ArcMap,%20ArcCatalog,%20ArcToolbox: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Title: ArcMap,%20ArcCatalog,%20ArcToolbox:


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ESRI EUROPEAN USER CONFERENCE

• ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcToolbox
• New ways to user interaction

Guido Nyhuis, Hans Ziegltrum ESRI GmbH
ArcInfo 8
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• Interaction inArcInfo 8 Workstation
• Command Line
• AML Applications
• ODE
• Interaction inArcInfo 8 Desktop
• ArcToolbox
• ArcCatalog
• ArcMap

Contents
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Interaction in ArcInfo 8Workstation
ArcInfo 8 Workstation
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Command Line

• Arc Prompt

ArcInfo 8 Workstation
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AML

• AML Application
• ArcTools

ArcInfo 8 Workstation
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ODE

• Open Development Environment

ArcInfo 8 Workstation
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ArcInfo 8Workstation and Desktop
ArcInfo 8 Workstation and Desktop
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ArcInfo 8 Workstation and Desktop
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ArcInfo 8 Desktop3 Applications
ArcInfo 8 Desktop 3 Applications
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• ArcToolbox
• GUI for Arccommands(coverage processing)
• Data conversion
• Geoprocessing server client

ArcInfo 8 Desktop 3 Applications
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ArcCatalog

• Data Browser
• Graphical
• Textual
• Data Manager
• Schema editor for GeoDatabase
• Set and view metadata

ArcInfo 8 Desktop 3 Applications
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ArcMap

• Perform map-basedtasks
• Mapping
• Editing
• Query/Analysis
• Charting
• Reporting

ArcInfo 8 Desktop 3 Applications
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ArcToolbox
ArcToolbox
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• Structure
• Four main toolsets
• Data Management Tools
• Analysis Tools
• Conversion Tools
• My Tools
• Tree is only 3 levels deep easy to find
  toolyou want

ArcToolbox
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User Interface
ArcToolbox
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Wizard

• Execute Arc Command
• Multiple panels
• Explanation and guidance
• Helpful graphics
• Smart defaults
• Create AML

ArcToolbox
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Tool

• Execute Arc Command
• One panel
• Show applicable options
• Provide defaults(e.g. tolerance)
• Less explanation
• Command name
• Help
• Create AML
• Send remote job

ArcToolbox
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Entering your data
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Type in
ArcToolbox
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Remote Processing

• Process Arc commands or AMLs from a client
• Setup server
• Setup client
• Start service
• Data access for server

ArcToolbox
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Remote Processing

• Open Remote Processing window

ArcToolbox
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Customization
Change Toolboxappearance

• Show what is needed

• executables
• dlls

Add customtools
ArcToolbox
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ArcCatalog
ArcCatalog
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Remember the Tasks

• Data Browser (Graphical or textual)
• Data Manager
• Schema editor for GeoDatabase
• Set and view metadata

ArcCatalog
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Graphical User Interface
ArcCatalog
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Catalog Tree
Icons identify data type

• Detailed information
• Path
• Folders
• Files
• Type of datasource
• Feature type
• Databaseconnections
• Access tocoordinate systems

ArcCatalog
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Catalog Tree
Icons identify data type

• Detailed information
• Path
• Folders
• Files
• Type of datasource
• Feature type
• Databaseconnections
• Access tocoordinate systems

ArcCatalog
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Contents Panel

• View data in unique ways
• Contents tab
• Preview tab
• Metadata tab

Contents panel
ArcCatalog
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Contents Tab

• Large icons

• Details

• List

ArcCatalog
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Contents Tab

• Thumbnail View
• Layers
• Maps

ArcCatalog
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Preview Tab

• Geography or Table view
• Choose from pull-down menue
• Explore data

ArcCatalog
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Metadata Information about data

• Types of metadata in ArcCatalog
• Properties
• Documentation
• Create metadata
• Attach from exiting files
• Write with metadata editor

ArcCatalog
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Metadata toolbar
Metadata

• Metadata
• Created and updatedby ArcInfo and the user
• Metadata tab to view
• Availablestylesheets
• XML
• FGDC
• ESRI
• Custom

ArcCatalog
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Metadata

• ESRI Stylesheet
• Types of Information
• Description
• Spatial
• Attributes

ArcCatalog
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Metadata

• Editing metadatadocumentation
• Edit individual fields

ArcCatalog
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ArcMap
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• New Graphical User Interface
• Analysis with ArcMap
• Charts, Statistics, Reports
• Mapping
• New Editing Functionality

ArcMap
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New Graphical User Interface
New Graphical User Interface
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• Menus
• Buttons
• Tools

New Graphical User Interface
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• Tables
• Magnifiers
• Overviews

New Graphical User Interface
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• Table of content

New Graphical User Interface
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Mapping

• Map Tips
• Labeling
• Symbolization

Mapping
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Symbolization
Mapping
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Analysis with ArcMap
Analysis with ArcMap
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Analysis

• Selection
• Buffer
• Overlay

Analysis with ArcMap
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Charts, Statistics, Reports
Charts, Statistics, Reports
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• Charts
• Statistics
• Reports

Charts, Statistics, Reports
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New Editing Functionality
New Editing Functionality
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• Distance-Distance Tool
• Adds a vertex at given distances from two points

Radius 40
Radius 55
New Editing Functionality
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• True curves and parametric geometry (e.g.,
  tangent curves)

Arc Length
Chord
Delta Angle
Radius
Previous segment
Right
New Editing Functionality
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• You can edit
• Geodatabases (SDE)
• Shapefiles
• Coverages

New Editing Functionality
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Conclusion

• ArcInfo 8 - Desktop
• Powerful GIS tools
• Easy to use
• Simple to learn

ArcToolbox, ArcCatalog, ArcMap