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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 – Opening the task in the Task Designer

In this step, you will open the task you created in the Task Designer so you can begin creating your steps:

  1. Start ArcGIS Pro and open Ex11 using the skills that you have already learned in previous exercises.
  2. Expand the Task folder in the Catalog pane.
  3. Double-click on the Road RepairTasksitem that you created in the last exercise. This will open the Tasks pane.
  4. Right-click on Create list of nearby parcels task and select Edit in Designer. The Task Designer pane should open on the right side of the interface and the Tasks pane should enter the designer mode.

You are now ready to add tasks. If this was not a classroom exercise, you would begin referencing your notes from the answers to those four questions from the Learning to create a Task section that you need to consider before creating a task. You would pay particularly close attention to the workflow that...