Final Project 2012

http://students.uwf.edu/bed6/Final_Proj_2012_BED.ppt

http://students.uwf.edu/bed6/Final_Proj_Sum_2012_BED.pdf 

W13 Loose Ends Part 1 & 2

Loose Ends Part 1

PART II: Process Summary Details

1)      Open ArcMap

2)      Select Data_Editing_BED, click Open

3)      Crtl-click to select multiple layers

4)      Right-click a layer and select Group

5)      Rename New Group Layer to County by clicking on it twice and typing in the new name

6)      Right-click on ‘Group Layer’ and select Ungroup

7)      Select Create under Graphs below the View drop-down

8)      Select Vertical Bar under Graph type and Buildings under Layer/Table

9)      Select Height under Value field

10)  Select Building under X label field

11)  Leave Match with Layer under Color

12)  Select New Series under the Add tab to add another dataset

13)  Click Next and then Finish

14)  Right-click on the graph to view Properties and/or Advanced Properties

15)  Right-click again on the graph and select Add to Layout, your graph should appear in the map layout

16)  Switch to Layout View if it did not automatically switch

17)  Close out all maps in ArcMap

18)  On the Layout toolbar, click Change Layout

19)  Click the Open File in the lower right hand corner

20)  Navigate to a saved map that you would like to use as a template and select it and click Open

21)  Click Finish, in the Data Frame Order window

22)  Now you can the add the data layers you need to perform analysis and you have the template for your map

23)  You will only have to shift item around and add any title and text to each new map

24)  Dynamic text can be used to save time

25)  Insert Text to begin

26)  Items that you want to remain the same each time, just type in the box

27)  Items that you want to change each time or Dynamic will be inside ˂ ˃, left and right arrowhead

28)  The following <dyn type =”date”> is equal to 4/10/2012

29)  The following <dyn type =”date”, format ="dd MMMM yyyy"> is equal to 10 April 2012

30)  Dynamic tags can be used for anything that you want to add to each map

31)  Save map as a template, whatever name you want for future use

32)  Post to Blog and dropbox

Loose Ends Part 2

PART II: Process Summary Details

1)      Copy data from R drive to S drive and unzip

2)      Open Windows Explorer and navigate to a folder that contains GIS data

3)      Double-click on any .mxd file to open it in ArcMap

4)      Right-click on a layer and select Create Layer Package

5)      Select Save package file to and navigate to where you want to store the file

6)      Click Validate, if Share is available, select it and go to step 9, if not go to step 7

7)      If you receive an error, double-click on the line showing error and make any necessary corrections, go back to step 6

8)      You are now ready to share that layer

9)      It can be “Unpacked” in ArcCatalog

10)  To create a Map Package, everything in ArcMap, click on File and select Create Map Package

11)  Select Save package file to and navigate to where you want to store the file

12)  Click Validate, if Share is available, select it and go to step 9, if not go to step 7

13)  If you receive an error, double-click on the line showing error and make any necessary corrections, go back to step 6

14)  You are now ready to share that map

15)  Open the RepairDataSource.mxd from the LooseEnds folder

16)  Open the Layer Properties for one of the layers and go to Source tab

17)  Close the Layer Properties window

18)  Right-click on the Roads layer, click Data, and Repair Data Source

19)  In the Data source window, navigate to the Loosends folder, click on the Roads.shp file and press Add

20)  All reference data in that folder will automatically be added to repair the links

21)  Close the current map and open RelativePathNames.mxd

22)  Click File, open Map Document Properties

23)  Verify ‘Pathnames: Store relative pathnames to data sources” is checked

24)  This allows moving the map and data without loosing  the path to the data

25)  Open the Data Driven Pages Toolbar, then open the Data Driven Pages Setup window

26)  Check the box next to Enable Data Driven Pages and click OK

27)  Click File, Export Map as a PDF

28)  In the Options, under Pages, select Selected

29)  Post items to Blog and dropbox

W12 Georeferencing

Process Summary Details

1)      Copied data from R drive to S drive and unzipped file

2)      Open ArcMap, add buildings and roads shapefiles

3)      Extracted metadata for the two shapefiles

4)      Add uwf.jpg to the map

5)      Save map as Georeferencing_BED.mxd

6)      Add Georeferencing toolbar by right-clicking in toolbar area and checking Georeferencing

7)      Click the dropdown arrow in the Georeferencing toolbar, ensure uwf_n.jpg is selected, and select Fit To Display

8)      Select the Add Control Points function to begin the georeferencing process

9)      Identify a common point on the known and unknown layer, use building corner, street corner or some other static point that easily identifiable on both layers

10)  Select a point on the unknown layer first and then the known layer

11)  Repeat this selection process four more times with the points evenly dispersed throughout the area of concern

12)  Select the View Links Table, view the residuals for any outliers and view on the map

13)  Repeat step 9 until you have about ten control points

14)  Ensure you have a low RMS(below 15)

15)  Write down the RMS error in the Process summary

16)  Click the Update Georeferencing command

17)  Save map

18)  Add uwf_s1.jpg to the map

19)  Repeat the process to georeference this photo

20)  After six points, open the Link Table and change the Transformation dropdown to 2^nd Order Polynomial

21)  Continue to add points until you are satisfied with the appearance

22)  Write down the RMS error and the transformation type in the Process summary, hit OK

23)  Click the Update Georeferencing command

24)  Save map

25)  Under Editor, select Start Editing, then select the Buildings layer

26)  Draw a polygon around the new structure on the west part of the photo

27)  Make the “Height” of 13  and ”BUILDING” number “072”

28)  Stop Editing and Save Edits

29)  Under Editor, select Start Editing, then select the Roads layer

30)  Select Line and digitize the road located on the east part of the photo

31)  The road is named Campus Lane, annotate attributes appropriately

32)  Stop Editing and Save Edits

33)  Save map

34)  Open ArcScene 10

35)  Add Roads, Buildings, uwf_n, uwf_s1, and uwf_dem layers to map

36)  Open Properties for each layer, except uwf_dem, and select the Base Heights tab

37)  Select “Floating on a custom surface” ensure uwf_dem is selected in the dropdown menu

38)  Open Properties for the Buildings layer

39)  Under the Extrusion tab, check the “Extrude features in layer” option

40)  Type [Height] in the “Extrusion value or expression:” area

41)  Under “Apply extrusion by:” select “adding it to each feature’s maximum height.” hit OK

42)  Select Scene Properties under View and change Vertical Exaggeration to 5

43)  Export as Georeferencing_ArcScene_BED.jpg in 2D

44)  Add jpg to ArcMap and then Zoom To Layer

45)  Switch to Map View

46)  Finish adding needed items to map and setting up item to view as stated

47)  Save as Georeferencing_BED_ArcScene.mxd

48)  Export as Georeferencing_BED_ArcScene.jpg

49)  Upload to blog and dropbox

W10 Data Editing

PART III: Process Summary

1)      Copy data from the R drive to S drive and unzip data

2)      Open ArcMap add layers GulfCounty_Roads and GulfCounty_Parcels

3)      Open Editor toolbar and select Start Editing

4)      Open Select by Attributes tool and build query where Layer: is GulfCounty_Parcels, Method: Create a new selection, "PARCELNO" = '03334-000R' OR "PARCELNO" = '03341-000R', hit OK

5)      Select Merge under Editor toolbar, select either parcel in this case, and hit OK

6)      Open GulfCounty_Parcels  attribute table to update owners’ fields

7)      Double-click in the following fields and update/verify accordingly

·         OWN_NAME= Gulf County

·         OWN_ADDR1= 1000 5^th St

·         OWN_City= Port St Joe

·         OWN_State= FL

8)      Under Editor menu, click Stop Editing and select Yes when asked to save edits

9)      Under Select by Attributes tool and build query where Layer: is GulfCounty_Parcels, Method: Create a new selection, "OWN_NAME" = 'Gulf County', hit OK

10)  Right-click GulfCounty_Parcles, click Data, then Export Data and rename file CountyOwned.shp and keep other defaults, hit OK and add data to map

11)  Open attribute table for CountyOwned layer, left click Table Options, then Add Field called Acres with a field type Double

12)  Right-click Acres column, select Calculate Geometry, select Acres US (ac) and click OK

13)  Right-click Acres column, select Field Calculator and type Round([Acres],2) in the expression box, hit OK

14)  Under Select by Attributes tool and build query where Layer: is CountyOwned, Method: Create a new selection, "Acres" >= 20, hit OK

15)  Add the table VICD.dbf to the map

16)  Right-click CountyOwned layer, select Join, select Join attributes from a table, use PARCEL_ID, using the VICD table, and choose PARCEL_ID, as the table field, and Keep all records, hit OK

17)  Under Select by Attributes tool and build query where Layer: is CountyOwned, Method: Create a new selection, "VICD.VI_CD1" = 'V', hit OK

18)  Right-click CountyOwned, click Data, then Export Data and rename file SuitableParcels.shp and keep other defaults, hit OK and add data to map

19)  Select Start Editing under the Editor toolbar

20)  Under Select by Attributes tool and build query where Layer: is GulfCounty_Road, Method: Create a new selection, "FID" = 4168, hit OK

21)  Zoom to selected feature

22)  Double-click on highlighted feature to bring up Edit Vertices function

23)  Mouse over one of the vertices until the cursor turns to four small arrows, then left-click and hold the mouse button and drag the vertex to the center of the road

24)  Since the lines snaps to one edge or the other, turn off the snapping feature for Vertex and Edge

25)  Finish moving vertices to the proper location and click the Finish Sketch button on the Edit Vertices toolbar

26)  Click Save Edits under the Editor toolbar

27)  Double-click Create Features on the Editor toolbar located at the end

28)  Double-click GulfCounty_Roads in the Create Features window

29)  In the Template Properties window, keep defaults and click OK

30)  Begin drawing by clicking on the map at one end of the line you want to add

31)  Each click will add a vertex, double-click on the end to finish the line

32)  To edit the attributes, click on the Attributes button

33)  Populate the attributes with the following data

·         MAJOR1 – 170

·         MINOR1 – 210

·         MAJOR2 – -99999

·         MINOR2 – -99999

·         DESCRIPT – ROAD OR STREET, CLASS 4

34)  Click Stop Editing and select Yes to save edits

35)  Label PARCEL_IDs in the SuitableParcels layer

36)  Save map as Data_Editing_BED.mxd

37)  Switch to Map View

38)  Finalized additional map items required, ie North Arrow, Legend, Produced by, Title, etc

39)  Saved map last time

40)  Exported map as Data_Editing_BED.jpg