LAB PRACTICUM FOUR

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LAB PRACTICUM FOUR

• CHARTS AND LAYOUTS

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Stated Problem

• You are a GIS analyst for the County Commission
  for Hamilton County, Tennessee (HCC). Your task
  is to provide a simple document (layout) for the
  Hamilton County School District (HCSD). This
  document is going to be used to demonstrate a use
  of a Geographic Information Science (GIS) system
  for data presentation in the Middle Schools of
  the county.
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• Objectives of the Layout
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• Portray A State outline, with county boundaries,
  of the State of Tennessee. Include a scale bar
  and a north arrow.
• Portray Hamilton County as a highlight.
• Provide the county area and the population
  density as a sub-title.
• Display the age distribution as a column graph.
• Display the marital data as a pie chart.
• Display your credits in a small box (i.e.,
  produced by..).
• Print a copy as proof of your work

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Load the data base
Load the ESRIData, USA, Counties shapefile to
your view. You may, or may not, draw the view.
Make sure it is active.
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Build a query for the State of Tennessee, convert
it to a shapefile, and add it to your view.
If you prefer you may show county outlines for
the entire state.
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Build a query for Hamilton County, convert it to
a shapefile, and add it to your view.
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CONSTRUCT YOUR COLUMN GRAPH
Select your parameters
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CONSTRUCT YOUR COLUMN GRAPH
Chart element properties
Establish your main title, your X and Y axis
titles, and chart colors.
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CONSTRUCT YOUR PIE CHART
Select your parameters
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CONSTRUCT YOUR PIE CHART
Produce the chart
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CONSTRUCT YOUR PIE CHART
Convert to a Pie Chart
Step 1
Step 2
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CONSTRUCT YOUR PIE CHART
Convert to a Pie Chart
Series from Records/Fields
Step 3
Step 4
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CONSTRUCT YOUR PIE CHART
Convert to a Pie Chart
Series from Records/Fields
Create your labels
Step 5
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Build your Layout
Open all elements of your project.
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Build your Layout
Default template
Select your own
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Layout
Your layout should resemble this example. You
may print your final layout on the HP Deskjet
960c. Present your printed copy to the
instructor for credit on this practicum.