Training Course

ArcGIS Desktop Introduction

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2 Days

Course Overview

This two-day ArcGIS training course is aimed at those who are new to the ArcGIS Desktop software (or to GIS), or those at a novice level. Through a combination of tutor led teaching and hands-on exercises it aims to give users confidence to use the power of GIS and ArcGIS to display, manipulate and analyse information geographically, with the result that they are able to make more informed decisions.

Day 1 covers basic data manipulation and presentation - it will show you how to use and create Map Documents and Layers in ArcMap, and how to make best use of the Catalog. You will also learn different ways of interacting with features on the map, how to define and save symbols for features, and how to present data in a layout.

Day 2 covers basic data analysis, editing and importing - it will show you how to write a query to select specific features; how to bring in data from an external source such as Excel; how to set up an attribute join to visualise such data on the map; how to create shapefiles and geodatabases; how to edit existing map features and create new ones using the edit toolbar.

Course Prerequisites

    • The course is based on the ArcGIS Desktop Basic licence without extensions.
    • Delegates must be confident in the use of the Windows operating system functions such as copying, deleting & moving files, navigating to a file or folder, use of Mouse and Keyboard.

Included with this course

    • Comprehensive course materials and exercises

Course Content

  • DAY 1

    Introduction to GIS
    Basic GIS concepts
    Coordinate systems
    Data types and possible sources
    Introduction to ArcGIS
    ESRI data formats
    Getting Your Bearings
    Getting started with ArcMap
    Menus and toolbars
    Accessing help
    Using the Catalog
    Table of contents
    Map navigation tools
    Data views & layout views
    Layer files and map documents
    Layer properties
    Interacting with the Map
    Map Tools - Identify, HTML PopUp, Find
    Measure Tool
    Spatial Bookmarks
    Select Features Tool
    Working with Map Layers
    Types of layer
    Setting scale dependency
    Data sources and repair of broken links
    Setting symbology
    Symbology with categories
    Symbology with quantities
    Saving and importing symbology
    Adding labels and text to the map
    Presenting Your Data
    Introduction to the layout view
    Layout toolbar
    Changing layout style
    Adding layout components
    Using data frame properties
    Adding an extent indicator
    Previewing, printing & exporting
    Layout templates

  • DAY 2

    DAY 2
    Selections and Queries
    Selecting features by attributes
    Selection features by location
    Creating selection layers
    Selection context menu
    Mapping Existing Data
    Creating points from x,y values
    Coordinate transformations
    Joining and relating tables
    Working with Excel data
    Postcode geocoding
    Creating and Editing Data
    introduction to editing
    Feature templates
    Editing toolbar
    Constructing features
    Snapping
    Modifying features
    Creating a new shapefile
    Working with Attributes
    Sorting and reordering
    Adding new attribute fields
    Field calculator (basics)
    Summary statistics
    Spatial join
    Exporting data

 

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