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Learning ArcGIS Pro 2 - Second Edition

By : Tripp Corbin GISP
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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)
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Section 1: Introducing and Navigating ArcGIS Pro
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Section 2: Visualizing, Maintaining, and Analyzing Data
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Section 3: Sharing Data and Automating processes
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GIS glossary

Creating geoprocessing models

As mentioned earlier, geoprocessing models are custom tools that you create from within ModelBuilder. ModelBuilder provides the graphical interface for building models as well as allowing you to access additional model-only tools, iterators, environmental settings, and model properties.

Models are created for several reasons. The first and most common reason is to automate repeated processes performed in ArcGIS Pro. If you have an analysis, a conversion, or another process that you perform on a regular basis, then a model can be used to automate it.

Secondly, you can use a model to think through and create a flow chart process within ArcGIS Pro. This can help you ensure that you have considered all the tools and data that you will need to complete a process. Once completed, the model then provides the tool for completing that process as well as the visual and textual documentation that explains how the process was performed.

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