Lecture 2

Introduction to ArcGIS

ArcGIS – family of software products Company name: ESRI Software family: ArcGIS

Software products ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo

Applications in each product ArcMap ArcCatalog ArcEditor

ArcGIS – family of software products Three software products

PRODUCT COST FUNCTIONALITY ArcView $ Basic ArcEditor $$ More ArcInfo $$$ A lot more

Three applications make up each product ArcMap – Create, edit, and analyze maps ArcCatalog – Browse and manage GIS data ArcToolbox – Perform analysis and data

conversions

ArcMap Query and analyze map data Set colors and symbols of layers Make maps Edit layers

ArcCatalog Browse GIS data Like the Windows

Explorer Create layers,

tables, fields

ArcToolbox

Data conversion Projection (Analysis)

Demo Start ArcCatalog, navigate to a folder of GIS data

Geodatabase and shapefile formats Point, line, and polygon feature classes Raster data

Start ArcMap and drag some layers to ArcMap Tools toolbar

Zoom in, pan Full Extent

Open table, see attributes, sort Label a layer, change attribute Colors Classification

Start ArcToolbox Perform a data conversions

ArcGlobe demo Firestorm