Introduction to ArcGIS I- Two Days

Overview
ArcGIS is ESRI's full-featured GIS software for visualizing, creating, managing, and analyzing geographic data. This course provides the foundation for becoming a successful ArcGIS user. Students learn fundamental GIS concepts and become familiar with the range of functionality available in ArcGIS. In course exercises, they work with ArcGIS Desktop and see how it provides a complete GIS software solution.

Those completing this course will be able to

• Describe the structure of ArcGIS Desktop software.
• Display geographic data.Query a GIS database.
• Edit geographic data.
• Associate tables using joins and relates.
• Create maps, reports, and graphs.

Topics Covered:

• ArcGIS overview:
• Capabilities and applications;
• Interacting with the interface;
• Basic display.
  Spatial data concepts:
• Representing spatial data and descriptive information.
• ArcGIS data model: Geodatabases; Shapefiles; Coverages; Feature types; Attributes.
• GIS software: Components; Functions; Applications.
• Spatial coordinate systems and map projections: Georeferencing data; What map projections are; How ArcMap works with map projections.
• Querying data: Selecting and identifying features; Creating reports and graphs.
• Map displays: Creating; Symbolizing; Scaling; Adding map elements.
  

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for those who are new to ArcGIS and to GIS in general.

Prerequisites
Students should know how to use Windows®-based software.

Software Used in Course
ArcGIS 9, ArcView 9, ArcGIS 9, ArcEditor 9, ArcGIS 9, ArcInfo 9
ArcView 9.1; ArcEditor 9.1; ArcInfo 9.1