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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

Determining the coordinate system for an existing map


Every map and scene you create in ArcGIS Pro makes use of a coordinate system in order to display data in a location. However, it not only can impact how and where features are displayed, but also what you can do with the map. The coordinate system used by a map can impact if you can share it as a web map via ArcGIS Online, how well layers overlay one another, and more. So, it is important to know what coordinate system your map is using.

The first layer you add to the map will define the coordinate system for that map. But what if you are working with an existing map, maybe one that was created by someone else? How do you determine the coordinate system for the existing map you are working with?

In this recipe, you will learn how to determine which coordinate system has been assigned to an existing map.   

Getting ready

This recipe does require the sample data be installed on the computer. You are not required to have completed any previous...