CFR 250/590 Introduction to GIS, Autumn 1999 View Basics © Phil Hurvitz, 1999-2000intro.ppt 1 Overview Getting data into ArcView Displaying themes Theme

© Phil Hurvitz, 1999-2000

CFR 250/590 Introduction to GIS, Autumn 1999

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View Basics

• Overview

• Getting data into ArcView

• Displaying themes

• Theme display properties_



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• Getting data into ArcView

• Theme feature types

• Spatial data sources for themes

• Additional data sources for themes

• Creating a view

• Adding a feature theme to a view

• Adding an image theme to a view

• Adding a theme from x,y coordinates

• Theme tables

• Saving a project

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• Getting data into ArcView• Theme feature types

• points (e.g., wells, utility poles, bird nests),

• lines (e.g., roads, streams, utility lines),

• polygons (e.g., cities, forest stands, sections, counties),

• images (photographic, satellite, raster grids)

Each different feature type is represented with different symbology._



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• Getting data into ArcView• Spatial data sources for themes

• ArcView shapefiles

• ARC/INFO coverages

• ARC/INFO map librarian or ArcStorm database libraries

• computer aided design (CAD) files

• Spatial Database Engine (SDE) connections_



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• Getting data into ArcView• Additional raster data sources for themes

• ERDAS Imagine• Generic image formats

• BSQ (band sequential), • BIL (band interleave by line), and • BIP (band interleave by pixel)

• Sun raster files• BMP• Run-length compressed (RLC) files• JPEG compressed images• ARC/INFO's image catalogue• ARC/INFO grid• Generic raster (ASCII, binary)• USGS digital elevation model (DEM)

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• Getting data into ArcView• Additional tabular data sources for themes

• SQL database queries

• dBASE tables

• INFO tables

• Comma or tab delimited ASCII files_



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• Getting data into ArcView• Creating a view



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• Getting data into ArcView• Creating a view



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• Getting data into ArcView• Adding a feature theme to a view



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• Getting data into ArcView• Adding an image theme to a view



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• Getting data into ArcView• Adding a theme from x,y coordinates



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• Getting data into ArcView• Theme tables

ShapeGeometry fields

Identification fieldsUser attribute fields

Entity fields



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• Getting data into ArcView• Saving a project

“Save EARLY and OFTEN”_



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• Displaying themes• Why alter theme display?• What do you want to communicate?



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single symbol

• Displaying themes• Thematic mapping



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unique value




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graduated color




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chart symbol




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dot density




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graduated symbol




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natural breaks

• Displaying themes• Classification methods



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quantile




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equal interval




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equal area




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standard deviation




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• Displaying themes• Normalization of data

• percentage or proportion

population



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population / area (density)

• Displaying themes• Normalization of data

• percentage or proportion



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• Displaying themes• Manipulating classes

10 classes



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3 classes with custom labels

• Displaying themes• Manipulating classes



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• Displaying themes• Altering legends



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• Displaying themes• Changing symbols

fill palate

changes solid fill symbols



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pen palate


changes line symbols



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marker palate


changes point marker symbols



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font palate


changes solid fonts



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color palate


changes colors of• foreground,• background,• outline, and • text



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palate manager


loads, saves, manages allpalettes



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• Defining theme properties

• Defining theme subsets

• Setting scale thresholds

• Labeling theme features

• Locking theme properties_



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• Defining theme properties• Defining theme subsets



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• Defining theme properties• Setting scale thresholds



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• Defining theme properties• Labeling theme features



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• Defining theme properties• Locking theme properties

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CFR 250/590 Introduction to GIS, Autumn 1999 View Basics © Phil Hurvitz, 1999-2000intro.ppt 1 Overview Getting data into ArcView Displaying themes Theme