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ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook

ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook

By : Daniela C Docan
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ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook

ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook

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By: Daniela C Docan
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Overview of this book

This book is a good companion to get you quickly acquainted with everything you need to increase your productivity with the ArcGIS Desktop. It would be helpful to have a bit of familiarity with basic GIS concepts. If you have no previous experience with ArcGIS, this book will still be helpful for you because it will help you catch up to the acquainted users from a practical point of view.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Sections
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Conventions
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1. Designing Geodatabase
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1. Designing Geodatabase
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Introduction
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Creating a file geodatabase
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Creating a feature dataset
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Creating a feature class
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Creating subtypes
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Creating domains
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Using subtypes and domains together
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Creating a relationship class
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2. Editing Data
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2. Editing Data
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Introduction
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Editing features in a geodatabase
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Advanced editing in a geodatabase
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Creating geodatabase topology
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Editing geodatabase topology
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3. Working with CRS
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3. Working with CRS
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Introduction
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Understanding projections
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Projecting vector data
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Georeferencing raster data
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Setting a custom coordinate reference system
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4. Geoprocessing
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4. Geoprocessing
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Introduction
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Spatial joining features
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Using spatial adjustment
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Using common tools
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Creating models
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5. Working with Symbology
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5. Working with Symbology
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Introduction
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Managing styles
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Modifying symbols
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Creating custom symbology
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Using proportional symbology
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Using the symbol levels
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Using representation
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6. Building Better Maps
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6. Building Better Maps
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Introduction
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Creating and editing labels
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Labeling with Maplex Label Engine
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Creating and editing annotation
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Using annotation and masking for contours
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Creating a bivariate map
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7. Exporting Your Maps
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7. Exporting Your Maps
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Introduction
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Creating a map layout
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Exporting your map to the PDF and GeoTIFF formats
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Creating an atlas of maps
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Publishing maps on the Internet
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8. Working with Geocoding and Linear Referencing
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8. Working with Geocoding and Linear Referencing
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Introduction
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Preparing data for geocoding
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Geocoding addresses
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Geocoding with alternative names
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Creating and editing routes
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Creating and editing events
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Working with complex routes
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Analyzing events
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9. Working with Spatial Analyst
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9. Working with Spatial Analyst
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Introduction
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Analyzing surfaces
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Interpolating data
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Reclassifying a raster
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Working with Map Algebra
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Working with Cell Statistics
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Generalizing a raster
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Creating density surfaces
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Analyzing the least-cost path
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10. Working with 3D Analyst
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10. Working with 3D Analyst
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Introduction
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Creating 3D features from 2D features
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Creating a TIN surface
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Creating a terrain dataset
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Creating raster and TIN from a terrain dataset
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Intervisibility
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Creating a profile graph
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Creating an animation
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11. Working with Data Interoperability
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Introduction
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Exporting file geodatabase to different data formats
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Importing data from the XML format
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Importing vector data
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Importing raster data
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Spatial ETL
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Introduction

Real-world objects can be represented in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using geographic data. In the context of the Esri ArcGIS technology, a database that stores geographic data is a geodatabase. The geodatabase is a native ArcGIS format that allows you to store, edit, and manage spatial data and non-spatial data. Before you start adding data to a geodatabase, it is important to think about how your data will be organized in the geodatabase. Another important step is to create an empty but structured schema of your geodatabase (data model). Paul A. Longley (Geographical Information Systems and Science, 2nd Edition, 2005, John Wiley & Sons, Inc , p.178) has mentioned three steps in creating a geospatial data model:

  1. Conceptual schema
  2. Logical schema
  3. Physical schema (geodatabase schema)

In this chapter, you will skip steps 1 and 2, and you will manually create the physical schema or the geodatabase structure.

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There are three types of geodatabases: personal geodatabase, file geodatabase, and multiuser geodatabase. For more information about geodatabases, please refer to http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/geodatabase.

For comprehensive definitions of specific elements and terms such as geodatabase, file geodatabase, feature dataset, spatial domain, resolution, tolerance, subtype, domain, feature class, relationship, or referential integrity, please refer to the ESRI GIS Dictionary online at http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary.

In this chapter, you will work with the most common geodatabase elements, such as feature dataset, feature class, table, and relationship class. You will test the main advantages of using a geodatabase by performing the following actions:

  • Define the common spatial reference using feature datasets
  • Organize the features with the same geometry and spatial reference in feature classes
  • Define attribute constraints to eliminate edit errors using subtypes, domains, and default values
  • Define spatial and non-spatial relationships using relationship classes
  • Add supplementary spatial and attribute behaviors by defining relationship rules for relationship classes
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