Module 1: Exploring a GIS Map
Exercise: Planning a Trip to San Diego
1) Copied data from the R drive to the S drive
and unzipped it
2) Double-clicked tourism.mxd to open in ArcMap
3) Explored the United States data frame
4) Activated San Diego data frame
5) Used Zoom toolbar to approximate scale of 1:60000
6) Saved tourism_BED.mxd to the S drive
3) Explored the United States data frame
4) Activated San Diego data frame
5) Used Zoom toolbar to approximate scale of 1:60000
6) Saved tourism_BED.mxd to the S drive
7) Used bookmark ’San Diego City’ to view
original view again
8) Clicked on Data view
9) Turned on the Hotel layer
10) Viewed the hotels
11) Turned on hotel labels
12) Searched for the Marriot hotels with the Find tool
8) Clicked on Data view
9) Turned on the Hotel layer
10) Viewed the hotels
11) Turned on hotel labels
12) Searched for the Marriot hotels with the Find tool
13) Selected Marriot Hotel and Marina, viewed
flash to see location
14)
Viewed information about hotel using Identify tool
15)
Selected hotel so it would be highlighted for easy viewing
16) Opened Major Attraction attributes table
16) Opened Major Attraction attributes table
17)
Sorted NAME field ascending
18) Selected Seaport Village to highlight and view information
18) Selected Seaport Village to highlight and view information
19)
Used Measure tool to determine distance after zooming in to two selected items
20)
Cleared selections
21) Located Qualcomm Stadium to see closest
Trolley Stop
22)
Selected San Diego Zoo in Major Attraction attribute table
23)
Right-clicked on Major Attraction then left-clicked Selection, then left-clicked
Create Layer
From
Selected Features to save San Diego Zoo as it’s own layer
24) Turned off Major Attraction
24) Turned off Major Attraction
25)
Renamed Major Attractions selection to San Diego Zoo
26)
Selected Zoo icon for new layer
27) Turned off Trolley Stops, Trolley
Lines, and Major Attractions layers
28)
Switched to Map view and zoomed to view I wanted for my map
29) Added name, date, data source
30) Adjusted legend, scale, north arrow, and colors
31) Saved tourism_BED.mxd to the S drive
32) Exported tourism_BED.mxd to the S drive as tourism_BED.jpg
29) Added name, date, data source
30) Adjusted legend, scale, north arrow, and colors
31) Saved tourism_BED.mxd to the S drive
32) Exported tourism_BED.mxd to the S drive as tourism_BED.jpg
Module 1: Using GIS to Solve Problems
Exercise: Find Potential Sites for a Youth Center
1)
Copied data from the R drive to the S drive and unzipped it
2) Double-clicked youthcenter.mxd to open in
ArcMap
3)
Viewed Census Blocks 2000 layer attribute table
4)
Viewed Youth Population layer attribute table
5)
Viewed ones layer attribute table
6)
From Geoprocessing menu selected Union tool
7)
Under Input Features, selected City Zones and Youth Population
8)
Combined the two layers into one zones_Union layer
9)
Verified both fields, LU_ABV and AGE_5_17 are in layer
10)
From Selection menu selected Select By Attributes
11)
Created new selection from requirements
12)
Zoomed to full view
13)
Saved as youthcenter_BED.mxd to S drive
14)
Turned on Available Buildings layer
15)
From Selection menu selected Select By Location
16)
Created new selection from requirements
17)
Clicking the Table of Contents List By Drawing Order button shows there are six
buildings
meeting requirement
18)
Exported selected building to new layer and added to map
19)
Renamed layer Selected Buildings
20)
Switched to Map view and zoomed to view I wanted for my map
21) Added name, date, data source
22) Adjusted legend, scale, north arrow, and colors
23) Saved youthcenter_BED.mxd to the S drive
24) Exported youthcenter_BED.mxd to the S drive as youthcenter_BED.jpg
21) Added name, date, data source
22) Adjusted legend, scale, north arrow, and colors
23) Saved youthcenter_BED.mxd to the S drive
24) Exported youthcenter_BED.mxd to the S drive as youthcenter_BED.jpg
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