Mastering ArcGIS Data and Videos

To do the tutorials and exercises in the book you will need to download the tuitorial data from the Mastering ArcGIS instructor site www.mhhe.com/price7e and put it on your hard drive. The data use approximately 240 MB of your disk, and should be installed under a hard drive letter, such as C:\, and not on the Desktop or in your user documents folder. After downloading the MGISDataFolder.zip file from the web site, unzip it and view the enclosed instructions, InstallingTheData.htm, to properly install the data.

Using the videos is optional. Each Chapter and Skill Reference section may be downloaded separately. The full set of videos requires approximately 2 GB of space on your hard drive. Please review the installation instructions UsingTheVideos.htm in the MGISVideoFolder after downloading the videos for the first chapter.

How to use the videos

Click on a link to access the videos for each chapter. These videos demonstrate the numbered steps in your book. Click one of these links to access the videos for the chapter.

Chapter 1. GIS Data

Chapter 2. Managing GIS Data

Chapter 3. Coordinate Systems

Chapter 4. Mapping GIS Data

Chapter 5. Presenting GIS Data

Chapter 6. Attribute Data

Chapter 7. Basic Editing

Chapter 8. Queries

Chapter 9. Spatial Joins

Chapter 10. Map Overlay and Geoprocessing

Chapter 11. Raster Analysis

Chapter 12. Editing and Topology

Chapter 13. Geodatabases

Chapter 14. Metadata

Skills Reference Videos

The Skills Reference videos demonstrate how to do different types of tasks in GIS, and demonstrate the skills presented in the Skills Reference section of your textbook. They are organized by topic. Click a topic to see the skills demonstrated for that topic.

BASICS

General

ArcMap Basics

ArcCatalog Basics

DATA MANAGEMENT

Files and Geodatabases

Tables

Coordinate Systems

Metadata

Editing

MAPPING

Maps and Symbols

Labels and Annotation

Layouts and Data Frames

ANALYSIS

Queries

Overlay and Spatial Joins

Geocoding

Networks

Rasters

GIS Data

Chapter 1 Tutorial

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Managing GIS Data

Chapter 2 Tutorial

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Coordinate Systems

Chapter 3 Tutorial

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Mapping GIS Data

Chapter 4 Tutorial

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Presenting GIS Data

Chapter 5 Tutorial

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Attribute Data

Chapter 6 Tutorial

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Basic Editing

Chapter 7 Tutorial

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Queries

Chapter 8 Tutorial

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Spatial Joins

Chapter 9 Tutorial

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Map Overlay and Geoprocessing

Chapter 10 Tutorial

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Raster Analysis

Chapter 11 Tutorial

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Editing and Topology

Chapter 12 Tutorial

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Geodatabases

Chapter 13 Tutorial

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Metadata

Chapter 14 Tutorial

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Skills Reference Videos

BASICS

General

ArcMap Basics

ArcCatalog Basics

DATA MANAGEMENT

Files and Geodatabases

Tables

Coordinate Systems

Metadata

Editing

MAPPING

Maps and Symbols

Labels and Annotation

Layouts and Data Frames

ANALYSIS

Queries

Overlay and Spatial Joins

Geocoding

Networks

Rasters

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BASICS 445

General 445

Starting ArcMap or ArcCatalog 445

Managing windows: 445

Docking a window 445

Pinning a window 446

Adjusting window sizes 446

Managing toolbars 446

Creating/deleting folder connections 447

Setting options: 448

ArcCatalog Options 448

ArcMap Options 448

Connecting to an Internet service 448

Opening/saving data sets: 449

Opening a data set 449

Saving a data set 449

Using the Zoom/Pan tools 450

Layers and layer properties: 450

Setting layer properties 450

Creating a layer file in ArcCatalog 451

Creating a layer file in ArcMap 451

Group layers and layer properties: 451

Creating a group layer file in ArcCatalog 451

Creating a group layer in ArcMap 451

Managing group layer properties 452

Identifying features 452

Finding features 453

Using the Search window 454

Environment settings 454

Starting and using ArcToolbox 455

Using a tool 455

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ArcMap Basics 457

Opening an ArcMap document on startup 457

To open a new map 457

Switching to a different map document 458

To open an existing map document 458

To open a new map document 458

Adding data 458

Removing data 458

Saving a map document 458

The Table of Contents window: 459

List By Drawing Order 459

List By Source 459

List By Visibility 460

List By Selection 460

Setting a scale range 460

Using bookmarks 461

Measuring features 461

Setting Map Tips 462

Setting data frame and layer properties 462

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ArcCatalog Basics 463

The Catalog Tree 463

Managing ArcCatalog items: 463

Creating new items 463

Copy and paste items 464

Renaming files 464

Deleting an item 464

Viewing modes: 464

Viewing the contents of a folder 464

Previewing data sets 464

Viewing the Item Description 465

Viewing and setting data set properties 465

Creating and viewing thumbnails 466

Dragging and dropping files to ArcMap 466

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DATA MANAGEMENT 467

Files and Geodatabases 467

Creating a geodatabase 467

Creating a shapefile 467

Creating a feature dataset 468

Creating a feature class 469

Importing feature classes 470

Exporting features 471

Creating attribute domains 472

Assigning default values or domains 473

Creating subtypes 473

Creating a network 474

Creating a planar topology 476

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Tables 477

Opening a table: 477

In ArcCatalog 477

In ArcMap 477

The Table window 477

Changing a table’s appearance: 478

Adjusting field width 478

Sorting on a field 478

Displaying selected records 478

Turning one field off 479

To freeze/unfreeze a field 479

Changing field properties 479

Changing table colors and fonts 479

Formatting field values 480

Managing multiple tables 480

The Fields tab 481

Exporting a table 482

Getting statistics for a field 482

Summarizing on a field 483

Editing fields in a table 483

Adding or deleting fields 484

Using the data set properties 484

Managing fields in ArcMap 485

Creating a new table: 485

Creating a dBase table 485

Creating a table in a geodatabase 485

Calculating fields 486

Creating joins and relates 487

Opening Excel Data 488

Preparing the data 488

Displaying x-y data from a table 489

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Coordinate Systems 490

Examining the coordinate system: 490

In ArcCatalog 490

In ArcMap 490

Specifying a spatial reference 491

Defining a new coordinate system 492

Setting the coordinate system of a data frame 493

Defining coordinate systems of data sets: 494

Using the Define Projection tool 494

Using ArcCatalog 494

Projecting feature classes 495

Projecting rasters 496

Georeferencing rasters 496

Rectifying rasters 498

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Metadata 499

Setting the metadata style 499

Viewing metadata 499

Creating a metadata template 499

Importing or exporting metadata 499

Editing metadata 500

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Editing 501

Begin an editing session 501

Saving edits 501

Stopping an edit session 501

Switching to another folder or geodatabase 501

Controlling snapping 502

Selecting things to edit: 502

Using an editing tool 503

Moving features 503

Rotating features 503

Deleting features 503

Creating features with templates: 504

Using a template 504

Creating a template 504

Editing template properties 504

Using the sketch context menus 505

Using Sketch menu tools: 505

Entering absolute x-y locations 505

Using offsets from a previous location 505

Creating a segment in a specified direction 506

Creating a segment of specific length 506

Creating a segment of set angle and length 506

Creating a deflected segment 506

Deflecting a segment from a feature 507

Creating parallel or perpendicular segments 507

Creating multipart features 507

Creating adjacent polygons: 508

Using the Auto Complete Polygons tool 508

Cutting polygon features 508

Using the Attributes window 509

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Using the sketching tools: 509

Straight Segment tool 510

Endpoint Arc Segment tool 510

Tracing tool 510

Right Angle tool 511

Midpoint tool 511

Distance-Distance tool 511

Direction-Distance tool 512

Finding intersections 512

Arc Segment tool 512

Tangent Curve Segment tool 513

Bezier Curve Segment tool 513

Modifying a feature 513

Reshaping a feature 514

Flipping a line 514

Displaying line directions 514

Splitting a line: 515

With the Split tool 515

Into multiple lines 515

Creating evenly spaced points 515

Moving a feature an exact distance 515

Using Copy Parallel 516

Merging features 516

Union of features 516

Intersection of features 516

Clipping features 517

Buffering features 517

Editing annotation: 517

Preparing to edit annotation 517

Adding new annotation labels 518

Make existing labels follow features 518

To edit existing annotation labels 518

Modifying annotation properties 518

Editing with map topology: 519

Creating map topology 519

Reshaping a common boundary 519

Moving shared nodes 519

Editing with planar topology: 520

Preparing to edit 520

Displaying topology errors 520

Controlling which errors are selectable 520

The Fix Topology Error tool 520

The Error Inspector 521

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MAPPING 522

Maps and Symbols 522

Setting symbols for a layer: 522

Changing the color of the current symbol 522

Changing the symbol 522

Creating new symbols 523

Creating maps based on attributes: 524

Unique values map 524

Graduated colors map 524

Graduated symbols map 525

Proportional symbols map 525

Dot density map 526

Chart map 526

Classifying data 527

Modifying the appearance of the legend 528

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Labels and Annotation 529

Using graphic text: 529

Adding text to the map 529

Labeling a feature with an attribute 529

Splining text along a line 530

Adding a callout label 530

Creating wrapped text boxes 530

Using dynamic labels 531

Creating label classes 531

Using the Label Manager 532

Using the Labeling toolbar 533

Creating annotation 534

Placing overflow map annotation 535

Placing overflow geodatabase annotation 535

Deleting annotation: 536

Deleting map annotation 536

Deleting geodatabase annotation 536

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Layouts and Data Frames 537

Using the Layout toolbar 537

Setting up the map page 538

Setting the scale or extent: 538

Using Automatic 539

Using Fixed Scale 539

Using Fixed Extent 539

Setting the reference scale 539

Clipping to a layer 540

Composing the data frames 540

Adding a north arrow 540

Adding a title 541

Adding text 541

Adding graphics to layouts 541

Adding a legend 541

Modifying a legend: 542

The Legend tab 542

The Size and Position tab 542

The Items tab 543

The Layout tab 544

The Frame tab 544

Managing legend styles 543

Adding neatlines, backgrounds, and shadows 545

Adding a scale bar 546

Adding pictures 547

Creating a map from a template 547

Templates with multiple frames 547

Printing a map 548

Exporting a map as a picture file 549

Creating a simple graph 550

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ANALYSIS 551

Queries 551

Using the Selection view 551

Clearing selections: 551

Clearing the selection for a layer or table 552

Clearing all selections 552

Changing the selection method 552

Selecting features interactively 552

Using the other selection tools 553

Creating a layer from selected features 553

Creating a definition query 553

Entering an SQL query 554

Using Select By Attributes: 555

Selecting features from a layer 555

Selecting records from a table 555

Using Select By Location 556

Changing the selection options 557

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Overlay and Spatial Joins 558

Performing a spatial join 558

Performing an intersection 559

Performing a union 559

Creating buffers 560

Clipping a layer 560

Merging or appending layers 561

Dissolving 562

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Geocoding 563

Creating an address locator 563

Geocoding addresses 564

Rematching a geocoding result 564

Interactive matching 565

Networks 566

Examining network properties 566

Performing a trace 566

Setting general tracing options 567

Changing the results format 567

Using weights when tracing 568

Using weight filters 568

Viewing flow directions: 569

Changing flow symbols 569

Setting the display scale 569

Adding and clearing flags and barriers 569

Finding a path 570

Finding the shortest path 570

Finding connections and loops 571

Tracing upstream/downstream 571

Tracing with accumulation 571

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Rasters 572

Turning on Spatial Analyst 572

Environment settings for rasters 572

Converting between grids and features: 573

Converting features to a raster 573

Converting a raster to features 573

Reclassifying a raster: 574

If the grid has categories 574

If the grid has many values 574

Using neighborhood statistics 575

Calculating zonal statistics 575

Using surface functions 576

Calculating Euclidean distance 577

Creating a density raster 577

Interpolating between points 578

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