Length of Course
2 days (16 hours)
Target Audience
This course is for those who are new to ArcGIS or to geographic information systems in general.
Course Price: $850
Class Location
Mountain CAD Corp.
339 Sixth Avenue
South Charleston, WV 25303
Overview: This two-day course introduces students to ArcGIS and provides the foundation for becoming a successful ArcView, ArcEditor, or ArcInfo user. Participants learn how to use ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and ArcToolbox and explore how these applications work together to provide a complete GIS software solutions. The course covers fundamental GIS concepts as well as how to create, edit, and work the georeferenced spatial data. Attendees learn how to manipulate tabular data, query a GIS database, and present data clearly and efficiently using maps and charts.
Goals:
- Display feature and tabular data
- Work with georeferenced spatial data
- Query features using logical expressions
- Find features using spatial relationships
- Edit spatial and attribute data
- Associate tables with joins and relates
- Produce maps, reports, and graphs
Topics Covered:
Introduction
Working withdata in ArcCatalog
- Connect to folders
- Work with the Contents view display options
- Set Catalog properties
- Work with data
- Finding data
Working with layers and maps
Working with layers and layouts
- Start ArcMap and add layers to a map
- Changing the ArcMap Data View and TOC options
- Add fields from a related table
- Classify the census block groups
- Creating a layer file
- Working with the layer file
- Show map tips
- Create a definition query
- Create styles for school planning maps
- Use a template to create a layout
Working with labels and annotation
Creating labels and annotation
- Turn on layer labels
- Change the label symbol
- Change label placement and visibility
- Display the population with the city name
- Label the capitals with a different symbol
- Manage label priority
- Create and edit annotation
Displaying locations from tabular data
Geocoding adresss locations
- Examine the data for geocoding
- Create a geocoding service
- Prepare the map for geocoding
- Geocoding the crime locations
- Rematching addresses
- Use the find tool to locate addresses
- Plot XY data on your map
Modifying the ArcGIS interface
- Start ArcMap and load data
- Dock and undock toolbars
- Open the Customize dialog and turn toolbars on and off
- Add, remove, and move controls
- Create a new toolbar
- Add existing controls to the new toolbar
- Add a command to a Context menu
- Program a shortcut key
- Open the saved template to view the changes
Designing a GIS database
Organizing a GIS database
- Evaluate the needs assessment
- Select feature classes
- Identify attributes
- Organize layers
- Select database scale
- Select a projection/cooridnate system
Explore the REGIS database
- Open the Redlands_GDB
- Display the Census feature classes in ArcMap
- Examine the stand-alone feature classes in the Redlands_GDB
- Examine the contents of the DataSources folder
Exploring the REGIS Project Metadata in ArcCatalog
- Explore metadata documentation for the Census feature dataset
- Explore metadata properties for the Census feature dataset
- Editing metadata
- View Metadata with a different stylesheet
Automating data
Digitizing data in ArcMap
- Create a new feature class within an existing geodatabase
- Preparing the digitizing environment
- Adding the tour line features
- Create metadata for the new Tour feature class
Converting existing data
- Create a coverage from a text file
- Examine the Redcitylim coverage and build the polygon attribute table
- Import the reedcitylim coverage into the Redlands_GDB
- Update the metadata for the new Citylimit feature class
Load a shapefile into the geodatabase
- Examine the RedStreets.shp shapefile
- Creating a new feature dataset and feature class
- Use the Simple Data Loader
- Update the metadata for the Streets feature class
Importing data into the geodatabase
- Examine the Railroad.dxf file
- Import the railroad.dxf into the Redlands_GDB
- Import dbf tables into the geodatabase
- Update the metadata documentation
Exporting data from ArcMap
- Examine the school and hospital address tables and define a geocoding service
- Geocode the address tables
- Import data from an internet feature service
- Update the metadata documentation
Editing the database schema
- Add a field to a table
- Delete fields from a table
- Defining a field name alias
- Defining Subtypes
- Special instructions for ArcView 8.1 users
- Create a domain for an entire attribute field
- Create domains for the Streets feature class subtypes
Editing spatial and attribute data
Editing features and attributes
- Add features to an existing data layer
- Creating adjacent polygons
- Merge existing features
- Modify existing linear features
- Editing attribute table values
- Editing coincident features
- Using feature creation tools
- Using the Object Datat Loader
Data management
Managing data
- Merge two layers into one
- Clipping a layer
Working with networks
- Building a geometric network
- Special instructions for ArcView 8.1 users
- Exploring the Traffic_Net network
- Experimenting with a geometric network
- Finding traffic detours
- Determining a new school bus route
Spatial analysis functions
Conducting a pilot study
- Prepare for the analysis
- Select the target census blockgroups
- Select the parcels
- Find the parcels contained within the blockgroups
- Buffer the Streets and Tours layers
- Find the parcels within HwyBuf and outside TourBuf
Conducting a pilot study (independent)
- Prepare for the analysis
- Perform the analysis
- Present your results
- Prepare for the analysis
- Perform the analysis
- Present your results
- Prepare for the analysis
- Perform the analysis
- Present your results
Making a map
- Build the map graphic body
- Applying a map template
- Manipulate the legend properties
- Add a scale bar and north arrow to the map
- Add informative text and a title to the map