W7 Data Input

Finally able to have eDesktop accept my commands.  All ready to upload last night and on the preview, saw that there were white areas around some of the data frames.  I thought it was no problem since I had three hours to upload.  Logged back on to eDeskstop and started working but the same steps in editing would return different results and then it logged me off.  I guess too many people.  So be sure to allow plenty of time for last minute fixes.

PART III: Process Summary Details

1)      Read through the lab to see all the requirements to see county assigned to me

2)      Copied cntbnd_jun11 from Projections II Assignment to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data Input\Vector

3)      Opened ArcMap and added cntbnd_jun11 data layer to the map

4)      Under Selection, used Selection By Attributes to query and select Duval county under NAME to see location of county assigned to me

5)      Exported selected data to new feature class to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data\Vector Input\Vector\Duval.shp and added to map

6)      Removed cntbnd_jun11 layer

7)      Went to http://seamless.usgs.gov/website/seamless/viewer.htm website to download DEM data for Duval county

8)      Zoomed to Duval county area to download NED_9517540.zip DEM to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data Input\DEM

9)      Using the http://data.labins.org/2003/ site searched for DOQQs for Duval county and picked a couple to download under the 2004 RGB Albers Units:MT MrSID selection

10)  Using the  http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp site searched and downloaded the vector data for Cities & Towns, Public Land, Roads, and two Surface Water layers

11)  Using the  http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp site searched and downloaded the raster data for Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas and Land Cover

12)  Unzipped all files

13)  Added cities_feb04 layer to map

14)  Under Selection, used Selection By Location to select cities located in Duval county

15)  Exported selected data to new feature class to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data\Vector\Duval_cities.shp

16)  Removed cities_feb04 layer

17)  Added majrds_feb11 layer to map

18)  Using the Clip tool under the Geoprocessing menu, I clipped the majrds_feb11 layer to the Duval extent and saved to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data\Vector\ Duval_roads.shp

19)  Removed majrds_feb11 layer

20)  Under Selection, used Selection By Attributes to query and select Interstates under Descript to select interstates in county from Duval_roads layer

21)  Exported selected data to new feature class to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data\Vector Input\Vector\Interstates.shp and added to map

22)  Added hy24l16 layer to map

23)  Under Selection, used Selection By Location to select Stream from DESC1 and DESCRIPT

24)  Exported selected data to new feature class to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data\Vector\Streams.shp

25)  Removed hy24l16layer

26)  Added mjrivp layer to map

27)  Using the Clip tool under the Geoprocessing menu, I clipped the flma_dec11 layer to the Duval extent and saved to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data\Vector\major_rivers.shp

28)  Removed mjrivp layer

29)  Added New Data Frame

30)  Defined the projection for the DOQQs as NAD 1983 HARN Florida GDL Albers (Meters)

31)  Added DOQQs to New Data Frame

32)  Renamed New Data Frame to DOQQ

33)  Added Duval_cities  layer

34)  Added Duval layer

35)  Added New Data Frame

36)  Renamed New Data Frame to Land Cover

37)  Activated Land Cover data frame

38)  Added flma_dec11 layer to map

39)  Using the Clip tool under the Geoprocessing menu, I clipped the flma_dec11 layer to the Duval extent and saved to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data\Vector\Public_Lands.shp

40)  Removed flma_dec11 layer

41)  Added fnaiip_jun10 to map

42)  Using the Clip tool under the Geoprocessing menu, I clipped the flma_dec11 layer to the Duval extent and saved to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data\Vector\Invasive_Plants.shp

43)  Removed fnaiip_jun10 layer

44)  Added New Data Frame

45)  Renamed New Data Frame to DEM

46)  Added DEM NED_9517540 to map

47)  Reprojected DEM to NAD 1983 HARN Florida GDL Albers (Meters)

48)  Using the ArcToolbox →Raster →Raster Processing →Clip tool I clipped the DEM to the Duval extent and saved to S:\GIS 4043 Intro\W7 Data Input\DEM\NED_95417540

49)  Added Duval_cities  layer

50)  Finally switched to Map View to start arranging and finalizing map

51)  Decided to open second ArcMap to move DEM and Land Cover data frames to make it easier to work

52)  Added New Data Frame

53)  Added cntbnd_jun11 layer to map for reference

54)  Renamed layers for better clarity in Legends

55)  Then spent hours trying to decide how to make it look readable.