Lecture 3 Interacting with Data

Review -Key Terms Layer Shortcut (context) menu Attribute Feature class Symbology Display scale

Review Questions 1. It is a best practice to activate the Select Elements tool whenever you finish using a tool. True/false? 2. When a map is set at the display scale of 1:24,000, it becomes invisible if you zoom out of it. True/false?

Review Questions 3. Two map layers with different names can have the same data source. True/false? 4. When you pause mouse pointer over a map, you can show different type of information by turning on MapTips and changing the field name in Properties/Display/Display Expression. True/false?

Data View All-purpose view Exploring, displaying , and querying geographic data Hides all map elements: titles, north arrow, scale bar

Layout View A view that shows virtual page Virtual page on which geographic data and map elements are placed and arranged for printing Map elements displayed: titles, north arrow, scale bar

Data Frame Map elements that define a graphic extent, a page extent, a coordinate system, and other display properties for one or more layers. A dataset can be represented in one or more data frames. In data view, only one data frame is displayed at a time In layout view, all of a map’s data frames are displayed at the same time

Ex 4a ArcCatalog option: file format, file extension Connect to folder Geodatabase: store feature classes Contents: Large icons, List, Details, Thumbnails Preview: Table and Geography; Identify tool Description: tags, summary, credit

Ex 4b Adding data to a map: Drag from ArcCatalog to ArcMap Add Search

Ex 4C Repair data source: relative data path Add new data frame Activate data frame Switch between layout view and data view Copy/paste and remove layers

Lab Assignment 2 Complete Ex 4C Display the map as shown on Page 118 Add your name and email address under the title of Air Pollution Study Export the map as PDF (FILE/EXPORT MAP) Email this PDF to the instructor

LAB Assignment 1 Complete Ex 3d Use Alt-Print Screen or Snipping tool to Copy the statistics report of Cities shown on Page 77 Paste to a Word docx file Email this word file to the instructor

Software and Training Installation Guide: ArcGIS trial version ESRI Unlimited E-Learning: Global account