Exercise 1: ArcView Basics

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Exercise 1 ArcView Basics

• Getting started with ArcView
• Exploring data in ArcView
• Changing the way data is displayed
• Handout and data at http//biogeo.berkeley.edu/gis
  /mvzgiscourse.htm

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Basic ArcView
Project Window
Legend (Table of Contents)
View Window
Layer (Theme)
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Exploring data
Geographic Feature
Attributes
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File types in ArcView

• Project .apr (points to the data and saves
  settings)
• Shapefiles .shp, .shx, .dbf(optional)
  .sbn, .sbx, .ain, .aix, .prj
• Legend .avl
• More to come

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Shapefiles

• One of the most used GIS database formats
• Point, line or polygon (Vector)
• Attribute table with data associated with each
  feature

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Exercise 2a Vector data

• Querying data
• Creating a new theme from a selection
• Editing tables
• Creating a new shapefile

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Spatial Data

• Vector points, lines and polygons
• Raster grids and images