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US – Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water

Hazards Planning and Risk Management. Lecture No. 07 INTRODUCTION TO ARCGIS Fall 2017. US – Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water. TO KNOW ARCGIS. GIS Lab 1. Learning objective. ArcGIS. Primary components of ArcGIS Desktop ArcMap building, editing, and displaying map documents

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US – Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water

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  1. Hazards Planning and Risk Management Lecture No. 07 INTRODUCTION TO ARCGIS Fall 2017 US – Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water

  2. TO KNOW ARCGIS GIS Lab 1 Learning objective

  3. ArcGIS Primary components of ArcGIS Desktop • ArcMap • building, editing, and displaying map documents • ArcCatalog • creating, importing, and maintaining map files • ArcToolbox • geoprocessing and spatial analysis tools • Other platforms included in ArcGIS Desktop are ArcScene and ArcGlobe • both enable 3D data viewing and manipulation

  4. What we Cover Today? • How to Use ArcCatalog 10x • Open and Save document • Work with layers • Navigate in document • Measure distance • Work with feature attributes • Select features • Work with attribute tables • Label features

  5. Tutorial 1-0: How to Use ArcCatalog • Getting Started With ArcCatalog • What is ArcCatalog • ArcCatalog Window Contents of the selected item on Catalog Tree Catalog Tree

  6. Starting Arc Catalog • Click on the Start menu • Click on ArcGIS • Click on ArcCatalog

  7. Connecting to a Folder • On the toolbar menu click the ‘Connect to Folder’ button • Navigate to a folder where your data is saved • Click the folder you would like to connect • This connection will remain there until it is disconnected

  8. Tutorial 1-1: Open and Save a Map Document • Launch ArcMap • Open an Existing Map Document • Save the map document to a new location • Familiarize with the Tools

  9. Summary of Toolbars • Main Menu

  10. Customize

  11. Some Important Toolbars • Draw • Editor • Standard • Tools

  12. Tutorial 1-2: Work with Map Layers • Add and remove map layers • Turn a Layer on and off • Save map sing Relative Paths • Drag and Drop a layer from the Catalog Window • Change a layer’s display order • Change a layer’s color • Change a layer’s outline color We will also discuss why this is required?

  13. Tutorial 1-3: Navigate in the Map Document • Zoom in • Fixed Zoom In and Zoom Out • Pan • Full, Previous and Next Extent • Open the Magnifier Window • Magnifier Properties • Use the Overview Window • Create Spatial Bookmarks

  14. Tutorial 1-8: Label Features • Set Label Properties • Label Features • Turn Labels off • Convert Labels to Annotation • Edit a Label Graphic

  15. Your Turn • Add COLORADO COStreets.shp (\GIST1\Data\UnitedStates.gdb) • Add US states from same location • Zoom in for a closer look of street data • Change the color of Streets layer • Create Spatial bookmarks for the States of California, New York, and Texas • Remove California bookmark

  16. Tutorial 1-4: Measure Distance • Change measurement units • Measure the width of Washington State

  17. Your Turn: Quiz Q1 Measure the north – south distance (top to bottom) of State of Washington Q2 Measure the north – south distance of the continental United States from the southern tip of Texas to northern edge of North Dakota Q3 Measure the east – west distance of the continental United States from the Washington to Maine • The Distance in Q1 is roughly ___________miles • The Distance in Q2 is roughly ___________miles • The Distance in Q3 is roughly ___________miles

  18. Tutorial 1-5: Work with Feature Attributes • Use the Identify Tool • Use Advance Identify tool capabilities • Find Features

  19. Your Turn • Restrict the identify results to COCounties layer and identify Colorado counties • Make bookmarks for various counties using Identify tools

  20. Tutorial 1-6: Select Features • Use the Select Features tool • Change the selection color and clear a selection • Change selection symbol • Set selectable layers • Select by Graphic

  21. Your Turn • Create a new layer from selected features by selecting multiple counties in Colorado • After selection, right click the US Cities layer in the TOC and click Selection and then Create Layer from Selected Features • Name the new layer • Clear the selected features

  22. Tutorial 1-7: Work with Attribute Tables • Open the attribute table • Select a record • Select feature on map and see selected records • Show selected records • Switch Selection • Clear Selection • Move a Field • Sort a Field, Advance Sorting • Get Statistics

  23. Your Turn • Open attribute table of Counties layer • Sort field POP2000 in descending order • Get statistics of 10 top records of sorted field POP2000 • Min = __________________ • Max = __________________ • Mean = __________________ • Standard Deviation = __________________

  24. Assignment 1-1 • Evaluate U.S. Housing Statistics

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