Uses of ArcGIS

ArcGIS Desktop is a comprehensive set of professional GIS used to Work with maps Compile, edit, and maintain geographic data Automate work tasks with geoprocessing Analyze and model data using geoprocessing Visualize and display of results in maps, and 3D views, Other tasks such as data documentation, services, and advanced geospatial processing

ArcGIS Applications
ArcGIS includes a suite of applications. Most of these applications can be launched from within each others. Manage data sets, create meta-data (data about data), and Provides seamless integration and multi-resolution global map analysis and visualization. Part of Arc-3D Analysis Is the main environment and interface for working with maps, data analysis, and other GIS tools. We will use it heavily Provides environment for working with 3D data and views. Also part of Arc-3D analyst extension

ArcGIS Extensions
Extensions allow users to perform tasks such as raster geoprocessing (Spatial Analyst) and three-dimensional analysis (3D Analyst). Extensions also allow the integration of other codes (visual basic, C++, and other compiled languages) into the ArcGIS environment. Some extension, utilize other extensions to perform specific tasks such as hydrologic data analysis and management (ArcHydro) and model specific configuration and parameterization (connect GIS data bases to other models). Among these are HEC-GEOHSM (main and project views) and HEC-GeoRAS. Both commercial and public domain third party extensions are available.

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GIS Data Types

Feature Data
Points can have (x,y) coordinates, (x,y,z) coordinates, and (x,y,m) coordinates with m being the third dimension (cam be time, Raster Data distance, or any measure) Raster are regularly spaced grids. Images are types of (multi-band) raster. Rasters are generally identified by corner locations of the data set, size of grid, and units of the measure (elevation, reflectivity, etc) Tabular Data Tables connect information to geographic features and allow relational queries and processing

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Geo Database
A Geodatabase is a physical instance of a collection of datasets, that has 1. 2. 3. Acomprehensive information model for representing and managing geographic information A software logic to provide the methods and models for accessing and working with geographic data in a variety of files and formats. A transaction model for managing GIS data workflows.

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ArcMap: Starting ArcMap

Anchored toolbars area

Table of Content 1. Click on the Start button in Windows and Go to <ProgramsArcGISArcMAP> Map Display Area

3. Toolbars in ArcMap are flexible and can be moved around same as in most modern windows applications. Click on the left side of the tool bar with the icons (standard toolbar) and drag it any where, it can be a floating toolbar

2. Once ArcMap starts, you will get the above dialogue, Selcet the A new empty map radio button

Important Tools:
Add layer to map Save map document Open Arc ToolBox Open Command Line Editor
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ArcMap: Adding Extensions and Toolbars

To activate an extension
1. From the main menu, select <TOOLS Extensions>

To add a toolbar:
1. With the right mouse button click anywhere in the anchored toolbars area. From the list select the desired tool bar. For example, select the <Tools> toolbar When first selected, toolbars may be floating, you can arrange them as you like

Zoom in Zoom out Zoom in to center of map Zoom out to center of map Pan map. Move entire map Zoom to full map extent Previous extent view Next extent view Select feature by clicking on it Unselect feature 2. In the dialogue box, make sure that 3D Analyst, Geostatistical Analyst, and Spatial Analyst are selected. This will not load their corresponding tool bars visible, but it will make these extensions available to ArcMap. Select element See Attributes for feature Find features Go to location Measure length If feature has hyperlink, triger
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ArcMap: Adding layer and layer navigation

During the reminder of this exercise we will be working with data set from a small water shed in Orange County, CA. The watershed is called Trabuco Canyon. Step 1. Create Directory to save your data In Drive D:\CEE73\, which we have created in previous labs, create a new folder and call it TRAB (for Trabuco) Step 2: Download the file : http://hydis.eng.uci.edu/wsmodeling/data/Trab_08.zip into the directory D:\CEE173\Trabuco\ which you have just created Step 3: Extract the data into D:\CEE273\Trabuco\Trab_08\ In windows explorer, the directory structure after extraction will look like Step 5. Add layers to the Map a. Click the (add layer) button form the standard menu b. In the Add Data browser dialogue, click the connect to folder button, which accesses the computers hard drives and file folders c. Navigate to D:\CEE273\Trabuco\Trabuco_08\GIS_Data\shapes\ and click the OK button d. The next dialogue shows that we have three vector layer. From the layer symbol we can identify that two of them are line features and the third has polygon features.

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With the Shift key pushed down, click once on each of the layers to highlight them all, and then push the ADD button. Before the data is loaded into ArcMap, you may receive a warning about unknown spatial references, for now IGNORE it and push the OK Key: Repeat steps a and b and go to directory D:\CEE273\Trabuco\Trabuco_08\GIS_Data\grids\

Ascii format of grids Grid directory Shapes (vector data directory) Additional tabular data Step 4: Start ArcMap Using (Start ArcGIS ArcMap) start ArcMap and create the a new empty map radio button wait for ArcMap to load. g. Select the dem_30m grid and push the OK button. Now you have 3 vector layers and 1 grid layer loaded into the map display

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ArcMap: Creating Hill Shade

Step 3: Creating hillshade a. Select <Spatial analyst Surface AnalysisHillshade> Submenu

Creating Hill Shade from DEM

Step 1. Display Background DEM Uncheck the trab_buffer layer to allow the display of the dem_30m raster layer. DEM (Digital Elevation Map) Step 2 Show the Spatial Analyst Tool-bar Since DEM (Digital Elevation Map) is a raster data, we need functionalities from the Spatial Analyst. To get some of these functions, with the right mouse button, click anywhere on the tool bar menu and make sure that the <spatial analyst> menu is activated

b. The hill-shading dialogue appears, accept most options, but click on the folder button to save the output grid instead of keeping it as temporary

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ArcMap: Creating Hill Shade, continued

Step 3: Creating hillshade (continued) c. Once the folder button is clicked a save-as dialogue appears, from the pull-down menu, navigate to the D:\CEE273\Trabuco\Trabuco_08\GIS_Data\grids\ directory. Notice that since few steps back we found the layers in this directory (see adding a new layer), they now are members of the catalogue, and we do not have to search for the directory again. d. Name the new grid hshd_30m as seen below and push the Save button, and then click OK in the Hillshade Dialogue Step 4: Coloring hillshaded dem a. Now, in the table of content, drag the dem_30m to before the hsd_30m this will place the display of the dem_30m above that of the hshd_30m b. Right click the dem_30m grid and select <Properties> d. In the display tab set transparency to 50% c. In the layer properties control, click on the [Symbology] tab and select appropriate color scale.

e. Click Apply and then OK buttons

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ArcMap: Creating Hill Shade, results

Save Your File
Click on the save map document button NOTES: In the dialogue control, navigate to a writable directory, remember you are not saving the actual data layers, What you are saving is a file connecting the layers, map lay out and the selected toolbars you have decided to add to your mapping application. Copying the mxd file to a jump drive will not copy the data files in the map . You have to use specific export procedures or create a full data base that can be copied. In my case, I saved the ArcGIs Map file (mxd) in d:\CEE273\maps\hillshd_trab.mxd

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ArcMap: Suggested Practice (Spatial Analyst)

On Your Own in the Lab: Suggestions
a. b. c. d. Further explore the layer properties control panel and its various tabs Try changing the symbol color for roads to black and for drainage to blue Use the standard tool-bar buttons ti navigate around the map, zoom in, out, pan and zoom to layer. Use the spatial analyst to create a slope grid from the DEM. (From the surface analysis sub-menu in the Spatial analyst tool bar)

Slope map for Trabuco Canyon

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What do you see in the slope map that you can not see in the elevation
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