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NRCS-MI GIS News     Updated 12/01/2010

       

Geodata Information

Manual for Managing Geospatial Datasets in Service Centers

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Michigan Service Center Geodata Structure 


NRCS Users Guides and Training Opportunities

    Customer Service Toolkit Online Help

    Soil Data Viewer Home Page

    ESRI Virtual Campus - NRCS Access Site


NRCS-MI Training Materials

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Basic GIS Concepts (PDF)    
Basic GIS Concepts (PPT)
PLU Digitizing - A Decision Flowchart for CSP
Toolkit Client Data - What's saved where?


NRCS-MI GIS Skill Builders

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ArcGIS/Toolkit Skill Builders

 

Connecting to Folders
Copying Land Unit Features

Displaying a Subset of Features

Practice Symbology

Setting a Layer's Data Source

USDA-MI Section Maps

Using NAIP Photography

 

The NRCS-Michigan Toolbar

        Acres and Length

        Bearing and Distance

        Coordinate Tools

        HEL Soil Report

        Import Layers

        Intersect Polygons

        Layer Cutter

        Quick Soil Inventory

         Soil Layers Tool

         Soil Symbols Tool

         Wetland Determinations

                Digitizing Wetland Determinations

        35mm Slides

        Legacy Master Photos

        MDEQ Wetland Inventory Maps


Other GIS Links

NRCS GIS Share Point (Michigan NRCS and Conservation District staff only)
National SSURGO Soils Page
 

Contact

Brent Stinson, State GIS Specialist
Phone:  517-324-5141
E-mail:  brent.stinson@mi.usda.gov