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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.

Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

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Conventions used

Section 1: Introducing and Navigating ArcGIS Pro

Section 1: Introducing and Navigating ArcGIS Pro

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Introducing ArcGIS Pro

Introducing ArcGIS Pro

Technical requirements

Checking requirements for installing ArcGIS Pro

Understanding ArcGIS Pro minimum system requirements

Learning about OS requirements

Understanding the hardware requirements

Other supporting software requirements

Author system recommendations

Testing to see whether your computer can run ArcGIS Pro

Downloading and installing ArcGIS Pro

How to download the installation files

Installing ArcGIS Pro

Installing ArcGIS Pro offline help files

Managing and assigning ArcGIS Pro licenses

Understanding the number and level of ArcGIS Pro licenses

Assigning ArcGIS Pro licenses

Downloading and installing the exercise data

Launching ArcGIS Pro

Opening an ArcGIS Pro Project

Further reading

Navigating the Ribbon Interface

Navigating the Ribbon Interface

Technical requirements

Understanding the new interface terminology

ArcGIS Pro interface terminology

Introducing the user interface

Using the interface

Navigating the ribbon

Selection group

Exercise 2A – Working with the Map tab

Step 1 – Opening a project

Step 2 – Navigating the map

Step 3 – Using the Infographics tool (optional)

Learning about contextual tabs

Understanding the Feature Layer contextual tab set

Learning about the Appearance tab

Visibility Range group

Extrusion and Faces groups

Learning about the Labeling tab

Label Class group

Text Symbol group

Label Placement group

Learning about the Data tab

Definition Query group

Selection group

Exercise 2B – Working with 2D and 3D layers

Step 1 – Opening the project and adding layers

Step 2 – Changing symbology

Step 3 – Labeling

Step 4 – Working with a 3D layer

Section 2: Visualizing, Maintaining, and Analyzing Data

Section 2: Visualizing, Maintaining, and Analyzing Data

Creating 2D Maps

Creating 2D Maps

Technical requirements

Creating and configuring 2D maps

Creating a new map

Exercise 3A – Adding and configuring layers in a map

Step 1 – Creating the project

Step 2 – Connecting data sources

Step 3 – Adding layers

Step 4 – Saving a layer file

Step 5 – Renaming your map

Exercise 3B – Adding a new map to a project

Step 1 – Creating the new map in a project

Step 2 – Filtering a layer with a definition query

Step 3 – Adding annotations to the map

Exercise 3C – Using map and layer files

Step 1 – Adding a new map using a map file

Step 2 – Creating and using a layer file

Step 3 – Labeling the pipe sizes

Step 4 – Configuring label conflict and placement options

Skill challenge

Further reading

Creating 3D Scenes

Creating 3D Scenes

Technical requirements

Understanding 3D Scenes

Exercise 4A – Creating a simple 3D Scene

Step 1 – Creating a project and 3D Scene

Step 2 – Adding a layer

Step 3 – Making a 3D layer

Step 4 – Combining types of symbology

Learning about elevations and how to use them

Establishing ground elevations

Understanding DEMs

Understanding TINs

Understanding extruding features

Other methods to display 3D data

Exercise 4B – Creating a Local Scene

Step 1 – Opening a project and adding a Local Scene

Step 2 – Setting the ground surface

Step 3 – Adding layers and setting symbology

Further reading

Creating and Working with Projects

Creating and Working with Projects

Technical requirements

Working with an ArcGIS Pro project

Understanding project terminology

Using the Catalog pane

The Project tab

The Favorites tab

Exercise 5A – Using the Catalog pane

Step 1 – Opening and saving a project

Step 2 – Navigating the Catalog pane

Step 3 – Adding a database connection

Step 4 – Adjusting the layers

Step 5 – Accessing and adding a layer from a portal (optional)

Step 6 – Adding a folder connection as a favorite

Step 7 – Adding a favorite to a project

Creating a new project and project templates

Creating a new project with Esri templates

Exercise 5B – Using an Esri template to create a new project

Step 1 – Creating a new project using the Local Scene template

Step 2 – Connecting to data sources and adding your surface

Creating custom project templates

Exercise 5C – Creating a custom project template

Step 1 – Creating a project

Step 2 – Setting up a default map in the template

Step 3 – Adding a layout from an existing map document

Step 4 – Saving a project as a template

Step 5 – Creating a new project using a custom template

Word of warning

Creating a Layout

Creating a Layout

Technical requirements

Understanding the considerations of designing a layout

Understanding the purpose

Practice exercise – Determining the purpose

Understanding the audience for the map

Learning about the age factor

Understanding the education and knowledge level

Learning about the situation

Creating a layout in ArcGIS Pro

Understanding the general workflow to create a layout

Exercise 6A – Creating a simple layout

Step 1 – Opening ArcGIS Pro and your project

Step 2 – Adding a new blank layout

Step 3 – Displaying the desired area

Step 4 – Adding other elements

Exercise 6B – Creating and using a layout template

Step 1 – Saving a template file

Step 2 – Creating a new layout using the layout file

Step 3 – Configuring the new layout

Creating Map Books Using Map Series

Creating Map Books Using Map Series

Technical requirements

What is a map series?

Understanding and creating a map series

Learning about indexes

Creating grid and strip indexes

Understanding the Grid Index Features tool

Learning about the Strip Map Index Features tool

Exercise 7A – Creating a grid index

Step 1 – Opening ArcGIS Pro and your project

Step 2 – Creating the grid index

Enabling the Map Series functionality

Exercise 7B – Enabling the map series

Step 1 – Opening the project and layout

Step 2 – Enabling and configuring the map series

Step 3 – Adding a page name to your layout

Step 4 – Viewing pages in a series

Step 5 – Printing a map series

Learning to Edit Spatial Data

Learning to Edit Spatial Data

Technical requirements

Understanding the editable data formats

Data formats – editable or not

Understanding geodatabases

Identifying your data format

Editing data using ArcGIS Pro

How to start editing features and attributes

Preparing ArcGIS Pro to edit data

Learning about the Edit tab

Clipboard group

Manage Edits group

Selection group

Creating new features

Learning about feature templates

Exercise 8A – Creating new features

Step 1 – Opening your project and preparing to edit

Step 2 – Adding your source data

Step 3 – Drawing a new sewer line

Step 4 – Updating attributes

Step 5 – Drawing the manholes

Step 6 – Adding the street centerlines

Step 7 – Creating the street rights-of-way

Exercise 8B – Splitting polygons

Step 1 – Splitting out the rights-of-way

Step 2 – Splitting out individual lot polygons

Further reading

Learning about Editing Tabular Data

Learning about Editing Tabular Data

Technical requirements

Editing your schema

Exercise 9A – Adding a field and populating values

Importing a new feature class

Exercise 9B – Importing a shapefile

Step 1 – Opening the project and adding a layer

Step 2 – Exporting to a geodatabase

Populating field values in a database

Understanding methods to edit or add single values

Attributes window

Editing directly in the attribute table

Exercise 9C – Editing attributes

Step 1 – Opening the project and zooming to the correct location

Step 2 – Adding Street_Centerline attribute values

Mass-populating table values by using tools

Calculate Field tool

Calculate Geometry tool

Exercise 9D – Using tools to mass-populate field values

Step 1 – Populating the field using the Field Calculator tool

Step 2 – Using the Calculate Geometry tool

Further reading

Performing Analysis with Geoprocessing Tools

Performing Analysis with Geoprocessing Tools

Technical requirements

Determining which tools to use

Understanding licensing levels

Learning about extensions for ArcGIS Pro

Spatial Analyst

Network Analyst

Exercise 10A – Determining your license level and extensions

Step 1 – Opening ArcGIS Pro

Step 2 – Determining the license level and extension

Understanding the analysis process

Preparing data for analysis

Clip geoprocessing tool

Exercise 10B – Using the Clip and Dissolve tools

Step 1 – Evaluating the data

Step 2 – Clipping the streets

Step 3 – Simplifying the data and calculating the total length

Step 4 – Exporting a table to Excel

Using other common geoprocessing analysis tools

Overlay analysis

Proximity analysis

Multiple Ring Buffer tool

Exercise 10C – Performing analysis

Step 1 – Locating commercial properties near sewer lines

Step 2 – Exporting selected parcels

Step 3 – Determining how much of each commercial property is in the floodplain

Step 4 – Selecting commercial parcels that are not in the floodplain

Step 5 – Reviewing your geoprocessing history

Section 3: Sharing Data and Automating processes

Section 3: Sharing Data and Automating processes

Creating and Using Tasks

Creating and Using Tasks

Technical requirements

Understanding what a task is

Components of a task

Exercise 11A – Running a simple task

Step 1 – Starting ArcGIS Pro and opening a project

Step 2 – Opening and running a task

Learning how to create tasks

Exercise 11B – Exploring a task

Step 1 – Opening a project

Step 2 – Opening a task in the Task Designer

Step 3 – Reviewing a task's steps

Things to consider when creating a task

Understanding the purpose of the task

Determining the workflow to support the purpose

Using tasks in different ways

Determining the audience for a task

Creating a task yourself

Creating a task item

Creating a task group

Creating a task

Exercise 11C – Creating a task

Step 1 – Opening a project and creating a task item

Step 2 – Creating a new task

Adding task steps

Learning about the components of a step

Exercise 11D – Adding steps to a task

Step 1 – Opening the task in the Task Designer

Step 2 – Adding a step to zoom

Step 3 – Selecting the road segment

Step 4 – Selecting nearby parcels

Step 5 – Exporting the selection to an Excel spreadsheet

Step 6 – Running your task

Automating Processes with ModelBuilder and Python

Automating Processes with ModelBuilder and Python

Technical requirements

Differentiating between tasks, geoprocessing models, and Python scripts

Learning about geoprocessing models

Understanding Python scripts

What is the difference between the three?

Creating geoprocessing models

Understanding model components and terminology

Exercise 12A – Creating a model

Step 1 – Opening the project and the ModelBuilder window

Step 2 – Adding model components

Step 3 – Adding another process

Running a model

Exercise 12B – Running a model

Step 1 – Running the model from ModelBuilder

Step 2 – Resetting the run state

Step 3 – Running the model from a toolbox

Making a model interactive

Exercise 12C – Allowing users to provide inputs to run models

Step 1 – Marking variables as parameters

Step 2 – Exposing hidden variables

Step 3 – Running the model

Learning about Python

Understanding Python basics

Commenting and documenting your scripts

Learning about variables

Understanding data paths

Learning about the ArcPy module

Locating Python syntax for a geoprocessing tool

Exercise 12D – Creating a Python script

Step 1 – Opening IDLE

Step 2 – Writing the script

Step 3 – Adding the script to ArcGIS Pro and running it

Further reading

Sharing Your Work with Others

Sharing Your Work with Others

Technical requirements

Sharing content with those on your network

Sharing data if users have ArcGIS Pro

Understanding the layer file

Exercise 13A – Creating a layer file and using it

Step 1 – Creating the layer file

Step 2 – Using the layer file to add a layer to a map

Learning about map files

Map file challenge

Understanding layout files

Layout file challenge

Sharing data if users don't have ArcGIS Pro

Exporting to other GIS formats

Exercise 13B – Exporting data to a shapefile

Step 1 – Opening the project and verifying the data

Step 2 – Creating a new map and adding the shapefile as a layer

Step 3 – Applying symbology using a layer file

Exporting data to non-GIS formats

Exporting maps and layouts

Exporting tables

Sharing content with those not on your network

Learning about the layer package

Exercise 13C – Creating a layer package

Step 1 – Creating the layer package

Step 2 – Testing the package

Understanding map packages

Map package challenge

Learning about project packages

Project package challenge

Publishing to ArcGIS Online

Exercise 13D – Publishing a map to ArcGIS Online

Step 1 – Optimizing your map

Step 2 – Publishing a map to ArcGIS Online

Step 3 – Viewing the new map in ArcGIS Online

Further reading

Using Arcade Expressions for Labeling and Symbology

Using Arcade Expressions for Labeling and Symbology

Technical requirements

Learning about Arcade

Understanding Arcade syntax

Understanding the text string syntax

Inserting comments into expressions

Adding data from a table

Defining a variable

Understanding labeling expressions

Configuring expressions to label with multiple field values

Making labels more readable

Exercise 14A – Creating an Arcade label expression

Step 1 – Opening your project and reviewing the available data

Step 2 – Creating a simple label expression

Understanding symbology expressions

Creating a symbology expression

Understanding the common operators

Exercise 14B – Creating a symbology expression

Step 1 – Evaluating the Street_Centerlines layer

Step 2 – Creating a symbology expression

Further reading

GIS glossary

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Step 2 – Exposing hidden variables

In this step, you will expose the distance variable for the Buffer tool so that you can make it a parameter:

Right-click on the Buffer tool in ModelBuilder.
Select the Create Variable | From Parameter option. This will display a list of all the hidden variables associated with the Buffer tool.
Select Distance [value or field], as shown in the next screenshot:

The Distance variable should now be visible in your model. Now that it is visible you will be able to designate it as a parameter.

Move your mouse pointer so that it is over the Distance variable that you just added to our model. When your pointer changes to two crossed arrows, indicating that it is now in move mode, drag the Distance variable so it is above the Buffer tool, as shown in the following screenshot:

Right-click...