Welcome to week one of my GIS Odyssey. The first lab of the introductory class is now behind me. It is a simple overview of ArcGIS by creating a World Map highlighting the countries of the world based on population. In this introductory lab which is wonderfully spelled out for the first time ArcGIS user such as myself I was able to become familiar with the basic tools of the program. Below is a summary of my process. What it doesn't show you is all the bad mouse clicks, drags, wrong double clicks, highlighting of the wrong window and many hours of OCD that goes into creating what looks like a simple map. It wasn't that difficult looking back at it. Time consuming sure, but most definitely neat and I cant wait to see more in depth applications of this tool.
Process Summary used in ArcMAP
1.
Open ArcMap and select blank map. Or reselect “recent
map” when returning later.
2.
Unzip this weeks lab data on my S: Drive.
3.
Map the S: Drive. (This shouldn’t have to be
repeated for subsequent labs.)
4.
Open this weeks lab data in ArcMAP from the S:
Drive.
5.
Review the Cities and World Populations layers
in accordance with the lab instructions.
6.
Learned lab terminology while answering map
specific questions related to various tools.
7.
Go to “Properties” associated with your layers.
o
Use the Quantities feature to highlight the bulk
of the data for this weeks lab.
o
Adjust numerical data, colors, and names as
needed.
8.
Adjust map location on screen using the Pan tool
9.
Swap to layout view and add overlay data
o
Title, Legend, Created by/source/date, scale,
and compass rose
10.
Export in accordance with introductory
instructions
o
S: Drive, H: Drive, personal C: Drive
11.
Finish deliverables and submit to appropriate
drop box. Don’t forget the blog.
A note: Hopefully as I figure out more about this blogs layout I will be able to make them look more and more cool. Thank you.
Respectfully,
Brandon
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