In course, you will acquire both theoretical and practical intermediate skills in the manipulation and management of spatial data, as well as the understanding of relationships between features and database attributes. In addition, learners will practice the management of data files, creating new data, and analyzing spatial data to work to generate answers to questions.

Note: Course concepts apply to ArcGIS 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6. Esri will provide ArcGIS 10.6 software for use during class.

Goals

Organize, create, and edit geographic data. Work with tabular data

Understanding Cartographic principles symbolize, and label map layers, Design map Layout.

Evaluate GIS data for analysis, organize and solve spatial problems.

ShareUnderstand the cartographic design concepts, maps and analysis results.

Who should attend?

Refreshing ArcGIS Skills
Intermediate ArcGIS Users

Suggestion

Completion of ArcGIS: Basic or equivalent knowledge is required.

Delegates must not attend ArcGIS Standard if they have completed the following courses:

ArcGIS I, ArcGIS II, Editing Data with ArcGIS for Desktop or Designing Maps with ArcGIS.

Software

Esri will provide the following software to use during class:

ArcGIS Desktop 10.5 (Basic, Standard or Advanced)
ArcGIS Online

Outline

ArcGIS Standard

Registered unit standards:

Apply basic Geographic Information System (GIS) vector software functions (SAQA US ID: 116819 (Level 4 / Credits 2)

Demonstrate an understanding of different visual variables used on maps (SAQA US ID: 258654 (Level 6 / Credits 4)

Day 1
1. Integrating data

Where does data come from?

Layers and data

Commonly used data in ArcGIS

Getting data into the geodatabase

Exercise: Integrate and organize GIS data

2. Basic editing workflow

ArcGIS for Desktop editing workflow

Steps in the editing workflow

Exercise: Implement the editing workflow

3. Preparing to edit

Overview: Preparing to edit

Data storage and coordinate system

Georeferencing rasters

Enabling editor tracking

Exercise: Assemble and prepare data

Author a map

Evaluate a map for editing

Setting ArcMap properties for editing

Editing maps and apps

Sharing maps and layers

Map and layer packages

Creating a map package

Sharing as a package workflow

Exercise: Author a map for editing

Exercise: Apply the editing workflow

Day 2
4. Editing geometry

Challenges in editing geometry

Controlling features during editing

Editing shared features

Maintaining coincidence

Exercise: Create and modify features

5. Editing attributes

Features are geometry plus attributes

Assigning attributes

Attribute domains

Field calculations

Choose an attribute assignment method

Exercise: Apply methods for assigning attributes

6. Displaying data

Why symbolize your data?

Displaying data categories

Displaying data quantities

Types of attributes

Differentiate between categories and quantities

Classifying data

Normalizing data

Exercise: Symbolize GIS Data

Day 3
7. Working with tabular data

Working with tables

Exercise: Explore tables and attributes

Table relationships

Types of table relationships.

Working with table relationships

Exercise: Join and relate tables

8. Evaluating data for analysis

Evaluating data quality

Errors in GIS data

Currency and credibility

Completeness

Consistency

Accuracy

Aligning geographic data

Discovering error

Exercise: Evaluate data quality

9. Solving spatial problems

What are spatial problems?

Using geoprocessing tools for analysis

Analysis through geoprocessing

Buffer

Clip

Intersect

Union

Merge

Spatial join Using geoprocessing tools for analysis

The spatial analysis workflow

Exercise: Apply the analysis process

Day 4
10. The cartographic planning processes

The cartographic workflow.

What decisions do you make when planning to create a map?

How will your map be used?

What data will you use?

How will you symbolize your data?

How will you design your map layout?

How will you publish your map?

What types of maps will you create?

Exercise: Plan your map

11. Evaluating data

The cartographic workflow: Evaluating data

Does your data support cartography?

Evaluating geometry and attributes

Evaluating a map scale

Simplifying your data

Organizing your data

Selecting a projected coordinate system

Coordinate systems for web maps

Exercise: Explore and organize data

Exercise: Organize data for a map

12. Cartographic design concepts

The communication channels

How are these map designs different?

Reference and thematic maps

Controlling visual weight

Examples of visual weight

Using contrast to enhance legibility

Examples of contrast

Building levels of visual information

Focus and balance

Examples of focus and balance

Working with colour

Components of colour

Specifying colour

Using visual variables to design map symbols

Designing symbols to create categories

Designing symbols to show quantities

Designing colour schemes

Design considerations for print and web

13. Sharing geographic information

Creating models with ArcGIS

Sharing geographic information

Choose a sharing method

Exercise: Build and run a model

Sharing a geoprocessing package

Exercise: Share geographic information

Day 5:
14. Summative assessment (4 hours)
14. Submission of formative assessments and homework

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