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Table of Contents PREFACE INTRODUCTION 1 What is GIS? 1 Concepts 1 What is GIS? 1 What can a GIS do? 2 GIS project management 4 Project case study: A thorny issue 5 Types of GIS projects 9 Planning a GIS project 9 Example of a GIS Project Proposal 12 Prediction of thistle-infested areas in Badlands National Park using a GIS model CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCING ARCGIS 15 Mastering the Concepts 15 Concepts 15 ArcGIS Overview 15 Introduction to raster and vector data models 17 Data files in ArcGIS 14 Properties of spatial data files 23 Introduction to metadata 25 Overview of the ArcGIS Interface 26 Object Properties 27 About ArcCatalog 28 About ArcToolbox 30 Summary 31 Chapter Review Questions 32 Mastering the Skills 33 Teaching Tutorial 33 Exercises 51 Skills Reference 52 CHAPTER 2. WORKING WITH ARCMAP 59 Mastering the Concepts 59 Concepts 59 ArcMap windows and menus 59 The Help system 63 Data frames 63 Data layer properties 64 Working with symbols and styles 64 Map scale concepts 64 Labeling concepts 66 Summary 69 Chapter Review Questions 70 Mastering the Skills 71 Teaching Tutorial 71 Exercises 84 Skills Reference 86 CHAPTER 3. COORDINATE SYSTEMS AND MAP PROJECTIONS 97 Mastering the Concepts 97 Concepts 97 About map projections and GIS 97 Geographic coordinate systems 98 Spheroids and datums 99 Map projections 100 A note on terminology 103 Common projection systems 103 Map projections in ArcMap 105 Managing coordinate systems 106 Projecting data 107 Summary 108 Chapter Review Questions 109 Mastering the Skills 110 Teaching Tutorial 110 Exercises 125 Skills Reference 126 CHAPTER 4. DRAWING AND SYMBOLIZING FEATURES 131 Mastering the Concepts 131 Concepts 131 Types of maps 131 Classifying numeric data 135 Using map layer files 138 Editing symbols and using styles 138 Displaying rasters 139 Summary 141 Chapter Review Questions 142 Mastering the Skills 143 Teaching Tutorial 143 Exercises 161 Skills Reference 163 CHAPTER 5. WORKING WITH TABLES 169 Mastering the Concepts 169 Concepts 169 Overview of tables in ArcGIS 169 Table formats 171 Field types 171 Queries on tables 174 Joining and relating tables 174 Getting statistics on tables 177 Summarizing tables 177 Editing and calculating fields 179 Summary 180 Chapter Review Questions 181 Mastering the Skills 182 Teaching Tutorial 182 Exercises 191 Skills Reference 193 CHAPTER 6. PRESENTING DATA 207 Mastering the Concepts 207 Concepts 207 Tips for making maps 207 Maps and reports in ArcGIS 213 Working with map elements 214 Working with map scales 214 Setting up scale bars 215 The Layout toolbar 216 Summary 217 Chapter Review Questions 218 Mastering the Skills 219 Teaching Tutorial 219 Exercises 234 Skills Reference 235 CHAPTER 7. QUERIES 255 Mastering the Concepts 255 Concepts 255 What are queries? 255 Interactive selection 256 Selecting by attributes 256 Selecting by location 259 Choosing the selection method 260 Definition queries 262 Summary 262 Chapter Review Questions 263 Mastering the Skills 264 Teaching Tutorial 264 Exercises 275 Skills Reference 276 CHAPTER 8. SPATIAL JOINS 283 Mastering the Concepts 283 Concepts 283 What is a spatial join? 283 Types of spatial joins 284 Examples of joins 288 Summary 292 Chapter Review Questions 293 Mastering the Skills 294 Teaching Tutorial 294 Exercises 303 Skills Reference 304 CHAPTER 9. MAP OVERLAY 305 Mastering the Concepts 305 Concepts 305 Map overlay 305 Examples of using map overlay 306 Buffering 308 Using the Geoprocessing Wizard 309 Coordinate systems and map units 311 Summary 312 Chapter Review Questions 313 Mastering the Skills 314 Teaching Tutorial 314 Exercises 320 Skills Reference 321 CHAPTER 10. GEOCODING 327 Mastering the Concepts 327 Concepts 327 What is geocoding? 327 How does geocoding work? 328 Available geocoding styles 330 The geocoding process 332 Setting up a geocoding service 333 The reference data 335 Adding x-y coordinates 335 Summary 336 Chapter Review Questions 337 Mastering the Skills 338 Teaching Tutorial 338 Exercises 350 Skills Reference 351 CHAPTER 11. BASIC EDITING IN ARCMAP 357 Mastering the Concepts 357 Concepts 357 Editing overview 357 The Editor toolbar 357 General information about editing 358 Snapping features 359 Creating adjacent polygons 361 Editing features 362 Editing attributes 363 Saving work 364 Summary 365 Chapter Review Questions 366 Mastering the Skills 367 Teaching Tutorial 367 Exercises 384 Skills Reference 385 CHAPTER 12. MORE EDITING TECHNIQUES 397 Mastering the Concepts 397 Concepts 397 Using different sketch tools 397 Changing existing features 398 Combining features together 399 Buffering features 400 Editing shared features 401 Summary 402 Chapter Review Questions 402 Mastering the Skills 403 Teaching Tutorial 403 Exercises 420 Skills Reference 421 CHAPTER 13. WORKING WITH GEODATABASES 433 Mastering the Concepts 433 Concepts 433 About geodatabases 433 Creating geodatabases 434 Creating feature datasets 435 Using default values 436 Setting up domains 436 Split and merge policies 438 About subtypes 439 Summary 441 Chapter Review Questions 442 Mastering the Skills 443 Teaching Tutorial 443 Exercises 461 Skills Reference 462 CHAPTER 14. ANALYZING NETWORKS 469 Mastering the Concepts 469 Concepts 469 About networks 469 Types of networks 471 Network analysis 472 The Utility Network Analyst toolbar 473 Generic trace solvers 474 Utility trace solvers 476 Building networks 477 Summary 480 Chapter Review Questions 481 Mastering the Skills 482 Teaching Tutorial 482 Exercises 492 Skills Reference 493 CHAPTER 15. RASTER ANALYSIS 501 Mastering the Concepts 501 Concepts 501 Benefits and disadvantages of raster and vector models 501 About rasters 503 Coordinate systems and rasters 504 Raster analysis 506 Boolean map overlay 510 Controlling analysis options 512 Summary 515 Chapter Review Questions 516 Mastering the Skills 517 Teaching Tutorial 517 Exercises 534 Skills Reference 536 GLOSSARY 547 SELECTED ANSWERS 559
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
ArcGIS.
Geographic information systems.