This practical three-day course gives you a comprehensive introduction to the ArcGIS desktop software, giving you the skills to use the core functions of the ArcGIS package. The exercises introduce you to the ArcGIS applications: ArcMap for visualising and editing data; ArcCatalog for data and metadata management; and ArcToolbox for geoprocessing. This course gives you a sound understanding of the basic geospatial concepts and skills to create, edit and work with geospatial data using ArcGIS. See course dates below.
10% Discount for AusIMM, SSSi and AIG members.
No previous experience with ArcGIS software is required. Experience with using Microsoft Windows is essential.
Exercise 1 – Understanding GIS Concepts
- Open an existing Map
- View Attribute Information for Layers through MapTips
- Re-Ordering Layers
- ArcMap Interface Components
- Optional Exercise – Identifying Features
Exercise 2 – Map Document Basics
- Different Views of your Data
- Navigating Around a Map
- Overview Window
- Magnifier Window
- Checking Attribute Data
- Setting MapTips
- Finding Features & Bookmarking
- Measuring Distances and Areas
- My Places
- Answers to Questions
- Optional Exercise – Viewer Window
Exercise 3 – Changing Display of Data
- Grouping Layers
- Changing the Display of Layers
- Setting a Display Scale
- Setting a Reference Scale
- Labelling
- Customising Predefined Scales and Full Extent
- Optional Exercise – Clipping a Data Frame
Exercise 4 – Working with Coordinate Systems
- Setting the Coordinate System
- Setting the Coordinate Readout
- Setting Australian Coordinates
- Transformations
- Navigating with Go to XY
- Create a Map Template
Exercise 5 – Catalog and Search Windows
- What Is ArcCatalog?
- Opening the Catalog Window
- Connecting to your Data
- Find Data in a Table
- Using the Description View
- Previewing CAD Files
- Search Window
- Preview Map Documents
- Defining A Coordinate System
- Optional Exercise - Configuring Catalog Defaults
Exercise 6 – Setting up new Map Document
- Creating a New Map Document
- Previewing Datasets
- Customising Layer Display and Symbology
- Setting the Full Extent
- Setting a Reference Scale
- Using BaseMap Layers
- Saving Layer Files
- Optional Exercise – Hyperlinks
Exercise 7 – Exploring Attribute Tables
- Set Up a New Map Document
- Display Attribute Tables and Modify Their Display
- Edit Attribute Data
- Select Features
- Create a Calculated Field
- Calculating Areas
- Excel Spreadsheets
- Optional Exercise – Definition Query
Exercise 8 – Symbolising Data by Attributes
- Symbolising by Category
- Summarizing Data
- Joining Tables
- Displaying XY Data
- Symbolising by Quantity
- Graduated Symbols
- Symbolising with Multiple Fields
- Optional Exercise – Advanced Symbolising Using Multiple Fields
Exercise 9 – Setting up a GeoDatabase
- Understanding Database Terms
- Creating a Project
- Creating Feature Classes
- Attribute Domains
- Optional Exercise - Raster Catalogs
Exercise 10 – Creating & Editing Spatial Data
- Starting an Edit Session
- Feature Templates
- Creating Polygons
- Tracing
- Digitising with Coordinates
- Entering Attributes
- Cut Polygons Tool
- Creating Points
- Optional Exercise – Fire Break
- Optional Exercise – Validating Data
Exercise 11 – Presenting your Work (Cartography)
- The Layout and how to Navigate it
- Setting up a Page
- Inserting a Picture and a North Arrow
- Depicting Scale
- Legends
- Overview Data Frames
- Creating Grids
- Exporting a Map
- Optional Exercise – Graticule
- Optional Exercise – Inset
- Optional Exercise – Table of Areas
- Optional Exercise – A3 and Map Scale
Exercise 12 – GeoReferencing
- Georeferencing using GPS Point Data
- Georeferencing an Image against another Image (For V10)
- Automatic Raster Georeferencing using Auto Registration (For V10.1)
Exercise 13 – Data Analysis
- More Advanced Attribute Queries
- Build Spatial Queries
- Extra Queries
- Area Analysis
- Bonus Exercise – Working with CAD Data
- Importing CAD Data
- Spatial Joins