Learning ArcGIS Pro

Tripp Corbin, GISP

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781785284496
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Informatica
• Subtopic: Sviluppo di applicazioni

Create, analyze, maintain, and share 2D and 3D maps with the powerful tools of ArcGIS Pro

About This Book

• Visualize GIS data in 2D and 3D maps
• Create GIS projects for quick and easy access to data, maps, and analysis tools
• A practical guide that helps to import maps, globes, and scenes from ArcMap, ArcScene, or ArcGlobe

Who This Book Is For

This book is for anyone wishing to learn how ArcGIS Pro can be used to create maps and perform geospatial analysis. It will be especially helpful for those that have used ArcMap and ArcCatalog in the past and are looking to migrate to Esri's newest desktop GIS solution. Though previous GIS experience is not required, you must have a solid foundation using Microsoft Windows. It is also helpful if you understand how to manage folders and files within the Microsoft Windows environment.

What You Will Learn

• Install ArcGIS Pro and assign Licenses to users in your organization
• Navigate and use the ArcGIS Pro ribbon interface to create maps and perform analysis
• Create and manage ArcGIS Pro GIS Projects
• Create 2D and 3D maps to visualize and analyze data
• Author map layouts using cartographic tools and best practices to show off the results of your analysis and maps
• Import existing map documents, scenes, and globes into your new ArcGIS Pro projects quickly
• Create standardized workflows using Tasks
• Automate analysis and processes using ModelBuilder and Python

In Detail

ArcGIS Pro is Esri's newest desktop GIS application with powerful tools for visualizing, maintaining, and analyzing data. ArcGIS Pro makes use of the modern ribbon interface and 64-bit processing to increase the speed and efficiency of using GIS. It allows users to create amazing maps in both 2D and 3D quickly and easily.

This book will take you from software installation to performing geospatial analysis. It is packed with how-to's for a host of commonly-performed tasks. You will start by learning how to download and install the software including hardware limitations and recommendations. Then you are exposed to the new Ribbon interface and how its smart design can make finding tools easier.

After you are exposed to the new interface, you are walked through the steps to create a new GIS Project to provide quick access to project resources. With a project created, you will learn how to construct 2D and 3D maps including how to add layers, adjust symbology, and control labeling. Next you will learn how to access and use analysis tools to help you answer real-world questions.

Lastly, you will learn how processes can be automated and standardized in ArcGIS Pro using Tasks, Models, and Python Scripts.

This book will provide an invaluable resource for all those seeking to use ArcGIS Pro as their primary GIS application or for those looking to migrate from ArcMap and ArcCatalog.

Style and approach

This book includes detailed explanations of the GIS functionality and workflows in ArcGIS Pro. These are supported by easy-to-follow exercises that will help you gain an understanding of how to use ArcGIS Pro to perform a range of tasks.

Learning ArcGIS Pro

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Table of Contents

Learning ArcGIS Pro

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more

Why subscribe?

Free access for Packt account holders

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the exercise data

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Introducing ArcGIS Pro

Installing ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Pro minimum system requirements

Operating system requirements

Hardware requirements

Other software requirements

Recommendations from the author

Downloading the install files

Installing ArcGIS Pro

Conducting a silent install for IT departments

Managing and assigning ArcGIS Pro licenses

The number and level of ArcGIS Pro licenses

Managing ArcGIS Pro licenses

Launching ArcGIS Pro

Downloading and installing exercise data

Opening an existing ArcGIS Pro project

Summary

2. Using ArcGIS Pro – Navigating through the Interface

Understanding the new interface terminology

The ArcGIS Pro interface terminology

Using the interface

Navigating the ribbon

The PROJECT tab

New

Save

Save As

Portal

Licensing

Options

The MAP tab

The Navigate group

The Explore tool

The Bookmarks tool

The Layer group

The Add Data tool

The Add Preset tool

The Selection group

The Select tool

The Select By Attributes tool

The Select By Location tool

The Inquiry group

The Infographics tool

The Measure tool

The Locate tool

Exercise 2A – working with the MAP tab

Step 1 – opening a project

Step 2 – navigating in the map

Step 3 – using the Infographics tool (optional)

Contextual tabs

The FEATURE LAYER contextual tab

The APPEARANCE tab

The LABELING tab

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

Summary

3. Creating and Working with ArcGIS Pro Projects

Working with an ArcGIS Pro project

Understanding project terminology

A project item

A portal item

A project package

The home folder

The default geodatabase

Using the Project pane

Exercise 3A – using the Project pane

Step 1 – open and save a project

Step 2 – navigating in the Project pane

Step 3 – adding a database connection

Step 4 – adjusting the layers

Step 5 – connecting to ArcGIS server

Creating a new project and project templates

Creating a new project with Esri templates

Exercise 3B – 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

Custom project templates

Exercise 3C – creating a custom project template

Step 1 – create 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

Summary

4. Creating 2D Maps

Creating and configuring 2D maps

Creating a new map

Exercise 4A – adding and configuring layers in a map

Step 1 – creating the project

Step 2 – adding layers

Exercise 4B – adding a new map to a project

Step 1 – creating the new map

Step 2 – filtering a layer with a definition query

Step 3 – adding annotation to the map

Exercise 4C – 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

Step 4 – configuring label conflict and placement options

Challenge

Summary

5. Creating 3D Maps

3D maps

Exercise 5A – creating a simple 3D scene

Step 1 – creating a project and 3D scene

Step 2 – adding a layer

Step 3 – making a layer 3D

Elevations

Ground elevations

Digital Elevation Models

Triangulated Irregular Networks

Extruding features

Other methods to display 3D data

Exercise 5B – creating a local scene

Step 1 – open a project and add a local scene

Step 2 – setting the ground surface

Step 3 – adding layers and setting symbology

Summary

6. Creating a Layout

Things you need to consider when designing a layout

Purpose

The audience

The author's story: A

The author's story: B

A situation

Creating a layout in ArcGIS Pro

Exercise 6A – creating a simple layout

Step 1 – open ArcGIS Pro and your project

Step 2 – adding a new blank layout

Step 3 – displaying the desired area

Step 4 – adding other elements

Challenge

Exercise 6B – creating and using a layout template

Step 1 – saving a template file

Step 2 – creating a new layout using a layout file

Step 3 – configuring a new layout

The challenge

Summary

7. Editing Spatial and Tabular Data

Editable data formats

Data formats – editable or not

How to know what format data is in

How to edit data using ArcGIS Pro

How to start editing features and attributes

Preparing to edit

The EDIT tab

Creating new features

Feature templates

Exercise 7A – 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 – update attributes

Challenge

Step 5 – drawing the manholes

Step 6 – adding the roads

Challenge

Editing your schema

Adding a field ...