1. Brief Comparison of ArcView 3.x and ArcView 8.x Paige Baldassaro Geospatial Applications Designer Geospatial Extension Program Sunday, March 20, 2016 http://www.cnr.vt.edu/geppmb@vt.edu

2. Geospatial Extension Program Partnership with the Virginia Space Grant Consortium and Virginia Cooperative Extension Mission To facilitate the dissemination and to support the appropriate applications of geospatial tools at the local, regional, and state levels through a systematic and coordinated approach.

3. Key Features Same basic functionality as 3.x Separate software modules for organizing files (ArcCatalog), accessing tools (ArcToolbox) and working with data (ArcMap) “Projection-on-the-Fly” Direct GPS upload for certain GPS units via third party modules (GPSi) Direct read of more data formats Can import 3.x project files and legend files

4. Drawbacks of 8.x Completely different interface 3 pieces of software to learn Feature overload (common with commercial software packages, i.e. Microsoft ® Word) Old scripting language not supported Expensive $1,500 v’s $1,195 (commercial price)

5. Terminology Project files (*.apr) become map documents (*.mxd) Projects become maps Views become data frames This particular terminology is most confusing

6. Interface No more project window Table of Contents Display view Source view Map Display Toolbars

7. Extensions Many extensions are now included directly into ArcMap Originally separated due to hardware limitations Provides the direct read of many data formats discussed previously Located in Tools → Extensions

8. Importing Simple to do, but it has been known to cause problems. Primarily, can’t import all 3.x views Import 3.x project files (*.apr) Import 3.x legend files (*.avl)

9. Specific Annoying Things You Can’t do in 8.x Alter the path names in the project file Save multiple views Easily export a legend file Layouts don’t automatically have all the information entered

10. How to Get Around the Project File Problem Modifying the project file’s path names in ArcView 3.x was annoying in itself. ArcMap allows the storing of relative path names, which alleviates some of this problem. Use “Set Data Source” to find lost layers or simply remove and re-add the lost layer.

11. How to Get Around the Legend Problem Can import legends from old 3.x legend files or 8.x layers. Layer files (*.lyr) save all settings Sample scripts for raster data

12. How to Get Around the Multiple View Problem Spatial Bookmarks Can’t choose which layers are visible for each bookmark Can use visible extents Layout Manager Difficult to setup, but easy to use once you do

13. How to Get Around the Layout Elements Problem Have to add each element to a layout Save one layout as a template to use for other layouts if applicable

14. A Useful Resource Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Getting to Know series Includes a “Getting to Know ArcView GIS 3.x”

15. Alternative software ArcReader & ArcExplorer Limited use No cost

16. ArcReader Allows anyone to view, explore, and print published map files (PMFs). Designed for viewing and sharing maps that access a wide variety of dynamic geographic data (from ESRI’s Website) Data exploration is limited. Still need at least one copy of ArcView (plus and extension) to create the maps.

17. ArcExplorer Lightweight GIS data viewer developed by ESRI. Easy way to perform basic GIS functions: display, query, and data retrieval applications Supports a wide variety of standard data sources (from ESRI’s Website). Included on your CD ArcExplorer_401java_JRE.zip

18. Any Questions? John McGee Geospatial Extension Specialist 210E Cheatham Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA, 24061 jmcg@vt.edu 540-231-2428 jmcg@vt.edu Paige Baldassaro Geospatial Applications Developer 216D Cheatham Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA, 24061 pmb@vt.edu 540-231-5525 pmb@vt.edu http://www.cnr.vt.edu/gep