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Geo 265 - GIS Practicuum
Introduction to ArcGIS 8
Exercise 5 - ESRI Virtual Campus
Chapters 1-2, ArcGIS Methods …
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Preliminaries
• Exercise 4 due today
• Use “What is ArcGIS” pdf file for reference
ArcGISArcGISArcView & ArcInfoArcView & ArcInfo
ArcViewArcView
ArcExplorerArcExplorer
ProfessionalProfessional
Desktop Desktop
ViewerViewer
SDESDE
MapObjects MapObjects
Internet MapInternet MapServerServer
DeveloperDeveloperEnd UserEnd User
ESRI GIS ToolsESRI GIS Tools
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Arc MapArc MapArc CatalogArc Catalog
Arc ToolboxArc Toolbox
ArcGIS 8 Combines AV & AI
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Data Formats
Geo-relational work directories Geo-relational work directories
ShapefilesShapefiles
ARC/INFO CoveragesARC/INFO Coverages
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GeoDatabases (all-relational)GeoDatabases (all-relational)
Stand-alone Stand-alone
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DBMS
“Object Orientation”
ArcCatalog ArcMap ArcToolbox
GeoDatabaseParcelsMainsValvesPipes
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Multi-User Database
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Version AVersion A
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Version BVersion B
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Version CVersion C
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ArcCatalog• Data management and browsing application
• Works with all ARC/INFO and new data types
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ArcCatalog
• Organize data and maps in a catalog
• Search and find data and maps• View properties
– Multiple views
• Create and manage metadata
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The user interfaceTitle bar: shows path to selected item
Status bar: describes selected tools and menu items
Contents panel: 3 views on tree items. Click tabs to change the view.
Catalog tree: navigate to folders
and databases.Tear-off and dockable.
Toolbars: tear-off and dockable. One per Content view.
Sizable! Drag dividers
Menu bar
Catalog toolbar
Context menus: right-click on items.
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The Catalog tree• Navigate to data
like Windows® Explorer
• Icons, Content panel identify data types
• Supports drag-n-drop
The CatalogDisk connectionFolder with GIS dataFolder with no GIS dataMS Access® databaseFeature datasetFeature class
TableARC/INFO coverageFeature class
Shapefile (feature class)INFO tableARC/INFO grid
ImageRaster dataset
ARC/INFO tinFiltered fileMap (ArcMap)Layer (ArcCatalog & ArcMap)Database Connections node
Add database connection
SDE database connectionFeature datasetFeature class
Table
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The Contents panel• Four views of data:
Everything
Maps & layers
Metadata
Geodata & layers
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View Documentation
MetadataMetadata
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Metadata in Arc 8• Documents elements in your
Catalog– Shapefiles, coverages, grids, etc.– Feature classes– Tables– Maps– Databases
• Each element can have Metadata
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Metadata in Arc 8
• XML format (“Web-enabled”)
• Saved as part of the dataset
• Can be saved as a separate metadata base (like a card catalog)
• Can be published on the web
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Arc Map
• Display maps• Build maps • Analyze maps• Publish maps• Create data to put on maps• Develop map applications
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All map-based tasks
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Exploring the map’s interface
Title bar: shows map name
Status bar: describes selected buttons and menu items; reports coordinates
Display area: Map features draw in the display area
Table of contents: Data views and
layer legends are listed in the
dockable TOC
Toolbars: tear-off and dockable
Menu bar
Standard toolbar
Sizable! Drag divider
Context menus: right-click on data or layers.
Draw toolbar
Add Data Button
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Designing your map• Focus on the map design• Add your map elements to the virtual page• Make your maps in layout view
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Organizing your data
• Layers appear in the TOC• Layers draw in their TOC order, bottom-up• New layers are smartly added in point,
line, poly order
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Keeping track of where you’ve been
• Spatial bookmarks– Creating bookmarks– Naming bookmarks– Returning to a bookmark– Editing bookmarks
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Find a feature• Search:
– All layers– Selectable layers– One layer by name
• Flash• Zoom• Identify• Spatial bookmark• Select• ARC Find **
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Generating reports• Prototype report writer based on 3rd party
software• Put attribute data on the map (not implemented at
beta)• You control the data you see• Customize the report style
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Charting your data• Prototype charting tool based on 3rd party
software• Choose from several different chart types
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Referencing positions on your maps
• Graticule• Map index• Measured
graticule
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Style sets contain:• Symbols
– Point– Line– Polygon– Text
• Graphic properties– Colors– Color ramps– Fonts
• Map elements– North arrows, scale bars, etc.
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LayersNew concept
• Maps contain a set of layers– Like themes– Define how to draw and work with
spatial datasets– Independent of the data
• Publish layers in the Catalog– Can be shared with other users
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Layers
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ArcMap + VBA
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Arc Toolbox Advanced geoprocessing toolbox
• Organizes geoprocessing tools
• 120 tools
• Wizards for advanced tasks– Map projection– Data conversion
• Easy to use
• Local or remote geoprocessing
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Using Arc Toolbox• Compose job with Arc Toolbox on Windows• Execute locally or remotely
1. Compose job1. Compose job
ArceditArcedit
ArcplotArcplot
ArcArc
2. Perform geo-processing2. Perform geo-processing
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ArcToolbox?• Menu interface for coverage processing & conversion
• Data loading for Geodatabase• Works well with ArcCatalog (drag-n-drop)
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The user interface
Tool description: describes selected
tools and wizards
Menu bar
Context menus: Options for Tool tree items.
Tool tree: Organizes tools and wizards by function.
Wizards: For complex tasks
Tools: For basic tools
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The Tool Tree• Navigate to tools like Windows®
Explorer• Tools organized by function• Tree is only 3 levels deep -
easy to find tool you want• Tree objects are:
Tool sets
Information screens
Tools
Wizards
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• Four tool sets:
Data Management
Analysis
Conversion
Custom
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Working with wizards Explanation & guidance
Not just new users
Helpful graphics
Smart defaults!
This is the Buffer wizard
One operation at a time
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Perform Geoprocessing
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Schedule
• Virtual Campus, free module– Learning ArcGIS I, Basics of ArcGIS– www.geo.orst.edu/esri_distrib.html#vc
• Certificate due to Janine by Wed., Oct. 29th, 5:00
• Exercise 6 starts next Wed., Oct. 29th
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