Chapter 1 Tutorial Flashcards
The application ArcGIS Pro (or Pro, for short)
organizes geospatial work
in a project,
a container that remembers the
data,
maps,
and tools being used and
organizes them into one folder.
An extension
The four-letter .aprx code
Group layer
Crater Lake Geology layer w/ arrows to Crater Floor Geology, Classes and Labels, Rock Types
Crater Lake Geology entry
Hillshade layer
Hillshade layer, a raster that
shows the terrain.
Panels
The Contents pane has several icons that open panels with different functions
List by Drawing Order
Default view of pane.
Looks like a connection.
Can change the order of drawing layers. Layers are drawn in order from bottom to top.
List by Data Source Icon
Looks like a cylinder.
shows the source of the data used in the map, e.g. the location of the data file. Most of the data comes from the gisclass folder, but the Topographic layer is an Internet-based GIS service
List by Selection pane
Looks like bone & water icon.
Observations:
Shows selection of layers.
List by Editing pane
Pencil icon.
Observations:
Shows the layers, checkmarks, and square marks.
Has exclamation points on some layers.
List by Snapping pane
Grid w/ a plus icon.
Observations:
Just shows the checkmarks and square marks w/ “Snapping”
List by Labeling pane
Tag icon.
The layers, with sublayers.
List by Perspective Imagery pane
Satellite icon.
Observations:
“Focusable Images”
“Others”
Shows checkmarks and some symbols.
Ribbons at the top
Project, Map, Insert, and so on.
Map ribbon
Clipboard, Navigate, Layer, and so on.
Buttons may be dim
meaning unavailable.
The ribbon menu is context-sensitive: different ribbons may be visible depending on what is selected in a pane or view. Certain buttons may be accessible or unavailable (dim) based on what the user is doing.
Vents layer / Feature layer
a new ribbon group appears, Feature Layer, with three additional ribbons:
Appearance,
Labeling,
and Data.
Click on each of the three Feature Lager sub-ribbons and examine the groups and
buttons.
Feature Lager ribbons are used to control the behavior of a layer: how it appears, whether
it has labels, and so on. These buttons only make sense when applied to a particular layer, which is why a layer must be selected to make them visible.
Transparency
Layer>Feature Layer>Effects>Transparency
can change the transparency of that layer.
Swipe
Layer>Feature Layer>Compare>Swipe
Almost takes a layer off, just like the plastic layers in a binder.
You have to click on another tool to be off of this cursor.
Full Extent
Map>Navigate>Full Extent
Earth icon.
Goes earth view sometimes, or just really big.
Zoom to Selection
Map>Navigate>Zoom to Selection
Zoom on map icon.
Zoom to selected features of all layers.
Ctrl Shift = (that’s the shortcut)
Fixed Zoom In
Map>Navigate>
Zoom in at a fixed distance.
Zoom in icon.
I’m assuming can use in bookmarks. Or Shift to zoom rectangle type of bookmark.
Fixed Zoom Out
Map>Navigate>
Zoom out at a fixed distance.
Zoom out icon.
I’m assuming can use in bookmarks. Or Shift to zoom rectangle type of bookmark.
Forward & back arrows in Navigate
Map>Navigate>
Undo & redo views of the zooms.
Pop-ups
Click on one of the geologic units in the map (not in the lake). The polygon flashes
and a pop-up window appears with information about the polygon.
Click on one of the geologic units in the lake. The pop-up shows information about
the lake instead because it is the top layer.
The little black arrow below the Explore button shows which layer(s) will appear in the pop-up
If you click Selected in Contents
You click Crater Floor Geology
And click somewhere on the crater floor, it shows you a pop-up just from there. Doesn’t pop-up on the surround geologic units.
Changing Full Extent
Right click on the map Crater Lake>Properties>Extent
