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ArcGIS Pro 2.x Cookbook

By : Tripp Corbin GISP
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ArcGIS Pro 2.x Cookbook

By: Tripp Corbin GISP

Overview of this book

ArcGIS is Esri's catalog of GIS applications with powerful tools for visualizing, maintaining, and analyzing data. ArcGIS makes use of the modern ribbon interface and 64-bit processing to increase the speed and efficiency of using GIS. It allows users to create amazing maps in both 2D and 3D quickly and easily. If you want to gain a thorough understanding of the various data formats that can be used in ArcGIS Pro and shared via ArcGIS Online, then this book is for you. Beginning with a refresher on ArcGIS Pro and how to work with projects, this book will quickly take you through recipes about using various data formats supported by the tool. You will learn the limits of each format, such as Shapefiles, Geodatabase, and CAD files, and learn how to link tables from outside sources to existing GIS data to expand the amount of data that can be used in ArcGIS. You'll learn methods for editing 2D and 3D data using ArcGIS Pro and how topology can be used to ensure data integrity. Lastly the book will show you how data and maps can be shared via ArcGIS Online and used with web and mobile applications.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Introduction


As you have seen if you completed the previous chapter, ArcGIS Online is an amazing resource. It provides access to a wealth of data and tools that can greatly enhance the abilities of your GIS. But, can you add your own data and maps to your content, or are you limited to the content that is already there?

ArcGIS Online does allow you to publish your own content. This can take many forms, including:

  • Data files:
    •  Shapefiles
    •  Text files (TXT and CSV)
    •  Spreadsheets
    •  PDF files
    •  Map packages
    •  Layer packages
    •  KML
    •  Styles
    •  And more…
  • Web map and feature services:
    •  Publish directly through ArcGIS Online
    •  Connections to web maps from your own ArcGIS Server or Portal
  • Web applications
  • And more

For a full list of all the items you can add to your ArcGIS Online content, go to  https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/supported-items.htm.

Depending on the content you are attempting to publish, there are different methods you can use to publish it. Files can be directly uploaded to ArcGIS Online...