Module 6 - Georeferencing, Editing & 3D

 

There was a lot to learn in this week’s lab assignment. This week we covered georeferencing, editing, and creating a 3D map. It was fun to learn how to add aerial photographs and an original parcel survey to the map and mold them to fit the base map correctly. I could see how georeferencing could be used in mapping very often.

I also was able to add some new edits to the map by creating a new polygon for a gymnasium building that was not included in my original Buildings layer. I also added a line for a new road (Campus Lane) that was not included in my Roads layer. Once I added these new features, I updated the attribute table with their information. This information became visible on the map when I added my map labels.

The final step of the lab was to create a three-dimensional map of the UWF campus. To create a 3D Scene map, I added the lidar image layer to my map. I combined the lidar image with the LAS Points to create a new layer, UWF_DEM. I could twist and turn this new layer with my mouse and see all the three-dimensional hills on my map. I haven’t been to the UWF Campus yet, and it’s hillier than I would have expected.