May2009

IntroductiontoArcGIS9.3

This training session provides an overview of ArcGIS, and the basic functionality of ArcMap and ArcCatalog.InPart1,wewillgooverwhatisGISandwhytouseGIS,whatisArcGISDesktop,ArcView anditscomponents,systemrequirements,andoverviewofsomeresourcesopensource,tutorialsand datasets.InPart2,wewillgooverArcMapandArcCatalogandtheirinterfaces,howtoopen,connectto folder,add/removedata,examinelayers,dataandmetadata,examineattributetable,understandData ViewandLayoutView,finalizemapandsave/exportthemap.

Part1:IntroductiontoGIS WhatisGIS? WhyGIS? WhatisArcGISDesktop? KeyfeaturesofArcView SystemRequirements ArcViewComponents: - ArcMap - ArcCatalog - ArcToolBox SomeResources: AvailableGISproductsinthemarket: - MajorCompanies,OpenSource Tutorials: - DSS,ESRI,NYUCourses DataSources

Part2:ArcMapandArcCatalog ArcMap - Launchapplication - Understandingtheinterfaceanditsmainfeatures - Addandremovelayers - Viewthedataattributetable - Examinelayerproperties - UnderstandworkspaceandLayoutview - Finalizeandsavethemap ArcCatalog - Launchapplication - Understandingtheinterfaceanditsmainfeatures - Connecttofolder - Previewspatialdataandmetadata - LearnhowtobringthedataintoArcMap

WhatisGIS?GeographicInformationSystem

Part1:IntroductiontoGIS

Definition: A geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data to capture, store, analyze,manage,anddisplayvariousformsofgeographicallyreferencedinformation. Todays GIS involves collaboration of various technologies and disciplines like geography, cartography, surveying, remote sensing, satellite imagery, photogrammetry, spatial statistics, mathematics, geometry, topology, computer science, information science, library science, web technology,etc. WhyGIS? GIS integratesvarietyofdatawithaspatialcomponentregardlessofitssource, storesandmanagesthedata, analyzesthedataasawholeanddisplayitinvariousformats, leveragesvisualizationtomakecriticalbusinessandplanningdecisions,andhenceitsaves tremendoustimeandmoney. Example:

Point(landmark,tree,etc.) Line(street,river,stream,etc.)

Polygon(landparcels,buildings,etc.) Topography(terrain,contours,etc.) RasterImage(satelliteimagery,historicphotos,etc.) Integratedrepresentationandmanagementofdata

Applications: ThereareseveralapplicationsofGIStechnology.Itcanbeusedforurbanplanning,historicmapping, archeology,environmentalstudies,transportationstudies,emergencymanagement,healthstudies,

ecologicalstudies,assetmanagement,naturalresourcemanagement,marketing,economicstudies, demographicstudies,crimestatsmapping,affordablehousinganalyses,andmanyotherpurposes. Forexample: GIScanbeusedtomapasthmaratesofspecificneighborhoodinthecityanditssurroundingland use patterns. GIS can be useful to simulate disaster planning and to map evacuation routes and fastestroutesforambulancestoreachtotheemergencysites.GIScanbeusedtodeterminethebest locationforasupermarkettolaunchitsbusiness. WhatisArcGISDesktop? ArcGISDesktopisaGISproductcreatedbyESRI(EnvironmentalSystemsResearchInstitute)thatallows you to analyze your data and author geographic knowledge to examine relationships, test predictions, andultimatelymakebetterdecisions. ItisafamilyofthreeproductsArcInfo,ArcEditor,andArcViewthatsharethesamecoreapplications, userinterface,anddevelopmentenvironment. ArcGISDesktop

EachproductprovidesadditionalGISfunctionalityasyoumovefromArcViewtoArcEditortoArcInfo. KeyFeaturesofArcView: - ArcViewallowsperformingbasicvisualization(mapauthoring),spatialquery,editinganddata integration,andbasicmodelingandanalysisofyourdata. Visualization: o Map authoring: e.g. predefined map templates to save time, easy to create a consistentstylemaps,etc. Spatialquery: o e.g.measuredistancesandareas,findfeaturesinthemap,selectdatabylocationor attribute,switchtheselection,accesslayerproperties,etc.

e.g.Proximityanalysistofindoutwhichclosestservices. Simplefeatureeditinganddataintegration: o e.g. create/edit point,line,andpolygonfeatures and attributes, integrate variety of data types including demographics, facilities, CAD drawings, imagery, web services, andmultimedia.

e.g.quicklymakechangestoseveralfeatures(records)atonce. Basicmodelingandanalysis: o e.g.modelspatialrelationships,generatecharts/reportsfromfindings,etc. ReadytoUseDatasets: o e.g. ESRI Data & Maps Media Kit, which is updated annually and preconfigured to workspecificallywithESRIsoftware. Enabledforextensions: o e.g.addevenmorecapabilitiesAnalysis,Productivity,andSolutionbasedextensions performextendedtaskssuchasrastergeoprocessingandthreedimensionalanalysis.

 SystemRequirements: Platform: PCIntel OperatingSystem:WindowsVista(Ultimate,Enterprise,Business,HomePremium),Windows 2000,orWindowsXP(HomeEditionandProfessional) Memory: 1GBRAM Processor: 1.6Ghz ArcViewComponents:ArcMap,ArcCatalogandArcToolbox ArcMap:Integratedmapdisplay,editing,andproductionenvironment. ArcMapisusedtodisplay,query,edit,create,andanalyzeyourgeographicallyreferenceddata. Example:

ArcMapcompositionsincludingchartsandreportseffectivelycommunicateyourmessage.

Variousstylesforlegends,scalebars,northarrows,andothermapdesigntoolsarereadily availableintheArcMapenvironment.

Variousstylesforlegends,scalebars,northarrows,andothermapdesigntoolsarereadily availableintheArcMapenvironment.

ArcMap:ThepowerofARCEDITandARCPLOTandmoreinonemodernapplication.

TheuserfriendlyArcMapenvironmenthelpsyoucreatestraightforwardreportsofyourdata.

 ArcCatalog:datamanagementapplication ArcCataloghelpsuserstobrowse,search,explore,view,andmanagedata(withmetadatacreationand editingcapabilities)andmaps.ItalsohelpsGISdatabaseadministratorsmaintainspatialandtabularGIS dataforusebyothersintheirorganization. ArcCataloginterface: File/datatypes: ArcToolbox:geoprocessingtool. ArcToolbox helps users to perform geoprocessing operations such as data conversion, overlay processing,buffering,proximityanalysisandmaptransformation.Eachtoolhasamenudriveninterface withwizardsordialogs.

SomeResources: AvailableGISproductsinthemarket: MajorCompanies - Autodesk - BentleySystems - Intergraph - ERDAS. - ESRI - ENVI - MapInfo - ManifoldSystem OpenSource: - GRASSGIS - SAGAGIS - QuantumGIS - MapWindowGIS - ILWIS - uDig - gvSIG - JUMPGIS - Kalypso(software) - TerraView - Capaware Tutorials: - DataServiceStudio(DSS): Visithttp://library.nyu.edu/dataserviceforGIStutorialsofferedbyDSS. - ESRI:Visithttp://training.esri.com - NYUCourses: DataSources: www.geodata.gov www.census.gov www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bytes/applbyte.shtml http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/eservices/eservices_gis_downloads.shtml www.nysgis.state.ny.us CrimeStat(http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/CRIMESTAT/download.html) www.fountainware.com/compass DSS,NYUBobst ESRIDatasets Geolytics ReferenceUSA

ArcMap:

Part2:ArcMapandArcCatalog

LaunchApplication: ArcMapcanbelaunchedbyclickingStart>Programs>Statistics>ArcGIS>ArcMap ArcMapcanalsobelaunchedbyclickingontheiconontheStandardtoolbarinArcCatalog. ClickonAnewemptymap

Understandingtheinterfaceanditsmainfeatures: - Titlebarandtoolbars, - Tableofcontents - DataFrame - Statusbar

Main Menu Toolbar

Title Bar Tools Toolbar Layout Toolbar

Standard Toolbar

Table of Contents

Draw Toolbar

Data View tab ArcToolBox Data Frame other toolbars

Status Bar

Titlebarandtoolbars: Titlebar:displaysthenameoftheArcMapdocument. Toolbars:containsmanytoolbarsviz. MainMenu: default tool bar with pulldown menu that contains: File, Edit, View, Insert, Selection, Tools, Windows and Help. Click on these menus to select various optionswithineachmenu. Draw: allowsdrawingandeditinggraphics/textonthemapandlayout. Layout: allowsdisplay,zoomandscalelayouts. Standard: allows creating a new document, opening an existing document, saving and printing a document, editing functions, adding/editing map and data, opening ArcCatalogandArcToolbox,openingModelBuilder,andactivatinghelp. Tools: allows working with data view frame or work space viz. displaying, zooming, selecting,identifying,findingandmeasuringfeaturesandelements. Several other toolbars can be made active by rightclicking on the Main Menu toolbar or by clickingonthepulldownMainMenu/View/Toolbars

TableofContents:displaysandmanages(group,ungroup,activate, access layer properties, etc.) all the layers (and its source) and symbologyofthelayers. Data Frame: work space that allows displaying and working with map/s.DataFramedisplaysmapsaslayersthatarecheckedinthe Table of Contents. Each displayed layer does not store the actual geographic data but it references data stored in shapefiles, geodatabases,etc. Status Bar: displays coordinates/units of the cursor in the Data VieworLayoutView. Layers: A layer contains information about how to display the dataset,butnotthedatasetitself.Eachdataframecontainsoneor more layers. Any datasets you add to the map are represented as layers in the Table of Contents. Checkingtheboxnexttoeachlayerwilldisplaythemapelements.Theorderofthelayerswilldisplay mapelementsinthatorder. Addandremovelayers ToaddlayersfordisplayclickonAddDataiconlocatedontheStandardToolbar. Navigatetotheshapefilethatyouwouldliketoconnectto.Forinstance:SelectCabins.shp,Roads.shp andBoundary.shp.Multipleselectbypressingcontrolkeywhileselectingfiles).Highlightthefileand clickonAddbutton.

NoticethatallthelayersareaddedtotheTableofContentsaswellasdisplayed(ifchecked)intheData View or Layout View (whichever is active). Every time you bring in any layer, it will be displayed with randomcolorsandcanalwaysbechanged. Toremovethedata,selectthelayerthenrightclickonthelayerandclickonremove. ViewthedataexaminingtheAttributeTableofthelayer Select the layer and right click on the layer and then select open Attribute Table. Examine the table rowscorrespondingcolumns.

ExamineLayerProperties Right click on a layer and click on the Properties. This will display Layer Properties window. You can view,editandchangevariouspropertiesofthelayer.Forinstance, - Generaltaballowschangingthenameofthelayer,addingdescriptionandcredits,andmake thelayerinvisibleatacertainscale. - Sourcetaballowsviewingthemetadataandeditingthedatasourceofthelayer.Selectiontab allowscustomizingselectionsymbology. - Displaytaballowschangingtransparencyofthelayer. - Symbology tab allows customizing and importing symbology of the layer via Features, Categories,Quantities,ChartsandMultipleAttributes.Fieldstaballowsdisplayingfields. - DefinitionQuerytaballowstowritescriptstoquerythedataviaQueryBuilder. - Labelstaballowsdisplaying,changingsymbology,anddefiningplacement,scaleandstyleof thelabels. - Join&Relatestaballowsjoiningandrelatingvariousdatasets. - HTMLPopuptaballowsshowingthecontentofthelayerusingHTMLPopuptool.

UnderstandDataView(workspace)andLayoutview DataViewallowsdisplaying,editing,analyzingandworkinggeographicdata. LayoutViewallowspreparingfinishedmapsforprintingandpublishing. ThreewaystoswitchbetweenDataViewandLayoutView: 1. ClickontheViewtabofMainMenutoolbarandthenclickonDataVieworLayoutView. 2. ClickonforDataView,andclickonforLayoutView. 3. ClickontheiconsontheLayouttoolbarforDataView,LayoutView andtoswitchbetweenthetwo.

 Finalizeandsavethemap OntheLayoutView,youcaninserttoolbartitle,legend,scaleandnortharrow,viaInserttabonMain Menu,tofinalizethemap. SavethemapbyclickingontheFiletabontheMainMenutoolbar.TheSavedialogueboxwillpopup. Name the document, navigate to the location and click Save. The map will be saved as ArcMap Document(.mxd),whichwillcontainalltheworkinglayersandreferenceddata. To save the map as PDF or JPG, click on File tab on the Main Menu toolbar and click on Export Map. Navigatetothelocation,selectthetypeasPDForJPGfrompulldownmenu,andclickSave.

ArcCatalog

LaunchApplication: ArcCatalogcanbelaunchedbyclickingStart>Programs>Statistics>ArcGIS>ArcCatalog ArcCatalogcanalsobelaunchedbyclickingontheiconontheStandardtoolbarinArcMap. Understandingtheinterfaceanditsmainfeatures - Toolbars - CatalogTreeandContents/Preview/Metadatawindow

Main Menu toolbar Standard toolbar

Catalog Tree Contents/Preview/Metadata window

 Toolbars:containsmanytoolbarsviz. MainMenu: default tool bar with pulldown menu that contains: File, Edit, View, Go, Tools, Windows and Help. Click on these menus to select various options within each menu. Standard: allowsconnectingtoanyfoldersonharddriveaswellasfoldersonthenetwork drives,disconnectingfromfolder,copying,pasting,deleting,viewingandsearching filesandfolders.ItalsoallowslaunchingofArcMap,ArcToolbox,CommandLine Window,ModelBuilderandHelp. CatalogTree:displaysallconnectedfilesandfolders,andtheirdirectorytree. C/P/MWindow:allowsexaminingnameandtypeofthefile,previewingcontent(geographyandtabular data)andviewingmetadataofthefile. ConnecttoFolder ClickontheFiletabontheMainMenutoolbarandselectConnecttoFolderorClickontheicon Navigate to the desired folder in the Connect to Folder dialog box and click OK. For instance, C:\Users\Poonam\Documents\Him

Previewspatialdataandmetadata SelecttheshapefileintheCatalogTreetopreviewitsspatialdataandmetadata.Forinstance,select LakesintheCatalogTree.

Notice that C:\Users\Poonam\Documents\Him will appear in the Catalog Tree along with the subfolders within Him folder.

 ClickontheContenttabintheC/P/MWindowtoviewthenameofthefileandthetypeofthefile.

ClickonthePreviewtabintheC/P/MWindow.ClickonGeographytabfromthepulldownmenuatthe bottomoftheC/P/MWindowtoviewthephysicalshapeofthefile.ClickontheTabletabfromthepull down menu at the bottom of the C/P/M Window to view the tabular data associated with that geography/shape.

Click on the Metadata tab in the C/P/M Window to view the metadata of the file. Description tab displaysbriefdescription(Abstract,Purpose,SupplementalInformation,Place,StatusoftheData,Time Period,etc.)abouttheshapefile.Spatialtabdisplaysinformationaboutvariouscoordinatesystemsused to create the shape file, coordinates, and sources of the file. Attributes tab displays features and attributesofthedataassociatedwiththeshapefile.

BringthedataintoArcMap Launch ArcMap and display the window to full extent. Make the ArcCatalog window smaller than ArcMapsuchthatArcCatalogwindowfloatsontheArcMapwindow. SelectonelayerormultiplelayersbyuseofShiftandControlkeysfromtheC/P/MWindow.Oncethe layersareselected,draganddropthemintheTableofContentswindowoftheArcMap. Alternatively, you can add data from ArcMap by clicking on the icon located on the Standard Toolbar.
Source:ESRI.com