Sort of a review class. Only new item learned is geocoding via GPS Visualizer and three new sources: HUD Foreclosures Data & TEA School District Locator & Arlington Police Department.

1. Create a shapefile of all available HUD foreclosures in Arlington.

HUD Foreclosures Data

• Geocode using the GPS Visualizer
  (uses Yahoo! Maps to geocode)
• Alternative is Excel Geocoding Tool - ( - backup - ) (uses Yahoo! Maps to geocode)
  
• Yahoo & Google Geocoders Use Geographic/World/WGS84

2. Which school (k-12) in Arlington had the most possession of marijuana arrests within 1/2-mile, so far in 2011?

School Data Source: TEA School District Locator
Arrest Data: Arlington Police Department

3. Project this into State Plane Feet for North Central Texas and store in a Personal Geodatabase. (THURSDAY!)

Thursday we will discuss:

1. Coordinate systems
2. Geocoding (more detail)
3. Personal Geodatabases

After Thursday's class you will be well on your way to being ready to begin thinking about the buffer project.

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