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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 project and the ModelBuilder window

The first step is to open the project and then the ModelBuilder window so that you can begin creating the model:

  1. Start ArcGIS Pro and open the Ex12.aprx project found in C:\Student\IntroArcPro\Chapter12.
  2. When the project opens, expand the Toolboxes folder in the Catalog pane.
  3. Right-click on the Ex12 toolbox that you see on your screen.
  1. Select the New | Model option, as illustrated in the following screenshot:

ModelBuilder should now be open and the ModelBuilder tab should have appeared in the ribbon. The ModelBuilder window and tab are used together to create or edit models. As you can see in the following screenshot, the ModelBuilder tab contains tools for saving the model, navigating in the ModelBuilder window, and adding content to the model:

You will now begin using...