DAY 5 | WORKSHOP ON ArcGIS | THE RESEARCH WISE

Workshop Highlights & Topics Covered: 1. Addressed participant doubts and assignment queries, focusing on practical exercise workflows from the previous four days of the workshop. 2. Discussed the necessity of creating custom shapefiles in ArcGIS for small-scale study areas, even when conducting further analysis or coding in R. 3. Provided a comprehensive demonstration of georeferencing, digitization, calculating geometry, and merging features using a Gujarat district map. 4. Emphasized the critical need to cross-verify external data from sources like OpenStreetMap with Google Maps and dedicated GPS devices to ensure accuracy in research. 5. Shared external data resources for global mapping and temperature data, and reviewed best practices for merging secondary census data using district codes. 6. Issued a strict disclaimer advising participants to cross-check shapefile boundaries, particularly in sensitive regions, with official government websites before using them in publications.