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Home > ArcGIS 9 Introduction for ArcView 9, ArcEditor 9 and ArcInfo 9
March 31 - April 2, 2008
Overview -
 This two and a half day course introduces students to ArcGIS and provides thefoundation for becoming a successful ArcView, ArcEditor, or ArcInfo user. Participants learn how to use ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and ArcToolbox™ and explore how these applications work together to provide a complete GIS software solution. The course covers fundamental GIS concepts as well as how to create, edit, and work with georeferenced spatial data. Attendees learn how to manipulate tabular data, query a GIS database, and present data clearly and efficiently using maps and charts.
Goals
- Display feature and tabular data
- Work with georeferenced spatial data
- Query features using logical expressions
- Find features using spatial relationships
- Edit spatial and attribute data
- Associate tables with joins and relates
- Produce maps, reports, and graphs
Topics covered
- ArcGIS overview: Capabilities and applications; Interacting with the interface; Basic display
- Spatial data concepts: Representing spatial data and descriptive information
- ArcGIS data model: Geodatabases; Shapefiles; Coverages; Feature types; Attributes
- GIS software: Components; Functions; Applications
- Spatial coordinate systems and map projections: Georeferencing data; What map projections are;
How ArcMap works with map projections
- Querying data: Selecting and identifying features; Creating reports and graphs
- Map displays: Creating; Symbolizing; Scaling; Adding map elements
- Editing data: Creating and editing spatial data; Editing attributes
- Documenting data: Creating and editing metadata; Metadata standards
- Data mining: Using Arkansas’ GeoStor; Starting the Hunt
Prerequisites and recommendations
Registrants should know how to use windowing software.
This course provides the fundamental ArcGIS knowledge and experience needed to enroll in Introduction to ArcGIS II (for ArcView 9, ArcEditor 9, and ArcInfo 9) as well as several other ESRI courses. Many of the topics covered in this course are similar to those in What's New in ArcInfo 9 and Migrating from ArcView 3.x to ArcView 9. Attendees who complete this course should not enroll in What's New in ArcInfo 9 or Migrating from ArcView 3.x to ArcView 9.
Price and registration
Price: $700.00
Off-site classes can be arranged with the cost determined on a case-by-case basis.
Some scholarships are available through the RGIS Program.
For more information, visit: http://www.rgis.cast.uark.edu/
For any questions reqarding payment or price, please contact Karen Wagner (karen@cast.uark.edu).
Click here to fill out the registration form.
Instructors
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John M. Wilson, GIS Specialist
R. Brian Culpepper, GIS Specialist |
If you have questions regarding this seminar, please contact Karen Wagner at the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, 479-575-6159 or karen@cast.uark.edu .
Outline
What is a GIS?
GIS functions
Capturing data
Storing data
Query
Analysis
Display
Output
Organizing spatial data
Representing features in vector data
Map scale
Components of geographic data
Using spatial relationships
Overview of ArcGIS
Overview of applications: ArcCatalog, ArcMap, ArcToolbox
Getting help
Exercise 1A: Install the class database
Exercise 1B: Explore a sampling of GIS concepts
The ArcMap interface
Data View or Layout Views
Layers, data frames, and maps
Managing the Table of Contents
Layer symbology in ArcMap
Saving a layer file
Labeling features
Scale-dependent display
Magnifier and overview windows
Exercise 2: Displaying data
Map tips and hyperlinks
Identifying
Finding
Measuring
Available selection tools
Interactive selection options
Interactive selection methods
Selection methods and layers
Attribute selection
Select by location (spatial query)
Location selection methods
Selection by graphics
Calculating summary statistics
Exercise 3: Query your GIS database
Tables
Understanding table anatomy
Tabular data field types
Table manipulation
ArcGIS tabular formats
Associating tables
Table relationships
Connecting tables with joins
Connecting tables with relates
Graphs
Reports
The ArcMap Report Writer
Seagate Crystal Reports
Exercise 5A: Relate and join tables
Exercise 5B: Create a graph and report in ArcMap
- Working with spatial data
Representing geographic features
Introducing feature classes
Linking features and attributes
Spatial data formats
Data format: Shapefile
Data format: Coverage
ArcInfo coverage organization
Data format: Geodatabase
Data format: CAD files
Tabular locations
Images and grids
Introducing metadata
Using Geography Network data
Exercise 4: Explore spatial data formats
Editable data formats
Navigating the Editor
Managing edit sessions
Selecting features
Simple editing functions
Working with sketches
Using the Sketch tool
Edit tasks
Create New Feature task
Distance and Intersection tools
Trace
Extend/Trim Features task
Editing attribute data for selected features
Editing tables using the Field Calculator
Exercise 6A: Edit features with the Editor toolbar
Exercise 6B: Edit attribute data
- Working with georeferenced data
What is georeferencing?
Coordinate systems
Datums and datum conversion
Referencing locations
Map projections
Projection distortion
Types of projections
Coordinate system components
Storing projection information
Viewing projection information
ArcMap and projections
Changing projections
Exercise 7: Work with map scale and projections
Map and design objectives
Factors controlling cartographic design
Communication in maps
Types of maps
Issues in cartographic design
Creating maps in ArcMap
Setting up the page
Identifying map elements
Inserting map elements
An example of the Legend Properties window
Adding a north arrow and a scale
Incorporating a reference system
Graticules or button index grids
Inserting textual information
Layout tools
Grids and rulers
Creating and using map templates
Printing and plotting maps
Exercise 8: Create a map
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