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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

Calculating lines of sight


You've learned several ways to create new 3D features. Now it is time to investigate some analyses you can perform with these features that you cannot do with 2D. A common analysis is to determine lines of sight. This has many uses. It can be used by property appraisers to determine whether a property has a good line of sight to a key feature, such as a river or ocean, which might increase its value. It is used by police to establish security perimeters for special events. It might be used to help plan a parade route. So, as you can see, there are many uses for such an analysis.

In this recipe, you will use the observation points you created in the previous recipe to determine whether there are lines of sight to Washington Park or whether the proposed building will block the view of the park entirely. This will be one of the determining factors the Planning Director will use to for deciding whether or not to approve the new building. This will require the use of...