What's new in ESRI ArcGIS 10 Desktop

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Overview of What’s new in ESRI ArcGIS 10 Desktop

Access to ArcGIS 10Data ManagementMapping and VisualizationGeoprocessing and AnalysisArcGIS ExtensionsFor more informationQ&A

Access to ArcGIS 10

For Educational use by the MIT Community

Download ArcGIS 10 and ESRI Data and Maps– https://downloads.mit.edu/vsls/esri

MIT web certificates required

Installation Instructions:– http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/software/arcgis_install10

Borrow/Return licenses

So you can work offlineLimit of up to 60 days

Mapping and Visualization

Introduced by Jennie Murack

Basemaps•It is easy to add Basemaps to your map by clicking the “Add Data” button. Previously basemaps were added using File > Add Data From Resource Center.

•Basemaps are updated regularly and include maps from Open Street Map and Bing Maps.

Example Basemaps from ESRI

DockingAll windows can be docked to any side of the screen and pinned to the side of the display as a tab.

Catalog Window

The catalog window can be displayed in ArcMap, making it easier to browse data or drag it to the map.

Map Packages

•A map package contains a map document (.mxd) and the data referenced by the layers it contains, packaged into one convenient, portable file.

Example uses:• package all files associated with your project so they are portable for use on multiple computers.

• make it easy to share complete map documents with others

• create an archive of a particular map that contains a snapshot of the current state of the data used in the map.

•Data can be read by ArcGIS or extracted/unzipped from a .mpk with a tool like 7zip

Map Package example

ma_towns.dbfma_towns.prjma_towns.sbnma_towns.sbxma_towns.shpma_towns.shp.xmlma_towns.shxMassachusettsTowns.mxd

MA_Towns.mpk

Find at: File -> Create Map Package

New selection tools

You can select areas on the map using shapes other than rectangles, such as polygons, lassos, circles and lines.

Data Management

Introduced by Heather McCann

Tables• Tables open in multiple tabs on same window 

Tables

Field Calculator• Use VB script or Python. VBA is no longer supported. 

Validate joins before executing

Editing a shapefile• Launch edit mode via Edit toolbar or by right clicking on a layer 

Projections and coordinate systems• ArcMap 10 adds new definitions for datum transformations and coordinate systems• Software now supports the Berghaus Star projection 

Image from  http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dbertuca/maps/cat/map‐projections.html

Metadata

• ArcCatalog is listed as a tab on the side of the ArcMapinterface, allowing you to access the metadata with one click.

• A new screen called the item description gives easy access to the title, summary, description, tags and credits for the data layer, plus a preview thumbnail of the dataset

Geoprocessing and Analysis

Introduced by Anne Graham

GeoProcessing Tools

How to find tools: • Search using the Search window.

• Browse using the Catalogor ArcToolbox window.

• On menus and toolbars (add tools to any menu or toolbar)

Background Processing

• Geoprocessing in background 

• You continue working with the application (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcScene or ArcGlobe)

Python

• ArcGIS installs Python version 2.6.•Python window replaces Command Line window. 

New and improved tools

• Analysis toolbox• Cartography toolbox• Conversion toolbox• Data Management toolbox• Editing toolbox (New)• Geocoding toolbox

ModelBuilder

ArcGIS Extensions and more

Introduced by Lisa Sweeney

Themes: – Enhancements with 3D– Simplifying toolbars/ enhancing ArcToolbox– Increased number of file formats supported

Image Classification

3D editing

ArcGlobe and ArcScene editing tools enable the creation and maintenance of z-aware GIS features

Includes options: parallel, perpendicular, duplicate vertical, and absolute XYZ

New geoprocessing tools added to 3D analyst

Add Z InformationRaster To MultipointTerrain To PointsFeature To 3D By AttributeLocate OutliersConstruct Sight LinesAdd Surface InformationSurface AspectSurface ContourSurface DifferenceSurface SlopeDifference 3D

Inside 3DIntersect 3DIntersect 3D Line With MultipatchIs Closed 3DNear 3DUnion 3DChange Terrain Resolution BoundsSkylineSkyline BarrierSkyline GraphAppend Terrain PointsDelete Terrain PointsReplace Terrain PointsCopy TINLandXML To TIN

3D vector feature analysis3D Boolean operators added– Intersect 3D, Union 3D, and Inside 3D

geoprocessing tools enhanced to work better with 3D– Select by Location dialog box uses 3D distances– multipatch objects can participate in the Line Of Sight

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interactively measure in 3D: – distance along a surface– height of 3D object– distance between two points in 3D

Support for 3D connectivity has been added to networkdatasets.

Toolbars for Spatial Analyst and 3D analyst simplified.

Functionality moved to ArcToolbox

Editor ToolbarTable Of Contents Window

Catalog WindowSearch Window

ArcToolbox WindowPython Window

ModelBuilder Window

Shortcuts on main menu

Search

Conversions

KML (input/output)CAD (DWG, DXF, DGN) (input/output)WFS (Web Feature Service) to Feature ClassCollada (3D models)– (supported in Google Earth 3D warehouse)

… more

Save Maps as: EMF, EPS, AI, JPG, SVG, PDF, BMP, TIF, PNG, GIF

For More InformationWhat’s new in ArcGIS 10 by ESRI:•http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/A_quick_tour_of_what_s_new_in_ArcGIS_10/

ArcGIS Resource Center: help systems, samples, templates, blogs, forums, and technical articles• http://resources.arcgis.com

ESRI Virtual Campus classes (available through the MIT ESRI site license):• http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/esrivc.html

Questions:• gishelp@mit.edu