Gettysburg

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Gettysburg

• A GIS Approach

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Gettysburg

• Objectives
• TSWBAT geocode Union and Confederate movements
• TSWBAT identify pertinent roads and landmarks in
  Gettysburg National Park

3
ArcView

• Step 1
• Turn on JPEG image support extension
• Step 2
• Add Themes (Handout folder)
• National Park Boundary
• Change color to light gray
• Roads 1895
• Change color to bright blue

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Labeling Points of Interest

• Roads
• Emmitsburg Rd
• Taneytown Rd
• Baltimore Pike
• Hanover Road
• York Pike
• Harrisburg Rd
• Carlisle Rd
• Mummasburg Rd
• Chambersburg Pike
• Hagerstown Rd

• Points of Interest
• Cemetery Ridge
• Seminary Ridge
• Devils Den
• Little Round Top
• Big Round Top
• Peach Orchard
• Cemetery Hill
• Culps Hill
• The Angle
• Wheatfields

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Labeled
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Images

• Day 1
• 2 Pics of Day 1 Map
• July 1, 1863
• Used for a Union point and Confederate Point
• 4 General pics of Gettysburg
• Day 2
• 2 Pics of Day 2 Map
• July 2, 1863
• Used for a Union point and Confederate Point
• Locations
• Culps Hill
• Seminary Ridge
• Devils Den
• Wheatfields
• Little Round Top
• Cemetery Ridge
• People
• Custer (Union)
• Jeb Stuart (Confederate)

• Day 3
• 2 Pics of Day 3 Map
• July 3, 1863
• Used for a Union point and Confederate Point
• Locations
• Seminary Ridge
• Cemetery Ridge
• The Angle
• People
• Pettigrew (Confederate)
• Longstreet (Confederate)
• Lee (Confederate)
• Pickett (Confederate)
• Picketts Charge
• From Seminary Ridge to Cemetery Ridge
• We will use different pics for multiple points

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Creating Your Tables

• July 1, 1863
• Using the map
• geocode points for
• Union Troops
• Confederate Troops
• Save as Union_July_1_1863
• Save as Confederate_July_1_1863

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Creating Your Tables

• July 2, 1863
• Using the map
• geocode points for
• Union Troops
• Confederate Troops
• Save as Union_July_2_1863
• Save as Confederate_July_2_1863
• July 3, 1863
• Using the map
• geocode points for
• Union Troops
• Confederate Troops
• Save as Union_July_3_1863
• Save as Confederate_July_3_1863

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Adding your Tableto ArcView
Choose Tables
File type .txt
File Path
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Placing the Table in the View
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Changing the Color of the Points

• Confederate
• Red
• Union
• Blue

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Almost Ready

• Add both Day 1 tables into your View
• Change all colors
• Union
• Blue
• Confederate
• Red
• Save as
• Lastname_Firstname_Gettysburg.apr

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Accessing Information From theTable

• Hot Link Geo-referenced Points

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Day 2

• Add both Day 2 tables into your View
• Change all colors
• Union
• Blue
• Confederate
• Red
• Save as
• Lastname_Firstname_Gettysburg.apr

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Accessing Information From theTable

• Hot Link Geo-referenced Points
• Day 2

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Day 3

• Add both Day 3 tables into your View
• Change all colors
• Union
• Blue
• Confederate
• Red
• Save as
• Lastname_Firstname_Gettysburg.apr

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Accessing Information From theTable

• Hot Link Geo-referenced Points
• Day 3