ArcGIS OnlinePeng Gao
Online mapping is one of the hot topics in the GIS community
ArcGIS Online is the online version of ArcGIS
What is ArcGIS Online?
https://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html
Create interactive web maps
Share maps on the internet
Access content shared by other users
Make maps with Esri Maps for MS Office
What is NEW?
Access over 100,000 maps and data for your research / projects / presentations
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It is FREE!!
Why ArcGIS Online?
Create interactive web maps
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Select a “Basemap” as the backdrop of your map
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Add actual layers from:
Files from your computers
Files on the web
Shape files, Google Earth files (KML), GPS point files (GPX), text files
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Manage layers
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Choose map symbols
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Edit features and attributes
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Measure location distance area
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Show changes over time in a movie-like display
Create editable layers
Either the map maker or anybody viewing the map can edit it on the web
This is useful when you want inputs from others (Volunteered Geographic Information)
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ArcGIS Online security settings
Private
Organizations
Everyone (public)
Share maps on the internet
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Sharing your maps via
ArcGIS Online
Emails, blogs, web sites, social medias
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A short URL pointing to your map
Search maps through:
Your organization
ArcGIS Online
A GIS server
The web
Access content shared by other users
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Esri Maps for Office is an Add-in for MS Office that let you create interactive maps of your data directly inside Excel
Download
http://www.esri.com/software/esri-maps-for-office/download
Esri Maps for Office
http://www.esri.com/software/esri-maps-for-office/features
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Choose a basemap
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Choose a basemap through
“Basemap”
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Esri Maps for MS Office can transfer location information into features: Zipcodes -> polygons
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Select symbols
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Personal and organizational accounts (https://www.arcgis.com/home/signin.html)
Access ArcGIS Online anywhere through web browsers and mobile devices (https://www.arcgis.com/)
How can you access ArcGIS Online?
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Thanks!