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Getting Started with ArcGIS ™

GIS by ESRI ™

Bob Booth and Andy Mitchell

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Contents

Getting to Know ArcGIS

Introduction 3

1 Welcome to ArcGIS 5

What can you do with ArcGIS? 6

Unique projects to daily business 9

Tasks you perform with ArcGIS 11

Tips on learning ArcGIS 16

2 Exploring ArcCatalog and ArcMap 17

Introducing ArcCatalog 18

Viewing data in ArcCatalog 19

Connecting to your data 20

Introducing ArcMap 23

Working with maps 24

Exploring a map 25

Adding a layer to a map 28

Adding features from a database 29

Changing the way features are drawn 30

Adding labels to a map 33

Working with the map layout 35

Saving a map 41

Printing a map 42

Whats next? 43

3 Exploring GIS data 45

Geographic data models 46

Formats of feature data 50

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Conducting a GIS Project

4 Planning a GIS project 65

What is GIS analysis? 66

The steps in a GIS project 69

Planning your project 71

5 Assembling the database 77

Organizing the project database 78

Adding data to the project folder 83

Previewing the data in ArcCatalog 88

Examining the data in ArcMap 93

Cleaning up the Catalog tree 106

6 Preparing data for analysis 109

Data preparation tasks 110

Defining the coordinate system for the elevation data 111

What are coordinate systems? 118

Projecting the river shapefile 120

Exporting the river shapefile to the geodatabase 126

Digitizing the historic park 128

Merging the parcel layers 148

7 Performing the analysis 151

Setting up for analysis 152

Delineating the area the plant site should be within 153

Delineating the areas the plant site should be outside of 158

Finding the parcels that meet the location criteria 169

Finding the vacant parcels 173

Finding suitable parcels near roads and near the wastewater junction 176

Finding suitable parcels meeting the required total area 185

Reviewing the analysis results 189

G ETTING S TARTED WITH A RC GIS

8 Presenting the results 195

Designing the map 196

Setting up the map page 198

Creating the overview map 206

Creating the map of suitable parcels 212

Creating the map of highly suitable parcels 218

Creating the parcel report 230

Adding the list of site criteria to the map 233

Adding the map elements 234

Saving the map and printing it 248

Whats next? 250

C ONTENTS

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