ArcGIS

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ArcGIS

• An
• Introduction for
• ArcView 3.x users

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Tonight

• What is ArcGIS
• How is it like and not like ArcView 3.x
• How will this class work
• Assignments
• Book and software
• Labs

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What is ArcGIS

• Latest ESRI software
• Complicated terminology about just what it is
• ArcGIS has three components
• ArcCatalog
• ArcMap
• ArcToolbox

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Licenses

• OK, it has three components
• But there are three levels of license
• ArcView 8
• ArcEditor
• ArcInfo 8
• All three consist of
• ArcCatalog
• ArcMap
• ArcToolbox

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ArcView 8
ArcView provides data visualization, query,
analysis, and integration capabilities along with
the ability to create and edit simple geographic
features
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ArcEditor
ArcEditor, a brand new software product, includes
all the functionality ArcView and adds the power
to create and edit features in a multiuser
geodatabase or coverage.
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ArcInfo 8
ArcInfo includes all the functionality of
ArcEditor and adds advanced geoprocessing
capabilities. ArcSDE adds database services to
the ArcGIS family, while ArcIMS adds Internet
services
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In summary
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Its Scaleable
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Tonight

• What is ArcGIS
• How is it like and not like ArcView 3.x
• How will this class work
• Assignments
• Book and software
• Labs

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ArcView 3.x VS ArcGIS
Projects vs Map Documents
Project
Map Document
Are similar in that both hold all the elements
for a map
Multipledocuments
Only ONEdata frame!

• View
• Theme
• Layout
• Chart
• Avenue scripts

Data Frame Layer Layout Graph VBA script
Documents
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ArcView 3.x VS ArcGIS
Theme vs Layer
In 3.x, geographic data is added as themes to a
view. A 8.x Layer is essentially the same thing
as a theme but is arranged a little differently.
You can change layer names and symbolization as
you could for themes.
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ArcView 3.x VS ArcGIS
The Context Menu

• Right clicking on a layer produces the context
  menu

When in doupt--
Right Click!!!
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ArcView 3.x VS ArcGIS
View vs. Data Frame

• Nearly the same thing-
• In AV3
• themes of features located in the same geographic
  area are displayed in view s.
• A view has two parts,
• the TOC and
• the data display
• you can add many views to a project but only one
  view can be active at a time.

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ArcView 3.x VS ArcGIS
View vs. Data Frame

• Nearly the same thing-
• In AV 8
• layers of data for the same geographic extent are
  grouped in data frames and displayed in ArcMap.
• The data frame appears in the Table of Contents
  with the layers it contains listed below it.
• Many data frames can be added to a map doc but
  only one data frame can be active at a time.
• The data in the active data frame is the data
  drawn in the map display area and the data that
  you can work with.

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ArcView 3.x VS ArcGIS
View vs. Data Frame

• Nearly the same thing-
• In AV3
• themes of features located in the same geographic
  area are displayed in view s.
• A view has two parts,
• the TOC and
• the map display.
• you can add many views to a project but only one
  view can be active at a time.

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The ArcMap Window
View vs. Data Frame
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ArcView 3.x VS ArcGIS
Layouts(3) vs. Layout(8)

• In 3.x, a layout is used to create a map using
  data contained in views, charts, tables, etc.
• There can be multiple layouts in a 3.x project
• In 8 a layout is composed on a virtual page
• Data is added by using the Insert menu.
• To display more than one map on a layout, you
  insert more data frames.
• In ArcView 8, each map document has one, and only
  one, layout.

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ArcView 3.x VS ArcGIS
Data View vs. Layout View in AV8

• ArcMap provides two ways of viewing a map.
• When you want to explore, display, and query your
  data, use Data View,
• When you want to prepare a map for output, use
  the Layout View so you can add and arrange
  elements like legends, north arrows, and scale
  bars.
• In Layout View you can display more than one data
  frame at the same time.

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ArcView 3.x VS ArcGIS
Data View vs. Layout View in AV8

• ArcMap provides two ways of viewing a map.
• When you want to explore, display, and query your
  data, use Data View,
• When you want to prepare a map for output, use
  Layout View so you can add and arrange elements
  like legends, north arrows, and scale bars.
• In Layout View you can display more than one data
  frame at the same time.

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ArcView 3.x VS ArcGIS
Data View vs. Layout View in AV8

• ArcMap provides two ways of viewing a map.
• When you want to explore, display, and query your
  data, use Data View,
• When you want to prepare a map for output, use
  Layout View so you can add and arrange elements
  like legends, north arrows, and scale bars.
• In Layout View you can display more than one data
  frame at the same time.

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New Features in 8

• Overview window
• Magnifier window
• Spatial bookmarksplaceholders of geographic
  locations and extents that you can zoom to
  anytime
• Symbol Property Editorallows you to precisely
  edit symbols
• Style Manageruse to organize and create symbols
  and map elements
• Multi-layer transparencyallows you to see
  through layers
• Shared Edit toolyou can simultaneously edit
  shared feature boundaries
• Metadata Editor

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New Functionality in 8

• On-the-fly projection of features and rasters
• Image reclassification
• Multi-field labelinglabels can be displayed
  side-by-side or stacked
• Verify button for SQL statements
• Export graphic formatsTIFF, EMF, and PDF
• Dynamically create pyramid files for
  rastersenhances performance when working with
  large rasters

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On-the-fly projection

• Fantastic improvement!!!!! ?
• BUT you have to know and have recorded the
  projection definition for the data being imported!

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ESRIs free course
Migrating from ArcView 3.x to ArcView 8
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Tonight

• What is ArcGIS
• How is it like and not like ArcView 3.x
• How will this class work
• Assignments
• Book and software
• Labs

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The Class

• Going to go through Understanding ArcGIS book.
  (Comes with software and data).
• Going to add No hand holding Exercise after the
  discussion re the assignments in the book.
• Note I said discussion!!

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Labs

• We have arranged for
• Tuesday night lab in the MSL
• Wednesday from 1 to 4 in Baker
• Attendance at labs is NOT required we will have
  people there to help you if needed you know
  where we will be.
• You all will have 24/7 access to the MSL

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Labs

• OK, who feels they will need to use the Tuesday
  night lab? (8 seats)

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Remember
This is an experimental course!
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Help

• You can always ask for help via
  help558_at_rousmail.esf.edu
• We will answer the question (if we can), strip
  your name from the question, and email you and
  everyone else the question and the answer.

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The End