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ArcGIS Spatial Analyst provides a broad range of powerful spatial modeling and analysis
capabilities. You can create, query, map, and analyze cell-based raster data; perform integrated
raster/vector analysis; derive new information from existing data; query information across
multiple data layers; and fully integrate cell-based raster data with traditional vector data
sources.
With ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, some examples of the things you can accomplish include:
Derive new information from existing data.
Apply Spatial Analyst tools to create useful information from your source data.
Some examples of things you can do include deriving distance from points, polylines,
or polygons; calculating population density from measured quantities at certain
points; reclassifying existing data into suitability classes; or creating slope, aspect, or
hillshade outputs from elevation data.
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Find areas that are the most suitable for particular objectives (for example, siting a
new building or analyzing high-risk areas for flooding or landslides) by combining
layers of information.
For example, based on a set of input criteria defining that areas of vacant land with
the least steep terrain that are nearest to roads would be most suitable for a
development project, the following graphic shows the most suitable locations in
green, medium suitability in yellow, and the least suitable locations in brown.
You can calculate the distance in a straight line from any location (cell) to the nearest
source, or you can calculate the cost of getting from any location to the nearest source.
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The shortest path might not be the least-costly path, and there might be several
alternative corridors that could be taken.
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What is ModelBuilder?
ModelBuilder is an application you use to create, edit, and manage models. Models are
workflows that string together sequences of geoprocessing tools, feeding the output of one tool
into another tool as input. ModelBuilder can also be thought of as a visual programming
language for building workflows.
While ModelBuilder is very useful for constructing and executing simple workflows, it also
provides advanced methods for extending ArcGIS functionality by allowing you to create and
share your models as tool.
ModelBuilder can even be used to integrate ArcGIS with other applications.
The benefits of ModelBuilder can be summarized as follows:
ModelBuilder is an easy-to-use application for creating and running workflows
containing a sequence of tools.
You can create your own tools with ModelBuilder. Tools you create with ModelBuilder
can be used in Python scripting and other models.
ModelBuilder, along with scripting, is a way for you to integrate ArcGIS with other
applications.
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A dockable window will now appear bearing the name ArcToolbox. You can dock this window to
any area within ArcCatalog.
1. Observe how ArcToolbox organized the tools. What did you observed?
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o From the ArcToolbox window, expand Conversion Tools and expand To Geodatabase.
Right-click on Cad To Geodatabase and select Help from the pop-up menu.
2. State the capability and usage for this tool. (Hint: Base your answer from the Summary.)
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o Close the ArcGIS 10 Help window.
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o Put your attention to the Catalog Tree docked window (this is by default located on the
left side of ArcCatalog).
The Catalog Tree dockable window shows the Folder Connections, Toolboxes, and other
hierarchical representation of ArcInfos components. This of course would depend on your
settings using the ArcCatalog Options.
o Click on the Customize menu and select ArcCatalog Options.
o If necessary, select the General tab. From the list on the General tab, make sure that
only Folder Connections (always shown) and Toolboxes are checked. If necessary,
uncheck Hide file extensions and click OK.
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Observe that the tool is now copied to your myToolbox container. This would give you the
comfort of locating your needed tools. Still your myToolbox can contain another type of
container inside which is call a Toolset. A Toolset is like a folder that can contain the actual
tools. Using the Toolset will allow you to segregate your tools according to their uses or by any
categories of your preference.
o Using the Catalog Tree right-click on your myToolbox, select New and click Toolset.
o Rename the Toolset into Conversion Tools.
o Right-click on the CAD to Geodatabase tool located inside your myToolbox and choose
Copy from the popup menu.
o Right-click on your own Conversion Tools toolset and select Paste.
An error message appeared telling us that the copying of the tool was unsuccessful (as shown
below).
This is because we already have the existing tool within our myToolbox. Therefore, we have to
remove first the tool and make a copy once again, but this time specifying the toolset as the
destination.
o Right-click on the CAD to Geodatabase tool inside your myToolbox and choose Delete.
Click Yes on the Confirm Delete window.
o Once again locate CAD to Geodatabase tool from the ArcToolbox/System Toolboxes,
right-click on it and paste it to your Conversion Tools toolset within your myToolbox.
ArcInfo restricted the user to contain multiple copy of the same tool within a user toolbox. This
is an effective way to eliminate conflict of existing tools. Therefore, you have to be precise in
naming your toolset, let it be more specific but brief.
o Close ArcToolbox window and the ArcCatalog application.
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The line features can also be represented by predefined symbols (examples are shown below).
To better understand when to use a certain feature-symbology we have to discern what that
feature-class is all about (the data that it contained). Understanding your goal in creating or
developing the map is very important. When you create a map, ask what the map is all about,
how would I represent the features on the map, and what are the necessary things that I have
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to show on my map. Familiarity with the content or the spatial data is very much needed in
order to present the map more effectively.
Note: Setting a geodatabase file to default would set the default location upon
saving a datasets or resulting datasets. These datasets may be a result from a
geoprocessing operation. But, there are file formats that are a result of
geoprocessing operations that cannot be contained within a Geodatabase file,
an example of it is the TIN (triangulated irregular network) file.
By default, ArcMap assigns a single symbol to all features in a layer. But, if you want to
emphasize on the provinces or regions you would prefer to have each to have their own color.
Symbology is based on attributes. Therefore, to give each province its own color, you need an
attribute that has unique values for each feature.
The map that you have right now contained a plain yellow color without any designated
boundaries.
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o Set the Value drop-down list to ENCENSUS90 to base your symbology on the values for
this attribute.
Symbology based on
this attribute
Symbology
method
The range of values for the chosen attribute is divided into five classes. Each class is assigned a
color on a graduated (progressive) scale. The classes are not equally broad; their ranges are
decided by an algorithm that identifies clusters and gaps in the attribute values.
o Set the color ramp to Brown Light to Dark. Hint: To see the names instead of the colors
of the color ramps in the drop-down list, right-click inside the Color Ramp field and
uncheck Graphic View.
o Click OK on the Layer Properties.
Each barangay is now shaded with the color of the class in which its population value lies.
4. Name four barangays that falls in the highest population class. Hint: Zoom-in if
necessary, click on the Identify tool and select the polygon feature that has a deep brown
color. Use the BRGYPOLS as the name of the barangay from the Identify window.
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o Zoom to Full Extent.
o Open the layer properties for the Cebu_Province_Barangays layer.
o In the Classes drop-down list, change the number of classes to 3.
o Move the Layer Properties window a little bit to the right side of the screen (make sure
that the map will be more visible) and click Apply.
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The table of contents and the map reflect the new classification. Some of your chosen
barangays still appeared to be the highest in the class. Other barangays fall into the middle or
the lowest classes.
The graduated color technique is not ideal for count data, such as population. The use of fill
colors invites misleading comparisons because the map reader tends to compare only the
colors and the relative sizes of the features.
o Move the Layer Properties dialog box back to a convenient location.
o Under the Show, change the Quantities option to Graduated symbols.
o Confirm the Value field to ENCENSUS90. If necessary, change the number of classes to 5.
o Change the minimum symbol size to 6 and the maximum symbol size to 32.
o Click on the Background button.
o On the Symbol Selector, click the Fill Color square and select Tzavorite Green (row 1,
column 7) on the color palette.
o Click OK on the Symbol Selector.
o Click on the Template button.
o In the Symbol Selector, click the Circle 2 symbol. Change its color to Medium Coral Light
(row 2, column 2) on the color palette.
o Click OK on the Symbol Selector.
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Examine each barangay by zooming-in in order to have a better view of how the population per
barangay is represented. Graduated symbols help you remember that a small population means
one thing in one barangay and something else in another. A danger is that the map reader may
think that the symbol size directly reflects that population values. In fact, larger symbol simply
means a larger population class.
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Note: When you use graduated or proportional symbols with polygon features,
the symbol is placed at the feature centroid a calculated center of geographic
mass that sometimes lies outside irregularly shaped or multipart features. (Santa
Rosa, Lapu-lapu City centroid is in the sea.)
Notice that there are areas which population density is quit high. Specifically, barangay Suba in
Cebu City is obviously the densely populated barangay.
Graduated colors are appropriate for normalized data because the values have been
standardized by units of area.
o Open the Layer Properties of Cebu_Province_Barangays layer and on the Symbology
tab, click the Label heading and choose Format Labels.
o On the Number Format dialog box, keep the category setting of Numeric.
o In the Rounding group-box, choose the Number of decimal places option and change
the value to 1.
o Near the bottom of the dialog box, uncheck the box for Pad with zeros.
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o In the table of contents, click the heading ENCENSUS90 / Land_Area_SQKM to select it,
then click it again to make it editable.
o Change the heading to People per square km.
The map is now easier to interpret.
With the settings youve just made, you still cannot precisely distinguish the classifications of
the population density. It is more appropriate to reclassify the map.
o Open the layer properties of the Cebu_Province_Barangays layer.
o Select Symbology tab if necessary. Click the Label heading and select Format Labels.
o On the Number Format dialog box, choose the Number of decimal places option and
change the number to 0.
o Check the Show thousands separators box. Click OK.
o Change the color ramp to Yellow to Green to Dark Blue.
o Click OK on the layer properties.
The color pattern that we are using this time makes a clearer indication of classes. But, it would
seem that most of the division falls into the lowest classes, leaving the highest classes only a
handful.
In Mandaue City, it would seem that only barangay Mantuyong is the densely populated area
while all the barangays in Lapu-lapu City are sparsely populated.
o Zoom to Metro Cebu Area bookmark.
Observe how ArcMap made a default classification of the data. On the upper left of the dialog
box is the current classification method used and its number of classes.
On the upper right are summary statistics. For example, there are 1,182 barangays with a
population density of 0 until 106,249. The mean/average population density is 2,076 (people
per square kilometer), but the median value is at 372, which mean that half of the count has a
population density of less than 372 per square km.
Below the statistics are the class breaks.
The large box is the histogram, which you will use more in the next step. The x-axis shows you
the range values and the vertical blue line mark the positions of class breaks.
o From the Method drop-down list, choose Equal Interval.
There are still five classes, but the class breaks are different. On the histogram, they are now
spaced evenly along the value range.
o Click OK on the Classification dialog box.
o Move the Layer Properties dialog box to the side in order to have a clear view of the
map and click Apply.
As you can see the map is more homogenous than before. Barangay Suba, Cebu City is much
darker than it was before.
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o Click Classify.
o Change the classification method to Quantile.
On the histogram, most of the class breaks are grouped at the low end.
o Look at the numbers in the Break Values box.
o Click OK on the Classification dialog box.
o Click Apply on the Layer Properties dialog box.
Now the map is usefully differentiated, but it might be too much of a good thing. The map
reader might suppose that light green areas (second-lowest class) are much denser than yellow
areas (lowest class). In fact, the difference is just few. Dark blue areas (highest class) might be
assumed to be very dense, when they is just so little.
o Open the Classification dialog box and change the method to Geometrical Interval.
On the histogram, the class breaks are set at proportionally larger intervals. Each class is
roughly six times broader than the class below it.
o Change the number of classes to 4.
Each class is now about ten times broader than the class below it. The Geometrical Interval
method applies a constant multiplier to class size; the multiplier depends on the data and the
number of classes.
o Click OK on the Classification dialog box.
o Click Apply on the Layer Properties dialog box.
This map is still well differentiated, but only a few features fall into the highest density class.
For this data, the Geometrical Interval method strikes a good balance between the
homogenous of the Equal Interval method and the exaggerated effect on the Quantile method.
Classification is a powerful tool. With the same data, you can make maps that give very
different impressions depending on where you set the class breaks.
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The histogram tells you that more than 1,000 features in this feature-class have a population
density value smaller than 4,355 people per square kilometer. The number of features with
larger values drops off very rapidly after that.
Tips: You can manipulate the histogram appearance in many ways: by changing
the classification method, the number of classes, the break values, and the
column width. You can also right-click a gray column and click Zoom-In to
examine the histogram at a finer level of detail.
Examining the histogram is not an academic exercise. You have already seen that, with this
data, several classification methods lead to maps that are less than ideal. Knowing the value
distribution can help you decide where to set class breaks to make an informative map.
o Click Cancel on the Classification dialog box and on the Layer Properties dialog box.
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o Update your map. (Hint: Click on File menu and select Save)
o Close ArcMap.
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Ask a question
Acquire/prepare
data
Act upon
knowledge
Explore data
Analyze data
Analysis is a systematic process used to solve a problem. The graphic above illustrates the
analysis process used to solve a problem using GIS.
Spatial analysis
In a GIS, you work with information that is associated with locations. Therefore, the type of
analysis you perform is called spatial analysis the process of examining locations, attributes,
and relationships of features in spatial data.
Spatial analysis is performed using a variety of analytical operations. The common analysis
operations are:
Geoprocessing
Some of the analysis operations you will perform result in the creation of new data, also
referred to as geoprocessing operations. Geoprocessing refers to any GIS operation in which
new data is derived from existing data. When geoprocessing operations are used for analysis,
they create new data that you can use to answer geographic inquiries. Geoprocessing tools
used for analysis typically fall into three categories:
Data extraction
Overlay
Proximity
For the following steps we are going to investigate landslide prone areas. In order not to
congest the processing operation, we will select the barangays within Cebu City, Mandaue City,
Talisay City and the Municipality of Consolacion.
o Run ArcMap.
o If necessary close the opening dialog box.
o Click on the Geoprocessing menu and select Geoprocessing Options.
o On the Geoprocessing Options window, be sure to check Overwrite the outputs of
geoprocessing operations. Uncheck Enable under the Background Processing group
box.
o Check the Add results of geoprocessing operations to the display and uncheck Results
are temporary by default. Click on OK to close the Geoprocessing Options window.
o Click on File menu and select Open.
o Locate and select CebuGeoHazardMap.mxd map document in ..\LearnGIS2\Spatial
Analysis and Model Builder 2 folder then click Open.
o Set the default geodatabase to CebuSelGeoHazard.gdb located at ..\LearnGIS2\Spatial
Analysis and Model Builder 2 folder. Hint: Click on the Catalog window and expand
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o Move your mouse above the Copy Features (Data Management) search returned item.
7. What is the usage of the Copy Features (Data Management) tool?
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Observe that the result list contained the title of the found items, its brief description, and the
path or location of the items.
o Click on the path of Copy Features (Data Management).
Automatically, the Catalog window appears which selected the Copy Features tool.
o Right-click on the Copy Features tool and select Copy from the popup menu.
o Using the Catalog window locate the toolbox you have created using the ArcCatalog
application (that is, myToolbox).
o Expand your myToolbox, right-click on it and select New -> Toolset.
o Rename the toolset as Data Management then press ENTER.
o Right-click on Data Management toolset and click Paste.
o Expand the Data Management toolset located in myToolbox.
You now have a copy of Copy Features tool and have placed it inside your Data Management
toolset within your myToolbox.
o While the selections are still active, double-click on the Copy Features tool.
o If the Show Help >> is visible click on it.
As you clicked the Show Help >> button, the window is extended showing the complete
descriptions of the tool.
o On the Copy Features window, set the Input Features as Cebu_Province_Barangays.
Observe that the path of the Output Feature Class by default is the CebuSelGeoHazard.gdb
geodatabase, this happened because you set this geodatabase as the default geodatabase.
Though ArcMap provided a filename but you have to rename to make it more recognizable.
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o On the Clip window Input Features, click on down-pointing arrow
available layers and select hydrogeo_units123.
to reveal the
The hydrogeo_units123 layer will stand as our input layer for the Clip tool.
o Click the down-point arrow for the Clip Features and select StudyArea.
The idea for the inputs on the Clip tools is that you are creating a feature-class of features in
hydrogeo_units123 that are within StudyArea layer.
o Click on the browse button
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Based on the color classification you set, the white colored lines are the highest elevation while
light-blue color is the lowest.
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The map is now colored according to the type of soil that the area contained thru the attribute
table.
o Save your map.
o Close ArcMap.
Another GIS data structure is the TIN or Triangulated Irregular Network. The TIN is the
representation of a surface. It is implemented through a vector-based format of representation.
That would mean, that whenever you change the zoom value as you view the TIN it will not be
distorted. TIN is very useful in viewing a surface in using a 3-dimensional view. A TIN file cannot
be placed inside a geodatabase container, instead it is a stand-alone file.
o Run ArcMap.
o Click on File menu and select Open.
o Locate and select the previously saved myCebuGeoHazardMap.mxd map document
from your ..\myGISOutputs folder then click Open.
o Click on Full Extent
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A dialog box will appear. (Do not worry if this window will not show. If in case it does not
appear, just skip the next 5 steps.)
This dialog will appear if you have not yet enable some of the necessary extensions in ArcGIS.
These extensions are optionally be added to ArcGIS if licenses are acquired.
o Click OK.
o Click on the Customize menu and select Extensions.
o On the Extensions window, click on the box beside 3D Analyst and Spatial Analyst as
shown below.
o Click Close.
o Click on the Catalog window, and double-click on the Create TIN tool located in your TIN
Management toolset.
o On the Create TIN window, click on the browse button
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o On the Output TIN dialog box, click on the Look in dropdown-box and locate your
..\myGISOutputs folder.
o Type on the Name textbox SurfaceOfStudyArea and click on Save.
o For the Input Feature Class (optional) field, click on the dropdown-box and select
TopographInStudyArea.
o Verify your inputs with the following image and then click OK. (Wait while the Create TIN
tool executes the operation. As soon as it is completed, click on Close.)
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The slope_field that can be found in the attribute table is used to record the polygon aspect
codes. Its default value is SlopeCode. Each triangle is classified into a slope class. Contiguous
triangles belonging to the same class are merged during the formation of output polygons. The
units parameter can be set to use PERCENT or DEGREES. The default is PERCENT. The default
percent slope class breaks are: 1.00, 2.15, 4.64, 10.00, 21.50, 46.40, 100.00, 1000.00. The
default degree slope class breaks are: 0.57, 1.43, 2.66, 5.71, 12.13, 24.89, 45.0, 90.0.
For this portion of the exercise, we are going to use the Surface Slope tool to derive the
information in terms of slope from our topographic data.
o Using the knowledge you have learned in searching a geoprocessing tool, search the
tool named Surface Slope (3d analyst).
9. In what toolbox does Surface Slope is located and what is the name of its toolset?
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o On the Catalog windows, right-click on Surface Slope tool and select Copy.
o Create a toolset within your personal toolbox and name it Terrain and TIN Surface.
o Paste the copied tool to the newly created toolset.
o From your personal toolbox, double-click on the Surface Slope tool.
o On the Surface Slope window, click the Input Surface dropdown-box and select
SurfaceOfStudyArea.
o Select the browse icon for the Output Feature Class parameter.
o Make sure that the current geodatabase selected is CebuSelGeoHazard.gdb which is
located in your working folder, otherwise locate it and double-click on it.
o On the Output Feature Class window, type on the Name textbox SlopesInStudyArea
then click on Save.
o Set the Slope Units (optional) to DEGREE by clicking on the dropdown-box.
o Make sure that the Slope Field (optional) is SlopeCode (which is the default value).
o Verify your inputs with the following image. If everything is the same, click on OK.
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o Browse for the Output Feature Class and make sure that the destination geodatabase is
your CebuSelGeoHazard.gdb. Name the feature-class as QualifiedSlopes then click Save.
o Click OK on the Copy Features window to begin the copy process.
o Click Close on the completed process window.
o Clear all selected features.
o Hide the SlopesInStudyArea layer.
o Unhide the HydrogeoInStudyArea layer.
o Zoom-in to some of the areas in order to clearly view the QualifiedSlopes features.
o Save your map.
the input coverage features. They are split when they intersect with the polygons of the
intersect coverage. Topology is built for the output coverage.
You are going to perform the Intersect tool operation in order for you to have each qualified
slopes geological makeup.
o Click on the Geoprocessing menu and select Intersect.
o If the Show Help >> button is visible, click on it.
o Click on the Input Features dropdown-box.
The right portion of the Intersect window automatically displays the description of the Input
Features field.
14. Write down the descriptions of the Input Features field.
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15. Identify the:
a. Input layer
b. Intersect layer -
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o On the Output Feature Class dialog box, make sure that you are within
CebuSelGeoHazard.gdb geodatabase and type on the Name textbox
GeoInQualifiedSlopes then click on Save.
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o Verify your inputs with the following image. If everything are the same, click OK.
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o Observe how the content on the LAYER field for your GeoInQualifiedSlopes are named
through their unique values.
o View the GeoInQualifiedSlopes attribute table.
o Click on the Table Options
example BA_ANDESITE (BA = symbol, ANDESITE = category). It will be appropriate to derive the
geological formations by their categories. In order to perform this, the most effective way is to
use a programming script to perform it automatically.
The geological features are categorized accordingly from the weakest to the strongest type. The
following table shows these rough estimates in order to simplify this exercise.
Rank
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Type
Basalt
Diorite
Andesite
Peridotite
Shale/Mudstone
Conglomerate
Limestone
Pyroclastics
Alluvium
Schist
Remarks
Strongest
Weakest
Again observe the Field Calculator window, notice that on the second half of the window
appears the Pre-Logic Script Code: and the LayerClass =. The Pre-Logic Script Code area is the
location where you must place your VBScript code while the LayerClass portion will be the value
or variable that contained the result of your script.
Performing the VBScript
o Click on the Load button and locate the LayerClassFieldCalc.cal which can be found in
..\LearnGIS2\Spatial Analysis and Model Builder 2 folder and click on Open.
Observe that the Pre-Logic Script Code area is being filled with the following script.
Dim intA, lngA, strTemp, intResult
lngA = InStr( [LAYER] , "_")
strTemp = Mid( [LAYER] , lngA + 1, Len( [LAYER] ))
Select Case strTemp
Case "BASALT": intResult = 0
Case "DIORITE": intResult = 1
Case "ANDESITE": intResult = 2
Case "PERIDOTITE": intResult = 3
Case "SHALE/MUDSTONE": intResult = 4
Case "CONGLOMERATE": intResult = 5
Case "LIMESTONE": intResult = 6
Case "PYROCLASTICS": intResult = 7
Case "ALLUVIUM": intResult = 8
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o Click the Add All Values button, uncheck <all other values>, and under the Label heading
set the values to the following:
o 7 Less Critical
o 8 Critical
o 9 Highly Critical
o Click OK to apply the settings and close the layer properties.
o Set your scale to 1:20,000 and pan your map to view most of the features.
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o Set the data frames lower portion to fit the gray dotted line of the page while setting
the upper portion at 1-inch from the upper gray line of the page.
o Right-click on the data frame and select Properties.
o Click on the Frame tab and change the border color to No Color then click OK.
o Click the Insert menu and select Neatline.
o Under the Placement group-box, select Place inside margins and set the Border to 1.0
Point then click OK.
o Click the Insert menu and select Title. Place the title on the upper portion of the page
just above the data frame and within the neatline.
o Double-click on the title.
o On the title Properties window, click the Change Symbol button.
o Set the font Size to 24, click the bold
click OK twice.
o Click the Insert menu and select Dynamic Text, then chose Author. Place the Author text
at the bottom left portion of the page.
o On the table of contents, rename CriticalAreasBufferZone layer to Critical Areas. (Hint:
Single-click on the name until it is editable).
o Single-click LayerClass label until it is editable and delete its content.
o Add the legend that would identify the critical areas on the map show its border at 1point. (Hint: Use the buffer zone which was renamed as Critical Areas.)
o Place the legend at the bottom right portion of the page.
o Place a North Arrow at the top right part of the page.
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o Set the scale to 1:200,000 and then add a scale bar with the following properties:
o Type: Alternating Scale Bar 1
o Division Units: Meter
o Place the scale bar at the bottom portion of the page.
o Insert a scale text with the following properties:
o Type: Centimeters = Kilometers
o Page Units: Centimeters
o Map Units: Meters
o Place the scale text just above the scale bar.
Since your layout does not contain the name of the cities/municipalities, we have to manually
provide the name of each of these LGUs.
o Click Insert and select Text.
An editable textbox with the content Text appeared on the page.
o Rename the textbox to Cebu City. (If necessary, double-click on the textbox to view its
Properties dialog box.)
o Change the textboxs font-size to 12 and its style to bold.
o Place the Cebu City text to an appropriate location as not to overlap any existing texts.
o Perform the same steps for Talisay City, Mandaue City, and the Municipality of
Consolacion.
The Locator Map
In most printed maps, a map locator or map overview is available. The locator map is a portion
within the page that shows where the main map can be located from a larger area. For
example, Cebu Province can be located in an area between Bohol and Negros Oriental. To make
these possible, you have to make another data frame in order to construct your locator map.
o Click on Insert then select Data Frame.
As you have noticed, a New Data Frame appeared on your page layout. This will be the data
frame for our locator map.
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o Move the New Data Frame at the top left portion of the page.
o Shift your view to data view.
o Scroll the table of contents until you can see the New Data Frame.
o Rename the New Data Frame to Locator Map.
Notice that the data view is empty. That is because your current data frame is the Locator Map
which is empty. This time we have to fill in some needed feature-classes.
o Drag-drop from the Catalog window the Cebu_Province_Barangays feature-class
(location: ..\LearnGIS2\Spatial Analysis and Model Builder 1\Cebu.gdb) to your data
frame.
o Do the same with the StudyArea feature-class that you saved before.
o Change the symbology of the Cebu_Province_Barangays layer to:
o Fill Color: Mango (row 2, column 4)
o Outline Color: No Color
o Change the symbology of the StudyArea to:
o Fill Color: Dark Umber (row 6, column 2)
o Outline Color: No Color
o Make sure that you are in full extent zoom for the Locator Map data frame. Set your
view to layout.
o Resize the Locator Map to make it more presentable.
o Export the map layout to a PDF file with the name CebuLandslideProne.pdf and save it
in your ..\myGISOutputs folder.
o Save your map and close ArcMap.
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Prepared by:
Engr. Janice B. Jamora, MEng and Engr. Noel T. Navasca, CompE
2012-2013
References:
1. ArcGIS Desktop II: Tool and Functionality by GEODATA, ESRI
2. ArcGIS Desktop Help, ArcInfo 10.0
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