1 LAB1: Getting Started ArcGIS Desktop
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1. Categories Value Field Color Ramp i 7 Unique values many Match to symbols in a Quantities Charts C lt all other values gt lt all other values gt Multiple Attributes lt Heading gt Type at Asian Food Asian Food Ty Burgers and Sandwich Burgers and Sandwich Y Pe Coffee and Drink Coffee and Drink A v Choose different appropriate symbols for each Type categories Your symbols could be different from those in the image above but should be meaningful 1 mark For Buildings layer display only features whose Bui ld_Name is one of Cornerstone Academic Quadrangle Maggie Benston Student You may have to use VBA code which you used in 8 e A part of VBA code is provided with you You only need to edit one talic font line simply 2 mark Function FindLabel Build Name if Build Name then FindLabel Build_Name end if End Function Layout View and zoom in and or out Restaurants layers to 1 5 000 Add an appropriate text and change its properties if needed 1 mark 12 Activate ATMs frame from Data View and add Roads shp ATMs shp and Buildings shp feature classes Change its symbol and display its labels satisfying following criteria d For ATMs layer change its label scale range in order that the label only displays when the layer is zoomed in 1 5 000 or detail The color of ATMs layer and that of Buildings layer should be different 0 5 mark For Buildings layer change it2. Paper Size Go to File gt gt Print Setup from the main Width i _ menu Select Xerox Phaser 7400DX PS Height i7 linches gt cq printer and change Paper Size to 11x17 eee fro m Pa ge an d Print Setu P V Show Printer Margins on Layout Scale Map Elements proportionally to changes in Page Size OK Cancel Change the current view from Data view to Layout I HT PER Sie E view Evenly distribute six frames and change their size It would be much easier to add six vertical and four horizontal guide lines cyan colored lines in the image below before changing their size You can insert guide lines by right clicking on the ruler and selecting Options Set Guide Ask your TA if it is not still clear how to insert guide lines Clear All Guides SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY THINKING OF THE WORI 6 7 8 Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 Bgl CENE Data PREM ieee ee en ee E citeas Laver Bs sas eA eel Ae cuca Ae dacs S tcc ee Parking Lots_ Switch back to Data View and activate Air Photos frame Add rest of five jpg files into this frame When you add images you may get this warning message mentioning these images are not spatilly referenced Ignore this warning message now Unknown Spatial Reference The following data sources you added are missing spatial reference information This data can be drawn in 4rcMap but cannot be projected N
3. gt Data Warehouse Homework hand in folder My Computer gt gt S Drive gt gt Homework gt gt Geog255 O O O II Data download and Assignment submission This Data download and assignment submission procedure is applied to this and all future labs First log on with your SIS account and password If there is any problem regarding your SIS log on contact a SIS lab administrator Second double click My Computer icon from the desktop and go to D Temp folder Third delete all existing files and folders from D Temp Copy appropriate data from S drive and paste them into D Temp which is your working space If you are not sure how to copy data from S drive contact a SIS lab administrator or your TA Fourth after finishing your work backup everything you need into your personal USB memory stick or H drive Make sure any data left in D Temp folder may be deleted by next users Lastly if you are requested to submit digital format Oreck O f serch fey reser a GB rater syne assignments copy your final output into Address esiHomeworiccoses J S Homework Geog255 Labxx folder You do have a mec ia write permission but not a Modify permission it Dense St means that you can upload your file into the E Gauss Homework folder but you CANNOT delete the file once a the file is uploaded To delete the file from the ee H O Geog351 Homework folder contact a SIS administrator E Geog353 5 Geog3
4. 0 5 48 5 E 66 951 491 75 512 339 E 66 9 75 5 WM 161 075 377 WM 161 0 or more b Exercise 6d step 23 Right click on the Rivers layer in Rivers frame and select copy Right click on the Power frame and select paste in order to insert the Rivers layer into this Power frame Drag the Rivers layer below to and above the Countries layer 1 Describe how these two layers are displayed in each case when Rivers layer is under or above the Countries layer 1 mark 2 Copy your Data View using Windows Print Screen and paste it into your answer sheet 1 mark 3 Interpretation of GIS analyst output is quite important Take a close look at the output of this exercise and describe how the source of electrical power is related to the distribution of rivers in northern central and southern Africa using the map screen shot image you created in 2 Describe it with your own words 1 mark 4 Work through Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop chapter 7 Labeling features a Exercise7b step3 Click Scale Range button from Layer Properties Describe the functionality of the button 1 mark IV Assignments Instruction Total 25 marks In this assignment you will create a Simon Fraser University thematic map The map will have six frames Air Photos Buildings Restaurants Bus Stops ATMs and Parking Lots An ArcMap document file Lab1_LastName_FirstName mxd will be given to you This document already contains Air Photos Buildings and Bus S
5. 55 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 III Tutorial Instruction Total 12 5 marks 1 Work through Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop chapter 3 Exploring ArcMap d C Exercise 3a step 19 Make sure lt Top most layer gt is selected from Identify from option Click Caripito city Select lt All layers gt from Identify from lists of Identify tool Click Caripito city again Describe the differences of these two scenarios 1 mark Exercise 3b step 1 You might have discovered that The Area of Disappearance layer was shown in the table of contents with a grayed out check mark which was different from other layers Explain why the layer is shown differently from other layers in the table of contents You will find the answer of this question once you finish Exercise 3b 1 mark Layers Cities Earhart Visited _ Flight Path Diverging Flight Paths ee Planned ce Probable Area of Disappearance Countries Graticule C table of content Display Source Selection Exercise 3c step 15 What is the minimum maximum and mean value of elevation for 27 cities 1 mark 2 Work through Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop chapter 5 Symbolizing features and rasters a Exercise 5c step 18 Close all ArcMap documents if opened Open the layer file you created in step 15 in this exercise by double clicki
6. Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 LAB1 Getting Started ArcGIS Desktop lab date January 12 2010 In Lab due date January 26 2010 In Lab deliverables Answer sheet e ArcMap document mxd e Hard copy ArcMap Layout view I Introduction In GEOG 255 labs you will learn to use GIS software called ESRI ArcGIS Desktop which is one of the most commonly used software packages among GIS users ESRI ArcGIS Desktop has two major applications ArcMap left and ArcCatalog right lab1_LastName_FirstName_Ans mxd ArcMap Arcinfo 3 ArcCatalog Arcinfo D Geog 255 Lab1 Wata ir Photos SFU_TM_J jpg File Edit Yiew Bookmarks Insert Selection Tools Window Help Ble Edt Yew Go Tools Window Help De Ss BX lo o 4 m 4 8 Or M 7 aarne e e om BE x LELIE AAI Edtorv gt V v eate New Feature sea p Locatior D Geog 255 Lab1 D atat Photoe SFU_TM_J jpg Conversion Took Y 4 amp hir photos _ ae 4 Z SFU_TR_J jpg x Contents Preview Metadata SFU_TM_J jpa 4 SFU_TL_J jpq SFU_BR_J jpq SFU_BM_J jpa SFU_BR_J jpg SFU_Entire_2M jpg 1 E ARA AAS He Hest amp iy Burgers and Sandwich amp Coffee and Drink M Buildings 506594 331 5457939 445 Meters 06348 3404 458585 0040 GEOG 255 has five main labs for this semester and each lab is composed of two sections a tutorial and assignment section In the tuto
7. atalog Layer Raster Attribute Table Build Pyramid Dialog Settings C Never build pyramids and don t prompt in the Future When you add a raster file with Pyramid option clicking Yes button a new file would be created Identify the file type extension of the new created file 0 5 mark Describe the functionalities of Pyramid files ArcGIS 9 3 Online help would be a good source to answer this question 1 mark 3 Work through Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop chapter 6 Classifying features and rasters a Exercise 6a step 21 Sometimes people prefer simple labels lower right image than complex ones lower left image Change the label of Countries layer in the table of content to be as simple as possible it should still be meaningful similar to the image below right and describe how you edited the label 0 5 mark Once the label editing is done copy your label displayed in the table of content using Windows print screen and Paint program and paste it in your answer sheet 0 5 mark Ask your TA if you are not sure how to use Windows Print Screen and Paint program SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY T NKING F THE WORLD Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 G tee amp Population Countries POP2000 POP2000 million 291 187 3 364 289 10 3 3 4 E 4 007 031 8 537 248 14 0 8 5 E 9 694 001 15 237 733 9 7 1 5 Gl 16 425 667 24 227 621 E 16 0 24 2 Ml 30 488 943 48 548 531 E 3
8. imilar to the labels of the image above Once you are satisfied with the FROM Left Right class label apply this process to To Left Right class 3 marks Function FindLabel FROMLEFT FROMRIGHT if FROMLEFT lt gt 0 then FindLabel FROMLEFT amp amp FROMRIGHT end if End Function Expression Write a function named FindLabel for the selected parser Iv Advanced Add fields as parameters to the function Function FindLabel FROMLEFT FROMAIGHT if FROMLEFT lt gt 0 then FindLabel FROMLEFT amp z amp FROMRIGHT end if End Function Reset Help Load Save f Add Building shp feature class above Roads layer Display label with Build_Name field only when this layer is zoomed in 1 3 000 or more Set up other label properties such as font color font size as you want 1 mark SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY THINKING OF THE WORLD Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 g Switch to Layout View and zoom in and or out to the Buildings layers fit to the top middle frame Add a Text as Buildings and change its properties if needed 1 mark 10 Activate Bus Stops frame and add Roads shp BusRoutes shp and BusStops shp feature classes Change its symbol and display its labels as similar as the image below a For Bus Stops layer change its symbol same as the one in the image above You may have to add symbol package by pressing More Symbol
9. ions gt gt Office Color gt gt Black and White Once you are satisfied with your final output submit it to your TA 3 marks d Save your ArcMap document as ab1_LastName_FirstName mxd and submit this mxd file only You don t need to submit any data file The mxd document should open without any error in TA s computer 0 5 mark SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY THINKING OF THE WORLD Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY THINKING OF THE WORLD
10. ng the layer file Animals lyr from Windows Explorer After the layer file is opened add Animals shp file on the current ArcMap document using Ada button cE Describe how these layers layer from Animals lyr and layer from Animals shp look differently 1 mark From this example describe the benefits when you save a shapefile as a layer format lyr You can refer ArcGIS 9 3 online if needed 1 mark SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 Exercise 5d step 4 When you add a raster file a pop up window titled Create pyramids will be displayed If you click Use my choice and check box you will not get this window when you open a raster file later If you want to open this window again go to Option gt gt Raster tab from the main ArcMap menu and select A ways prompt for pyramid calculation option Create pyramids for 4_32 tif 16860 x 16859 This raster data source does not have pyramids Pyramids allow for rapid display at varying resolutions Pyramid building may take a few moments Would you like to create pyramids Help Yes l Use my choice and do not show this dialog in the future General Data View Layout View Geoprocessing Tables Raster CAD Table Of Contents Data Interoperability Default RGB Band Combinations 3 band data source Red 1 Green 2 Blue 34 4 or more band data source Red 1 Green 2 Blue 3 General Raster C
11. ow you have five raster layers in this current frame SFU_Entire_2M jpg covers entire SFU and rest six images cover Top Right SFU_TR_J jpg Top Middle TM Top Left 7L Bottom Right BR Bottom Middle BM and Bottom Right BR part of SFU Change each layer s property in order that the map does not display SFU_Entire_2M jpg layer and only display other six layers when the scale of this map is equal to or greater than 1 3 000 and the vice versa 2 marks Switch to Layout View and make these raster images cover entire SFU within the left top frame Add a title Air Photos using Title or Text functionality above the frame Change its font properties to be matched with others 1 mark SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 Parking Lots Air Photos 9 Activate Buildings frame and add Roads shp feature class Change its symbol and display its labels as similar to the image below a Open Symbol Selector add Transportation Symbol by pressing More Symbols button and choose A30 for Roads feature class Change its width to 3 00 0 5 mark b Open Layer Properties and go to Display tab Change its Transparency from Layer Properties to 50 0 5 mark c Open Layer Properties if needed and go to Labels tab Choose Define classes of features and labels each class differently from Method Add two more classes on top of Default class and rename them as From Lef
12. rial section you need to follow directions of the user manual Getting to know ArcGIS Desktop ESRI press While doing the tutorial section you will be asked to answer some questions to evaluate whether you fully understand the instructions In the assignment section you may be asked to do your own project using the knowledge obtained from the tutorial section and GEOG 255 lectures The labs will not only teach you how to use the ESRI ArcGIS Desktop applications but also will reinforce the concepts covered in the lectures When you work through the tutorial or assignment section examine every step by displaying the result If the result is different SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY NKING OF HE W Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 from what you expect rethink what you are doing and check if you are on the right track It is strongly recommended to read the lab handout completely BEFORE starting the tutorial and the assignment Here s the useful links You may have to refer some online web pages to answer questions o ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9 3 online Help HTML format http webhelp esri com arcgisdesktop 9 3 index cfm TopicName welcome o ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9 3 Help inside program Help gt gt ArcGIS Desktop Help menu ESRI Resource Centre http resources esri com Lab materials and data folder My Computer gt gt S Drive gt gt Geog 255 Data GIS data for your project My Computer gt gt S Drive gt
13. s button from the Symbol Selector 1 mark b For Bus Route layer change its symbol same as the one in the image above You can choose any color but the symbol must have arrows inside the line symbols and the direction of the arrows should be correct 1 mark c Switch to Layout View and zoom in and or out to the Bus Stops layers fit to the top right frame Add an appropriate text and change its properties if needed 1 mark 11 Activate Restaurants frame and add Roads shp Buildings shp and Restaurants shp feature classes Change its symbol and display its labels as similar as the image below Restaurants j Restaurants at Type w Asian Food _ aa T EE a if 3 O a a j demic Quadrangle a es m Da i j iii l Ihig Burgers and Sandwich yaa dd Maggie Benstoliig F Tj j A Coffee and Drink Ss a A p Buildings A if ad D a A j z a j m E YH j we M Roads ff gt A N O a ma jp Bian a j x A f j SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 h For Restaurants layer go to Symbology tab from Layer Properties and choose d Ca Unique values from Categories Choose Type field for Value Field Layer Properties General Source Selection Display Symbology Fields Definition Query Labels Joins amp Relates HTML Popup Show Features Draw categories using unique values of one field Import
14. s label scale range in order that the label only displays when the layer is zoomed in 1 5 000 or detail 0 5 mark Switch to Layout View and zoom in and or out ATMs layer fit to the bottom middle frame Add an appropriate text and change its properties if needed 0 5 mark SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 13 Activate Parking Lots frame from Data View and add Roads shp ParkingLots shp feature classes Change its symbol and display its labels satisfying following criteria a For Parking Lots layer display its label with Name filed Also change its symbol with Unique Values with Name field 0 5 mark b Switch to Layout View and zoom in and or out Parking Lots layer fit to the bottom right frame Add an appropriate text and change its properties if needed 0 5 mark 14 rour final output for lab1 should be similar to the mage below Simon Fraser F enierSiy Thematic maps Labh LastName First Name Air Photos Buildings Bus routes and Bus stops a Add an appropriate Title of the map Add an appropriate text with Lab1 LastName FirstName Print your final output with 11x17 size color The Page and Print Setup should be set same as the image below Before printing the output in color it is strongly recommended to print it in Black and White This may save your print credit You can set color option by choosing Properties from Page and Print Setup gt gt Color Opt
15. t Right and To Left Right Default class will display STREET field Change its Placement Properties and Symbol if needed Its color font font size should be similar to the labels of the image above 1 mark d Click Symbol button gt gt Properties gt gt Mask tab and select Holo in order that the STREET label is not hidden by other features 0 5 mark SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 Layer Properties General Source Selection Display Symbology Fields Definition Query Labels Joins amp Relates HTML Popup V Label features in this layer Method Define classes of features and label each class differently Y Class Default v V Label features in this class Default Add From Left Right QL Query To Left Right Text String Label Field STREET X Expression Text Symbol e From Left Right class will display FROMLEFT and FROMRIGHT fields at the same time After selecting From Left Right class press Expression button Type the VBA code as same as the text box below You will learn what each line means in the later part of this course Press Verify button and make sure there is no syntax error If no error found press oK button Change Placement Properties Scale Range Label Styles and Symbol This label should not display if this map is zoomed out to 1 4 000 or more Make Sure its color font font size and label position should be s
16. tops frame Make sure features attribute information and their geographic values are correct You will edit or create features attribute values and geographic locations in lab5 1 Goto File gt gt Document Property from ArcMap main menu and press Data Source Options button Select Store relative path names to data sources selection from Data Source Options if needed For more information regarding to saving data with relative path refer the following link http webhelp esri com arcgisdesktop 9 3 index cfm id 205 amp pid 19 7 amp topicname Referenci ng data in the map Describe the benefit to use this relative path option 1 mark SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 2 3 4 5 Geog 255 Geographical Information Science I Spring 2011 Data Source Options In this map document C Store full path names to data sources Cancel Make relative paths the default for new map documents create Describe why SFU_BM_J jpg raster image Page and Print Setup 7 s E Printer Setup is not displayed in the given ArcMap o FAE document 1 mark eee R Type xerox Phaser 74000x PS Where IP_142 58 41 41 Insert three more frames into the given Crier ArcMap document and rename the frames by ize x as Restaurants ATMs and Parking Lots Ya moa Orientation C Portrait Landscape C paiia inai Sample Map Elements Map Page Size V Use Printer Paper Settings Page Page Size that will be used is equal to Printer
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