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Learning ArcGIS Pro 2 - Second Edition

By : Tripp Corbin GISP
Book Image

Learning ArcGIS Pro 2 - Second Edition

By: Tripp Corbin GISP

Overview of this book

Armed with powerful tools to visualize, maintain, and analyze data, ArcGIS Pro 2 is Esri's newest desktop geographic information system (GIS) application that uses the modern ribbon interface and a 64-bit processor to make using GIS faster and more efficient. This second edition of Learning ArcGIS Pro will show you how you can use this powerful desktop GIS application to create maps, perform spatial analysis, and maintain data. The book begins by showing you how to install ArcGIS and listing the software and hardware prerequisites. You’ll then understand the concept of named user licensing and learn how to navigate the new ribbon interface to leverage the power of ArcGIS Pro for managing geospatial data. Once you’ve got to grips with the new interface, you’ll build your first GIS project and understand how to use the different project resources available. The book shows you how to create 2D and 3D maps by adding layers and setting and managing the symbology and labeling. You’ll also discover how to use the analysis tool to visualize geospatial data. In later chapters, you’ll be introduced to Arcade, the new lightweight expression language for ArcGIS, and then advance to creating complex labels using Arcade expressions. Finally, you'll use Python scripts to automate and standardize tasks and models in ArcGIS Pro. By the end of this ArcGIS Pro book, you’ll have developed the core skills needed for using ArcGIS Pro 2.x competently.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introducing and Navigating ArcGIS Pro
4
Section 2: Visualizing, Maintaining, and Analyzing Data
13
Section 3: Sharing Data and Automating processes
18
GIS glossary

Step 1 – Evaluating the data

The director has already provided you with the question and you have verified that you already have the data needed for the project. So, now, you just need to evaluate your data to verify the steps you need to complete the project.

In this step, you will open ArcGIS Pro and review the street and city limit data. You will make sure you have the information you need:

  1. Start ArcGIS Pro and open the Ex10B.aprx file located in C:\Student\IntroArcPro\Chapter10\Ex10B.
  2. Once the project opens, you should see a map with two layers, namely City_Limit and Street_Centerlines. Notice that the streets extend outside the city limits.
Question: What geoprocessing tool that you have read about in this chapter do you think should be used to create a layer that only contains the streets inside the city limits?
  1. Right-click on the Street_Centerlines layer and select Attribute Table.
  2. ...