Layer**

## Select Trackpoints Shapefile

**Select Trackpoints Shapefile**

## View Waypoints and Trackpoints Shapefiles

**View Waypoints and Trackpoints Shapefiles**

**By default all points use same symbology**

## 5.) Goal:  Edit Symbols

## Double-Click on Symbol

**Double-Click on Symbol**

## Modify Marker Tab / Marker Settings

**Click “Apply” to preview result**

## Modify Marker Tab / Outline Settings

**Modify Marker Tab / ****Outline Settings**

## Show Symbol in Legend

## View New Symbology

**View New Symbology**

## 6.) Goal: Add Labels to Map View

## Double-Click on Layer

**Double-Click on Layer**

## Label Tab

**Label Tab**

** ****Allows label to be seen in Map View **

**For Wapoints – GPS Ident Field May Be Used    **

**Use Field Option **

## Label in Map View

## Label Tab

** ****Allows label to be seen in Map View **

**Type in This Box  **

**Use Value Option **

## Label in Map View

## Add Labels to Other Layers

## 7.) Goal:  Change Display Name in Table of Contents

## Highlight Trackpoints Layer

**Highlight Trackpoints Layer**

## Open Layer Menu – Change Display Name

**Open Layer Menu – ****Change Display Name**

## Enter New Name

## View New File Name

**Changes display only, does not change name in Windows Explorer  **

## 8.) Goal:  Add Background Files

## Add Third Layer

**Add Third Layer**

## Select Image File

**Select Image File**

## View Background Image

**View Background Image**

## Add Fourth Layer

**Add Fourth Layer**

## Select Feature File

**Select Feature File**

## Double-Click on Symbol

**Double-Click on Symbol**

## Modify Marker Tab / Marker Settings

**Modify Marker Tab / ****Marker Settings**

## View All Layers

**View All Layers**

**Note:  Waypoints are hidden underneath trackpoints**

## Change Layer Order

**Change Layer Order**

**Drag layers into different order as needed**

## View Feature File Only

**View Feature File Only**

**Uncheck layers as needed**

## Use Tools to Change View

**Use Tools to Change View**

## 9.) Goal:  Convert Points Shapefile to Polygon or Line Shapefile

**9.) Goal:  Convert Points Shapefile to Polygon or Line Shapefile**

## Create Polygon Shapefile:Example - Fire Perimeter

## Highlight Trackpoints Layer

**Highlight Trackpoints Layer**

## Use Pick Tool

**draw box to select group of points**

## Open Utilities Menu – Points to Polygon or Line

**Open Utilities Menu – ****Points to Polygon or Line**

## Highlight Input Point Layer

**Highlight Input Point Layer**

**order in “Table of Contents” matches order in “Input Point Layer” **

## Click on “Output Shapefile”

**Click on “Output Shapefile”**

## Provide Location and Name of Output Shapefile

**Provide Location and Name of Output Shapefile**

## Select Polygon

**Select Polygon**

## New Shapefile Added to Table of Contents...

**New Shapefile Added to Table of Contents...**

## Create Line Shapefile:Example – Dozer Line

## Use Pick Tool

**Use Pick Tool**

**draw box to select group of points**

## View Selected Points

**View Selected Points**

## Open Utilities Menu – Points to Polygon or Line

**Open Utilities Menu – ****Points to Polygon or Line**

## Highlight Input Point Layer

**Highlight Input Point Layer**

**order in “Table of Contents” matches order in “Input Point Layer” **

## Click on “Output Shapefile”

**Click on “Output Shapefile”**

## Provide Location and Name of Output Shapefile

**Provide Location and Name of Output Shapefile**

## Select Line

**Select Line**

## New Shapefile Added to Table of Contents...

**New Shapefile Added to Table of Contents...**

## ...and to View

**The black line represents the Dozer Line and is on top of the yellow boxes which represent the trackpoints layer  **

## Note New Shapefiles

**Note New Shapefiles**

## Create Dozer Line 2, Edit Symbology for Both Lines

**Create Dozer Line 2, Edit Symbology for Both Lines**

## Edit Symbology

**Edit Symbology**

## Remove Trackpoints Shapefile

## 10.) Goal:  Export Points to New Shapefiles

**10.) Goal:  Export Points to New Shapefiles**

## Highlight Waypoints Layer

**Highlight Waypoints Layer**

## Use Pick Tool to Select Waypoint(s)

**Hold Ctrl Key **
**to Select Multiple Points  **

## Right-Click in View and Export / Copy Layer

**Right-Click in View and Export / Copy Layer**

## Export Layer Window

## Provide Location and Name of New Layer

**Provide Location and Name of New Layer**

**Note: Simple name used for demo**

**Use GSTOP name!  **

## Add Layer

**Add Layer**

## Select Water_Source Shapefile

**Select Water_Source Shapefile**

## Water_Source Layer Added

## Create Structure and Hotspot Layers

**Structure  **

**Hotspot  **

## 11.) Goal:  Edit Shapefiles Example - Delete Point 

## Highlight Waypoints Layer

**Highlight Waypoints Layer**

## Right-Click in View and Start Editing

**Right-Click in View and Start Editing**

## In Editing Mode Now

**In Editing Mode Now**

## Use Pick Tool to Select Waypoint

## Delete Waypoint

**Delete Waypoint**

**-Right Click on Selected Point**
**- Delete Shape  **

## Right-Click in View and Stop Editing

**Right-Click in View and Stop Editing**

## 12.) Goal:  Change Symbology with .ini File

## Highlight Hotspot Layer

## Open Layer Menu – Load .ini File

**Open Layer Menu – ****Load .ini File**

## Locate the .ini file

## Select Hot_Spot .ini File

## View New Hotspot Symbology

## Load .ini files for Structure and Water_Source Layers

## 13.) Goal:  Print Map with STAND

_**S**_**cale, **_**T**_**itle, **_**A**_**uthor, **_**N**_**orth arrow, **_**D**_**ate**

## A. Print Using Simple Map Option

## Click on Print Map

**Click on Print Map**

## Print Setup

**Print Setup**

**Simple Map**

**Use only this part of “Print Setup” window**

## Enter Map Name and Author

**# of characters limited by size of paper**

**use to select font, size, style**

## Preview Printed Map

## Add NorthArrow

**Add North****Arrow**

**Notes:**
If you have ArcGIS on your computer you can use ESRI font for a North Arrow.  Otherwise type out – North at top of Page.

## Add Date and Scale

**Add Date and Scale**

**Use “Set Font” to select font, size, style**

**Select “Map Footer”, type “Date” and “Scale”,  then use buttons to add date and scale**

## Send Map to Printer

**Select Printer**

**Confirm setting**

## View Paper Map

## B. Print Using Template Map

**B. Print Using Template Map**

## Print Map

**Print Map**

## Print Setup

**Print Setup**

**Template Map**

## Use Open Button...

## to Locate Template

**to Locate Template**

## Complete Print Setup Form

**Round up or Down to Whole Number   **

**Notes:**
Adjust output scale so it’s a whole number.  Use refresh to view map.

## Print Map

## C. Send Map to Word Document

## Send Map to Word

**Send Map to Word**

## Open Template

**Open Template**

**Burn Plan Templates in fGIS Folder   **

## Word Document

**Word Document**

**Move Map – But **_**Don’t**_** Resize!   **

**Scale of Map – Type Below****   **

**Edit:**
**-Map Title**
**-Subtitle**
**-Author**
**-Date****   **

## Word Document

**Word Document**

**Final Map   **

## Word Document

**Second Page – Fireline Symbols from .ini Files   **

## Save Word Document

**Don’t Save Over Template! **

**Save As New Name!   **

## Slide 126

## Goal:  Use Attributes Tool to View  Length and Area

## Apply Attributes Tool to Fire Perimeter

**Highlight Layer  **

**Click on  Attributes Tool  **

**Click on shape  **

## View Length and Area

**displayed in units that were selected during export from DNR Garmin   **

## Need Different Units – Use Converter

**Need Different Units – Use Converter**

## Copy Value ....

**Copy Value ....**

**click inside cell to copy value   **

## ...into Converter

**or enter value manually   **