The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "ArcView" ...
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Mapping Frontiers
Henderson offers utilities to make your Google Maps accurate. He identifies free tools online for mapping purposes across several platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux). Also discussed is the automation of geocoding with tools available online
Tags: mapping; geocoding; QGIS; ArcView; Python; Google maps; batch coding
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Using maps to cover crime
Branan discusses the popularity of crime maps among readers. He links to several different types of maps; explores different story ideas using crime maps; hotspot analysis; links to free online mapping programs.
Tags: crime; mapping; ArcView: google maps; hotspots; hot spots; robberies; rapes; CompStat; CrimeStat
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Dealing With Projections (And Datum Issues)
LaFleur defines datum and projections and discusses how they apply to mapping your stories. The tipsheet includes screen shots from ArcView to describe how view and alter these components in your own maps.
Tags: mapping; GIS; ArcView; shapefiles; projection; metadata
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Mapping Data for News stories
the powerpoint presentation David Herzog made at "the latest in investigations with mapping" session at the IRE annual meeting in Phoenix, 2007.
Tags: ArcView
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ArcView Grab Bag
Herzog offers some tools and tricks for using ArcView. He includes advice about how to convert census TIGER files, how to do spatial data analysis, and how to transfer GPS wayward points to ArcView.
Tags: mapping; GIS; data analysis; ArcView
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Mapping Data for News Stories & Graphics
This Powerpoint presentation showcases many examples of how to successfully use mapping to add more depth and context to news stories. Herzog includes examples of reporting that utilized mapping, and explains how the maps increased the quality of reporting. Some of the examples offered include stories about Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Andrew. Herzog also explains how to create maps in ArcView.
Tags: mapping; GIS; data analysis; ArcView; ArcGIS; graphics; illustrations
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Dealing With Projections (And Datum Issues)
This tipsheet is about how to use datum and projections to create maps. It includes an explanation of the two terms, as well as steps to creating maps to assist in organizing information.
Tags: Datum; Projections; mapping; ArcView
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Introduction to Spatial Analyst
Spatial analyst is an extension for ArcGIS that allows you to do more complex analyses than you can do with the basic mapping package. For instance, it allows you to work with raster data, which is made up of pixels on a grid. Webster focuses this tipsheet on density and distance analyses using spatial analyst.
Tags: mapping; GIS; arcView; story ideas; data analysis
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Mapping Registered Sex Offenders
This tipsheet covers the basics of how to do a mapping story about registered sex offenders. It includes sections on getting started, potential stories, warnings and how to utilize your news organization's website.
Tags: criminals; FBI data; sex offender registry; FOIA; ArcView
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Advanced Mapping Strategies: Density Analysis
This tipsheet explains how to use density analysis to get more out of your maps. An ArcView program called Spatial Analyst helps to identify "hot-spots" in the maps that help to identify the most important areas for your story. Roberts explains how the program works and offers some tips for using it successfully.
Tags: mapping; spatial analyst; density; geography; grids