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ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook

ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook

By : Daniela C Docan
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ArcGIS for Desktop Cookbook

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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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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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Index
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Creating a file geodatabase

In this chapter, all exercises will refer to the single-user file geodatabase format. A file geodatabase is suited to ArcGIS for Desktop users and is stored in a filesystem folder. The main advantages of a file geodatabase are:

  • Editing of different feature classes or tables at the same time by multiple users
  • A maximum size of up to 1 terabyte (TB) for the individual datasets stored in a file geodatabase

Note

If you decide to use a single-user geodatabase for your project, but you are still thinking about the two options, personal geodatabase and file geodatabase, then please read the paper The Top Nine Reasons to Use a File Geodatabase: http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0309/files/9reasons.pdf.

Getting ready

In the next step, you will create a file geodatabase named Topo5k.gdb for a topographic map corresponding to the scale 1:5,000.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to create a new file geodatabase in ArcCatalog using the context menu:

  1. Start ArcCatalog. Select Connect To Folder from the Standard toolbar. Go to <drive>:\PacktPublishing\Data, and click on OK.
  2. In Catalog Tree, select <drive>:\PacktPublishing\Data, and right-click to choose New | Folder. Rename New Folder as MyGeodatabase.
  3. In Catalog Tree, select MyGeodatabase, and right-click to choose New | New File Geodatabase. Rename New File Geodatabase.gdb as Topo5k.

Tip

Downloading the example code

You can download the example code files for all Packt books you have purchased from your account at http://www.packtpub.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit http://www.packtpub.com/support and register to have the files e-mailed directly to you.

How it works...

You have created an empty file geodatabase using the context menu in ArcCatalog. You will use Topo5k.gdb in the later steps. Open Windows Explorer to see the structure of the filesystem folder created for your file geodatabase.

There's more...

Follow these steps to create a new file geodatabase in ArcCatalog using ArcToolbox:

  1. Select ArcToolbox from the Standard toolbar. Go to Data Management Tools | Workspace, and double-click on the Create File GDB tool.
  2. For File GDB Location, select Folder Connections, go to <drive>:\PacktPublishing\Data, and select the MyGeodatabase folder. For File GDB Name, type Topo5000. For File GDB Version (optional), select the CURRENT option to create a file geodatabase compatible with ArcGIS Version 10.2, and click on OK.

See also

  • For more information about creating a file geodatabase, please refer to Chapter 11, Working with Data Interoperability
  • In the next recipe, Creating a feature dataset, you will learn how to organize your spatial datasets using feature datasets in a file geodatabase
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