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ESRI Introduction to ArcGIS II - Version 9.x

This three-day course follows Introduction to ArcGIS I (for ArcView 9, ArcEditor 9, and ArcInfo 9) and continues to present important concepts and functionality for successfully working with ArcGIS. With further exploration of ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and ArcToolbox, students focus on spatial analysis, automation of spatial and attribute data, editing, and advanced options for cartographic display and reports. Hands-on exercises teach ArcGIS procedures in the context of solving real-world problems. Examples and exercises use data from a variety of application areas. A portion of the class is reserved for carrying out an analysis project and applying many of the new skills and techniques learned in this course. Students conduct queries, perform spatial analysis, and present their results in a hard-copy map and report.

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Price:

$ 1200

Class Outline:

Introduction Course overview ArcGIS products ArcGIS applications ArcGIS desktop applications ArcGIS extensions Working with geographic data Storing geographic data ArcGIS spatial data formats Features and topology Storing spatial relationships ArcGIS tabular data formats Storing attribute data Accessing attributes from multiple tables Load class database Using ArcCatalog Three ways to view data Connecting to folders Adding tables from existing sources Setting viewable data Managing file types visible in ArcCatalog Accessing data on the internet Searching for data Exercise 1: Working with data in ArcCatalog Working with layers and maps Setting layer properties Changing the data source for a layer Display properties Layer symbology Using the classification histogram Creating a definition query Symbology Stylesheets Using the Style Manager Creating custom symbols Creating custom lines and markers Ways to create a map Building templates Changing templates Exporting a map Exercise 2: Working with layers and layouts Working with labels and annotation Labeling options Point placement Line placement Label visibility Labeling with an expression Labeling features differently Setting reference scale Creating annotation Storing annotation Overflow window Exercise 3: Creating labels and annotation Displaying locations from tabular data What is geocoding? The geocoding process Creating a geocoding service in ArcCatalog Field mapping to geocoding style Geocoding Services properties Adding a geocoding service in ArcMap Geocoding a table Unmatched records New fields in the output point feature class Finding an address with the Find tool Adding XY data in ArcMap Exercise 4: Geocoding address locations Modifying the ArcGIS interface Why modify the interface? Saving and accessing your customizations Introducing the Customize dialog Modifying the user interface Creating a new toolbar Adding and removing commands Adding commands to context menus Programming a shortcut key Locking down customizations Exercise 5: Modifying the ArcGIS interface Designing a GIS database The database design procedure Assessing needs Conceptual and logical design Determining the data storage format Why the geodatabase? Physical design Database schema Metadata: Documenting your data Types of metadata Viewing metadata Editing metadata documentation Setting metadata properties Metadata import and export Choosing a database projection The UTM projection series Automation plan Pilot project Exercise 6A: Organizing a GIS database Exercise 6B: Explore the REGIS database Exercise 6C: Exploring the REGIS Project Metadata Automating data Many spatial data automation options Creating new data Georeferencing your data Coordinate space Spatial reference Building a master ground control feature class Georeferencing new data Georeferencing existing data Creating feature datasets Setting the spatial reference Creating a new feature class in ArcCatalog Defining feature class properties Digitizing in ArcMap Snapping Using snapping Exercise 7A: Digitizing data in ArcMap Data converting digital data Data conversion post processing ArcToolboc Build and Clean tools ArcToolbox Clean tolerances Building a database from existing data sources Importing data into the geodatabase ArcCatalog Simple Data Loader Importing data from the internet Using geocoding to create spatial data Data conversion post processing Exercise 7B: Converting existing data Exercise 7C: Load a shapefile into the geodatabase Exercise 7D: Importing data into the geodatabase Exercise 7E: Exporting data from ArcMap Editing the database schema Why make schema changes? Adding table fields Deleting table fields Defining a field alias Introducing subtypes and domains Anatomy of a subtype Setting subtypes Editing with subtypes Domains Anatomy of a domain Setting domains Editing coded value domains Range domains in ArcMap Exercise 8: Editing the database schema Editing spatial and atribute data Editable data formats Navigating the Editor Managing edit sessions Editing security Selecting features Simple editing functions Sketches Sketch context menus Modifying the length of a sketch Finishing a sketch Specifying an angle Angles based on other features Lengths Edit tasks Extend/Trim Features task Modify Feature task Reshape and Cut Feature tasks Working with shared features Auto Complete Polygon Feature creation tools Copy Parallel Union and Intersect Split and Merge Editing attribute data for selected features Editing tables using the Field Calculator Exercise 9: Editing spatial and attribute data Database management Aggregating spatial data Dissolving features Clipping features The GeoProcessing Wizard Exercise 10A: Managing data Introducing geometric networks Simple network features Storing a network Building a geometric network Network connectivity Sources and sinks Restricting flow Solving network problems Exercise 10B: Working with networks Spatial analysis functions Spatial analysis functions Proximity analysis Spatial join Buffering The Buffer Wizard Overlay analysis and geoprocessing Overlay analysis functions Union Analysis with Union Intersect Analysis with Intersect The analytical process Deciding on project data Review analysis tools Analysis options Exercise 11A: Conducting a pilot study (assisted) Exercise 11B: Conducting a pilot study (independent)