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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 2 – Opening a task in the Task Designer

You will now open the task item in Task Designer. This will allow you to see all parameters, tasks, and steps included within the task item:

  1. Right-click on the Selecting Features task item and select Edit in Designer. The Tasks pane opens in designer mode on the left side of the interface and the Task Designer pane opens on the right side of the interface.
  2. Review the parameters for the task item in the Task Designer pane. Notice that in addition to standard parameters such as name, author, and description, you can also see what version of ArcGIS Pro the task was created with and track the version of the task as you update and modify it.
  3. Now you will make a couple of changes to this task item. Change the name of the task item to Selecting Features in ArcGIS Pro by typing it into the cell located under Name.
  4. Change the Author's Name to your own.
  5. Change the description...