Tutorial: ArcGIS Online

Geo 281

Week 1, Spring 2017

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Overview

1 Create a public account

2 Navigate the Map, My Content, and My Profile tabs
3 Search your current location, add Bookmark on the map
4 Add layers to the base map
5 Edit a layers symbols
6 Open the data table to show information about the layers and
select features within the layer that is important
7 Use the measuring tool to measure distance on the map
8 Save the map

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1 Create a public account and log in to ArcGIS Online:

Open the link http://www.arcgis.com/home/ . This opens up

ArcGIS online home page.

Move towards top right hand corner and click on Sign in

Go down to bottom left corner and click on Create a Public Account

Fill up all the required details and accept the terms and conditions to
create the account.

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2 Navigate to the Map tab, My Content tab and My Profile
tab:

After signing in, it brings us back to the home page. To the top right
corner, you can see your profile name instead of sign in.

Drop that name down and click on My Profile. This would open up
your profile.

Towards the top you can see different menus. Click on Map in the
menu tab.

It opens up a map. This is where we are going to create and work with
maps.

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3 Search a location, add Bookmark on the map and zoom in and
out on the map view:

Use the search bar in top right corner to zoom in to your area of
interest. (eg. University at Buffalo north). Close the pop-up in the map.

Click on Bookmarks menu near the search bar and click on Add
Bookmark. Type a name for the bookmark and press enter.

The + button on the left side of the map area is for zooming in and -
button is for zooming out of the map.

The Home button brings us back to the default extent of the map.

To zoom to a layers extent, click on the layer and then on more

options (three horizontal dots) and select Zoom to.

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4 Add layers and base maps to a new map:

Click on Content in Details tab. It shows the default basemap which is

Topographic.

In order to change the basemap click on Basemap tab towards the top
left side. Select any available basemaps (eg. Imagery).

We can see the basemap is changed to Imagery in details tab. These are
derived from satellite images.

To add layers on the map, click on Add button in the menu and select
search for layer.

You can either search from the list available or narrow down your search
and then go through the list of layers. You can add a layer by simply
clicking on Add next to the layer name and then clicking on Done
Adding Layers below the list.

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5 Edit a layers symbology, labels and rename a layer:

You can change the chronology of layers by simply dragging the three
vertical dots sign on the left side of a layer and dropping them where
you want.

Click on a layer and it shows the available menu options for that
particular layer. These menu options differ based on type of layer
(Vector or Raster)

For a vector layer menu starts with Show Legend, Show Table,
Change Style, Filter and More Options (three horizontal dots).

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5 Click on Change Style and then you can select a particular Attribute
to change its symbolization, transparency, visible range (extent of
map I which the layer would be visible) etc.

Dont forget to click on Done after the changes.

To change the name of a layer, click on the More Options and then
click Rename. Now type a proper name for the layer and click Done.

To label the symbols on the map just click on More Options and select
Create Labels. We can select what text is shown as a label, change
text size, align it etc.

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6 Open the data table to show information about the layers and
highlight (select) features within the layer that is important:

Click on a layer and select Show Table, this opens up an attribute

table of the layer.

You can sort the table attributes by clicking on the attribute name.

By clicking on a particular attribute feature we can select it and it

would be highlighted automatically in the map.

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7 Use the measuring tool to measure distance on the map:

We can calculate area, distance or find a coordinates for a location on a

map by using Measure tool.

Click on Measure menu tab above the map area and select Distance.

Now click on the map point from where you want to calculate the
distance and then click on the endpoint on the map till where you want
to measure the distance. The calculated distance is shown in the popup
menu of the measure tool.

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8 Save the map appropriately, make it available publically (sharing
the map) and view it again through the My Content tab:

Click on the Save menu tab above the map and select Save As. Give
appropriate title, tags, summary and location for the map and click
Save Map.

Drop down ArcGIS main menu in the top left of the webpage and click
on My Content.

Select a map or feature layer you want to share by checking the small
box on the left and then click on the Share menu tab on the top.
Check the box near Everyone (public) and click OK. Now everyone
can see your map.

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9 Sign out of ArcGIS Online:

In order to sign out click on the profile name towards top right corner
and then click on Sign Out.

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