ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality

Products

ArcGIS 10

Description

This course introduces the fundamental concepts of ArcGIS Desktop software and teaches how to use it to visualize, create, manage, and analyze geographic data. In course exercises, you will use ArcGIS tools to perform common GIS tasks and workflows. By the end of the course, you will understand the range of ArcGIS Desktop functionality and be prepared to work with the software on your own to create GIS maps, work with geographic data, and perform GIS analysis.

Those completing this course will be able to

• Create a file geodatabase to store and manage geographic data.
• Create and edit geographic data to accurately represent real-world objects.
• Explore geographic data in ArcMap.
• Classify, symbolize, and label map features to improve map visualization and interpretation.
• Create data by geocoding addresses.
• Query and analyze GIS data to support decision making.
• Create maps to share with others.

Topics covered

Exploring geographic data

• Organizing vector data
• Exploring data in ArcCatalog
• Exploring data in ArcMap

Managing map layers

• Bookmarks and definition queries
• Setting a scale range
• Selection layers
• Creating group layers and basemap layers
• Layer files and layer packages

Symbolizing categorical data

• Types of symbols (marker, line, and fill)
• Choosing symbols
• Removing values from layer symbology

Symbolizing quantitative data

• Symbology options (graduated colors and graduated symbols)
• Normalizing data
• Classification methods

Working with map text

• Labels
• Controlling label display using expressions and scale ranges
• Label placement properties, ranks, and weights
• Creating geodatabase annotation and map document annotation

Understanding coordinate systems and map projections

• Geographic and projected coordinate systems
• Datums and map projections
• Working with an unknown coordinate system

Making a map layout

• Map content considerations
• Working in layout view
• Tools for arranging map elements
• Adding legends, scale bars, and other map elements
• Exporting a map layout

Managing tables

• Spatial and nonspatial tables
• Table joins and relates
• Setting table properties

Editing features and attributes

• Editing workflow in ArcMap
• Updating attributes
• Creating point, line, and polygon features
• Calculating values

Creating geodatabases and feature classes

• Types of geodatabases
• Creating a geodatabase and a feature class
• Feature class properties and attributes
• Creating features in a new feature class
• Documenting data

Building locations from tabular data

• Geocoding
• Finding places and addresses
• Matching unmatched addresses

Solving spatial problems with query and analysis

• GIS analysis process
• Querying and analyzing data
• Working with common overlay tools
• Summarizing attributes

Customizing ArcGIS Desktop

• Customize dialog box
• Creating and modifying toolbars and menus
• Creating shortcut keys

Who should attend

GIS professionals and others who have GIS knowledge but no ArcGIS software experience.

Prerequisites

This course requires a knowledge of GIS concepts.

Length

3 days
Dates