Welcome to DEP

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Welcome to DEPs GIS Workshop Series

• Workshop 3
• Introduction to ArcGIS Desktop

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• What is ArcGIS Desktop?
• ArcGIS Desktop is a suite of GIS software
  products used in DEP.
• The components are
• ArcCatalog
• ArcMap
• ArcToolbox
• Extensions

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• Although each product serves a unique purpose,
  there is a great deal of overlap among them. For
  example
• ArcToolbox can be opened and utilized in both
  ArcCatalog and ArcMap
• Both ArcCatalog and ArcMap can display GIS data
  and table data
• Extensions can be activated in either ArcCatalog
  or ArcMap

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• ArcCatalog
• Acts as ArcGIS Desktop Manager
• Searches For, Organizes, Creates and Displays
  Spatial Data
• Creates, Edits and Displays Metadata
• Can be used concurrently with ArcMap to drag and
  drop GIS files into your ArcMap document

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• ArcCatalog Interface

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• Class Exercise
• Open ArcCatalog
• Navigate to Database Connections
• Double click on 10.18.8.60.depgis_at_depview_dc.sde
• Single click on depgis.DEP.DEP_Property
• Just above your map view, click the Preview tab.
• At the bottom of your map view, choose Table
  rather than Geography
• Choose the Metadata tab to view metadata.

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• ArcMap
• Workhorse of GIS Product Suite
• Replaces ArcView 3
• Used to view, edit, and analyze spatial data
• Has many cartographic features to create simple
  or complex maps
• Can customize the display of your data

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• ArcMap Interface

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• Class Exercise
• From ArcCatalog, navigate to C\ArcGIS_Training\Cl
  ass3\
• Double click on Class3_Doc1.mxd
• What data is in your Table of Contents?
• Where is your Tools toolbar located?

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• ArcToolbox
• Has advanced analysis and geoprocessing tools
• Creates, manipulates, and edits both spatial data
  and table data
• Can be used in either ArcCatalog or ArcMap

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• ArcToolbox Interface

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• Class Exercise
• From ArcCatalog or ArcMap, single click on the
  red toolbox.
• Scroll down to Data Management and expand this
  category.
• Click on General. What tools are available to
  you?
• To expand all the tools in one category, hold
  down the Control key while you click.

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• Extensions
• Add-on programs purchased separately
• Are designed to do specific spatial tasks related
  to a type of feature class or a theme
• In DEP, we have the following extensions
• Spatial Analyst
• 3D Analyst
• ArcScan
• Network Analyst
• Publisher
• Pictometry

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• Spatial Analyst
• Raster-based spatial modeling and analysis
• Terrain analysis
• Surface modeling
• Surface interpolation
• Statistical analysis

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• Example of Spatial Analyst

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• 3D Analyst
• Allows you to visualize and analyze surface data
• View a surface from multiple viewpoints
• Determine what is visible from a location
• Perform three-dimensional navigation

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• Example of 3D Analyst

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• ArcScan
• Provides easy-to-use tools to convert a raster
  (image) to vector data (features)
• Automate the conversion of scanned paper maps to
  vector form
• Eliminate need to digitize by hand from rasters
• Easily clean up scanned maps

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• Example of ArcScan

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• Network Analyst
• Provides network-based analysis such as routing,
  travel directions, closest facility and service
  area analysis
• Drive-time analysis
• Point to point routing
• Route directions
• Shortest path
• Optimum route
• Closest facility

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• Example of Network Analyst

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• ArcGIS Publisher
• Provides capability to share and distribute your
  maps AND GIS data at no cost.
• Publishes maps that can be viewed with any ArcGIS
  Desktop product
• Creates a .pmf file that contains your spatial
  data and layer files
• Easy to create

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• ArcGIS Publisher Interface

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• Class Exercise
• From ArcMap, choose Tools, Extensions.
• Check the Spatial Analyst extension and click
  Close.
• Right click anywhere in the toolbar area at the
  top of your screen. Choose the Spatial Analyst
  toolbar.

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• SUMMARY
• ArcGIS Desktop is a powerful GIS tool for viewing
  and analyzing spatial data.
• ArcGIS is a complex tool, so
• remember that you must use this software often so
  that you do not forget how to use it!

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End of Workshop 3