Process Summary for “Overview ArcGIS 10”
Topics Covered: ArcGIS Overview, Downloading and Adding Data
Deliverables: 1 Map and Process Summary
· World Cities
1. Add Data: H:\Working Projects\OverviewArcGIS\OverviewArdGIS\ World_Counties.shp
2. Save as: H:\Working Projects\OverviewArcGIS\OverviewArdGIS\ WorldCities.mxd
3. Followed steps in Lab: Getting Started with ArcGIS
4. Add Data: H:\Working Projects\ArcGIS Overview\ArcGIS Overview\Cities.shp
5. Layers Selected: Cities and World_Countries
6. Add Neatline: Gap 10, Border 1.0, Background Dark Grey
7. Size and Position: 8.5x11, Align to Center
8. Add Title: World Cities of 2007, Size, Position, Font
9. Add Legend: Position, Size, Change File Names, Add Border 1.0, Gap 5 for x/y
10. Set Data Exclusion: "POP2007" =-99999 Population is not accurate with a report of -99999
11. Add North Arrow: Style. Size, Position
12. Add Scale: Size, Position, Font, Set Division Units Miles, Set Division Value 4
13. Add Name and Date: Nick Peloquin 25 Jan 11, Size, Position, Font
14. Add Data Source: USGS, Size, Position, Font
15. Export Map Document: H:\Finished Products\OverviewArcGIS\OverviewArcGIS_ndp.jpg
· Lab Questions/Answers
Q1: How many records are shown?
A1:13
Q2: What is the LONG_NAME field?
A2: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Q3: What is the name of this country and what are its approximate coordinates?
A3: Isle of Man, 4º 27’46.879”W 54º 12’59.98”N
Q4: What is the East-West length of this country in kilometers?
A4: 246 Km
Q5: What part of this lab did you have the most trouble with?
A5: Setting the Data Exclusion.
Q6: What are two ways to show a toolbar?
A6: Toolbars are easily repositioned by dragging them to your desired location. Toolbars can either float on the desktop or dock along the outer edges of the application.
Q7: Define shapefile:
A7: A shapefile is a simple, nontopological format for storing the geometric location and attribute information of geographic features.
Q8: Define vector:
A8: Spatial data using two dimensional Cartesian (x,y) co-ordinates to shore the shape of spatial entities.
Q9: Define raster:
A9: Raster datasets represent geographic features by dividing the world into discrete square or rectangular cells laid out in a grid.
Q10: Define attribute table:
A10: A table of non-graphical descriptor relating to geographical feature or entities in a GIS
Q11: What should be the first thing you get stuck or have problems in ArcGIS:
A11: ArcGIS HELP
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