W6 Projections II

PART III: Process Summary Details

1)      Made new folder for the Assignment and subfolders for data being used

2)      Copied data; aerials, County Boundary, Major Roads, and Quad Index  from Prac 1 folder to Assignment folder

3)      Downloaded EscambiaSTMC.xls to Assignment folder

4)      Edited data to convert DMS to DDs using formulas provided, saved as EscambiaSTMC_BED.xls

5)      Determined from coordinates that previous aerials would work for this assignment

6)      Opened ArcMap

7)      Added 5359 aerials first, since this is going to be the projection for the project

8)      Addded x/y data EscambiaSTMC_BED.xls to project as Lat_17$Events layer, had change Coordinate system to WGS84 before adding

9)      After adding data, I then Exported the data as STCM.shp to the Assignment folder

10)  STCM.shp was added to ArcMap, and Lat_17$Events layer was removed

11)  Saved map as Projection_II_BED.mxd to S: drive

12)  STCM.shp had to be reprojected to NAD_1983_StatePlane_North_FIPS_0903_Feet using the ArcToolBox Project tool and saved as STCM_StatePlane_NAD83.shp

13)  STCM_StatePlane_NAD83.shp was automatically added to map and I removed STCM.shp

14)  Added qd24.shp to map to determine which other aerial I wanted to add to my project and changed fill to hollow

15)  Qd24.shp had to be reprojected to NAD_1983_StatePlane_North_FIPS_0903_Feet using the ArcToolBox Project tool and saved as qd24_StatePlane.shp

16)  Qd24_StatePlane.shp was automatically added to map and I removed qd24.shp

17)  Removed qd24.shp from map.

18)  I decided to add the West Pensacola quad aerials to my project

19)  Downloaded the appropriate aerials; q5259 from Labins.org and added to map

20)  Added cntbnd_jun11.shp to map

21)  Cntbnd_jun11.shp had to be reprojected to NAD_1983_StatePlane_North_FIPS_0903_Feet using the ArcToolBox Project tool and saved as cntbnd_jun11_StatePlane.shp

22)  Added majrds_feb11.shp to map

23)  Majrds_feb11.shp had to be reprojected to NAD_1983_StatePlane_North_FIPS_0903_Feet using the ArcToolBox Project tool and saved as majrds_feb11_StatePlane.shp

24)  Switched to Map View to finalize items needed for map

25)  Subset Interstates from the majrds_feb11_StatePlane.shp to a new Interstates layer to help orient area of interest

26)  Changed symbol for STMC sites layer

27)  Inserted New Data Frame and added cntbnd_jun11_StatePlane.shp to add insert to show reference to area of interest

28)  Inserted New Data Frame and added a subset layer containing a subset of cntbnd_jun11_StatePlane.shp Escambia and Santarosa counties to add insert to show reference to area of interest in relation to state of Florida

29)  Also added qd24.shp for an overlay on the counties to define area better

30)  Renamed layers for easier understanding

31)  Added North Arrow, Legend, Neatline, Produce by, Scale bar, etc and labeled items

32)  Saved map for last time

33)  Exported map as Projection_II_BED.jpg S: drive