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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

Publishing 2D maps


Now that you know how to publish a layer as either a layer file or a web layer, is it possible to publish an entire map to ArcGIS Online? Well, of course you can. Just like a layer, you can publish a map as as map package or as as a web map.

Publishing a map as a map package uses the same basic procedure as publishing a layer package. It packages the entire map including layer properties and data into a single MAPX file. You can then upload that to ArcGIS Online, so others can download it just as they would a layer package. While certainly a valuable tool in your arsenal, it does have limited use.  Publishing a web map offers much more flexibility.

A web map can be accessed and used multiple ways. You can add it to a project in ArcGIS Pro, or incorporate it into a web application so it can be used via a web browser and be part of a mobile application. Depending on the settings you configure, users might be able query, print, edit, and download the data using any or all of...