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MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology

ArcGIS Basic Training


Workbook

Dave Charity C. Gambuta


January 2016
Table of Contents

Introduction
About ArcGIS 2

Activity 1 – The ArcGIS Interface


1.1 Creating New Project 2

Activity 2 – Loading Vectors


2.1 Loading Vectors 3
2.2 Getting Around a Map 4
2.3 Setting Map Units and Projection 5
2.4 Feature Properties 7

Activity 3 – Loading Raster


3.1 Loading Raster 7
3.2 Raster Properties 8

Activity 4 – Creating Vectors and Digitizing


4.1 Loading Raster and Vectors 8
4.2 Creating New Vector 9
4.3 Digitizing 10

Activity 5 – Clipping Shapefile and Raster Layers


5.1 Clipping Raster Layers 11
5.2 Clipping Vector Layers 13

Activity 6 – Attribute Table Manipulation


6.1 Navigating the Attribute Table 14
6.2 Adding Field 15
6.3 Editing the Field 16

Activity 7 – The Composer


7.1 Setting the Map Layout 17
7.2 Layout Window 18
7.3 Data Frames 19
7.4 Layout Details 19
7.5 Exporting Layout 21

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Introduction

About ArcGIS

ArcGIS is a geographic information system (GIS) for working with maps and geographic information.
It is used for: creating and using maps; compiling geographic data; analyzing mapped information;
sharing and discovering geographic information; using maps and geographic information in a range of
applications; and managing geographic information in a database.
The system provides an infrastructure for making maps and geographic information available throughout
an organization, across a community, and openly on the Web.
ArcGIS provides a scalable framework for implementing GIS for a single user or many users on
desktops, in servers, over the web, and the field. ArcGIS is and integrated collection of GIS software
products for building a complete GIS. It consists of a number of frameworks for deploying GIS:
ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine, Server GIS and Mobile GIS.

Activity 1 - The ArcGIS Interface


1.1 Creating New Project

a. From your desktop, click on the ArcGIS for Desktop icon ( ).


b. Upon opening ArcGIS you will see the ArcGIS Template window, select Blank.
c. Click OK.
d. On the Menu bar, click on Windows > Table of Contents and Catalog, and make sure that
Table of Contents and Catalog are visible. See figure 1.
(Hint:To add toolbars, click Customize > Toolbars and select the tool bar(s) you want to add.
Tool bars are visible if check marks are ticked next to them.)
e. After exploring the ArcGIS interface, save your project in the Activity folder by writing
„Activity1_(your surname)‟.
(Hint: Click on Save icon ( ) and browse on the Activity 1 folder. Click Save)
f. Close the existing project and reopen it.

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Figure 1.ArcMap Interface; Table of Contents (left red box) and Catalog (right red box)

Activity 2 – Loading Vectors


2.1 Loading Vectors

a. Click on Add Data icon ( ).


b. Navigate to the OSM Maps under Activity 2 folder. Choose “MuniCities.shp” then click Add.
The MuniCities feature will appear in the Table of Contents window and visible in the Main
window.

Figure 2. Adding a Shapefile

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c. To see the full layer extent, click the Full Extent icon ( ) from the Map Navigation toolbar.
d. Add other vectors by navigating in the Catalog window. Locate the Activity 2 folder. Expand the
folder by clicking the plus (+) sign before the folder and expand the OSM Maps i.e places.shp,
points.shp, roads.shp, railways.shp, and waterways.shp one at a time into the main window.
(Hint: to view the Catalog window, go to Menu Bar and click Windows > Catalog)
e. Add the remaining vectors by dragging building.shp, landuse.shp and natural.shp from the folder
into the ArcMap Main window. See figure 3 for sample Map view after loading all the vectors.

Figure 3. Vectors loaded in ArcMap

2.2 Getting Around a Map


a. Zoom in to Iligan City using the Zoom In tool on the Map Navigation toolbar. When using the
zoom tools, you can click and drag a box around the area you would like to zoom in to.

5. Zoom In 2. Full Extent 1. Go Back to


6. Zoom Out 3. Fixed Zoom In Previous Extent
7. Pan 4. Fixed Zoom Out

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b. Use the Zoom In, Zoom Out, and Pan Map tools to move around the map, and the Full Extent
tool to go back to the full view. Zoom In to Iligan City again after trying with these tools.
c. Try also using the mouse wheel to Zoom In and Out the Map and long pressing the mouse wheel
and drag to Pan the map.
d. Group all the polygon features, all the point features and all the line features by Right-Clicking
Layers in the Table of Contents and select New Group Layer. Rename the added group to “Polygon”.
e. Click and drag the existing polygon features under the Polygon group.
f. Do the same for “Points” and “Lines” group. See figure 4 for sample output.

Figure 4. Grouped Points, Lines and Polygons

2.3 Setting Map Units and Map Projection


a. Map units and projection can be found in Data Frame properties. To open Data Frame properties,
from the Menu bar click View>Data Frame Properties.
(Hint: You can also try Right-Clicking Layers from the Table of Contents. Then select
Properties)

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Figure 5. Setting the Map Units and Projection

b. A new window for Data Frame Properties will pop up. Click the Coordinate System tab and
select WGS 1984 UTM Zone 51N to set the map projection. And click General tab and select
Meters in the Units area to set the map units. (see figure 6)
(Hint: locate WGS 1984 UTM ZONE 51N thru Projected Coordinate Systems > UTM >WGS
1984 > Northern Hemisphere and select WGS 1984 UTM ZONE 51N)

Figure 6. Coordinate System Tab (left); General Tab (right)

c. Click on Apply then OK.

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2.4 Vector Properties
a. Click on the box before the Points and Lines group to make the features under these groups
invisible from the Main window.
b. Right-click Buildings under the Polygon group then choose Properties. The Layer Properties
window will appear.

Figure 7. Symbol Selector


c. Under Symbology tab, click the symbol beside the Advanced button and a Symbol selector will
appear. Choose the color and width you want to render. (See figure 7)
d. Click Apply then OK.
e. After changing the color of the polygons, try also for the Lines and Points.
f. Explore on the Layer Properties window and compare the results.
g. Save your project in the Activity 2 folder and name it „Activity2_(your surname)‟.

Activity 3 – Loading Raster


3.1 Loading Raster
a. Open new ArcGIS project.

b. Click on Add Data icon ( ).

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c. Navigate to the Philippines folder under Activity 3 folder. Choose Kitanglad and click Add.
The Kitanglad raster layer will appear in the Layers panel and should be visible in the Main
window.
d. Zoom In and Zoom Out on the image and compare the difference with the layers on Activity 2.

3.2 Raster Properties

a. Right click on Kitanglad raster layer then choose Properties. The Layer Properties window will
appear.
b. Click on Symbology tab and explore on the Band Rendering and Stretch Types and compare the
difference. (See figure 8)
c. Click also on Display Tab and explore on Resampling and compare.
d. Save your project in the Activity 3 folder and name it „Activity3_(your surname)‟.
e. Close the project.

Figure 8. Symbology Tab

Activity 4 – Creating Shapefile and Digitizing


4.1 Loading Raster and Vector
a. Open new ArcGIS project.

b. Click on Add Data icon ( ) and navigate to the Philippines folder under Activity 4 folder.
Choose Kitanglad and click Add. The Kitanglad raster layer will appear in the Table of
Contents window and be visible in the Main window.
c. Add the Municities.shp and Roads.shp vectors.

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d. Notice that 3 layers should be visible in the Table of Contents and in the Main window.
e. Check if the Projections of each layer are the same by checking in the Properties.
(Hint: Right click on the layer and select Properties).
f. Change the Symbol of the MuniCities layer to Hollow by opening the Layer Properties >
Symbology. (see figure 9)
g. Click OK.

Figure 9. Setting Municities to Hollow

4.2 Creating New Vector

a. In the Table of Contents window, right-click on Kitanglad and select on Zoom to Layer.
b. Locate the Activity 4 folder from the Catalog window.
(Hint: From the Menu Bar, click Windows and select Catalog)
c. Right click Activity 4 folder, hover to New and select Shapefile... And the Create a New
Shapefile window will appear.

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Figure 10. Creating a New Shapefile (left); Setting the Name, Feature
Type and Coordinate Systems (right)
d. In the Create a New Shapefile window:
 Write “foo” as the name
 Select Polygon on Feature Type
 Click Edit to set the Map Projection to WGS 1984 UTM ZONE 51N
(Hint: locate WGS 1984 UTM ZONE 51N thru Projected Coordinate Systems > UTM >
WGS 1984 > Northern Hemisphere and select WGS 1984 UTM ZONE 51N)
 Click OK
e. Foo layer should now be viewed in the Table of Contents and Main window.
f. Change the symbology of foo according to your preferences.

4.3 Digitizing
a. Right click the foo layer in the Table of Contents window.
b. Hover to Edit Features and Click on Start Editing. If the Start Editing window appears, click
Continue.
c. From the Editor tool bar, click the Create feature icon ( ). The cursor should change to a
Crosshair if hovered to the Main window.
(Hint: to view the Editor toolbar, from the Menu bar Click Customize > Toolbars > tick Editor)

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d. Trace the Kitanglad Boundary by pointing and clicking the cursor to one of the edges of the
Kitanglad boundary to add a vertex.
e. Finish the digitizing by adding more vertices.
f. Right click on last vertex and select Finish Sketch to close the polygon.
g. Foo layer now contains a single polygon. Your output should be similar to figure 10.
h. From the Editor toolbar, Click Editor and select Save Edits to save your edits.
i. Explore on some of the digitizing tools to improve the quality of your layer.
j. To stop editing, Click Editor from the Editor toolbar and selectStop Editing.
f. Save your project in the Activity 4 folder and name it „Activity4_(your surname)‟.

Figure 10. Digitizing the Kitanglad Boundary

Activity 5 – Clipping Vectors and Raster


5.1 Clipping Raster
a. Open your project from Activity 4.
b. Go to File > Save as and navigate on Activity 5 folder and rename the file „Activity5_(your
surname)‟.
c. From the Menu bar, click on Windows > Search to show the search window.
d. From the search window, type CLIP and hit Enter.
e. A number of options should be displayed. Select Clip (Data Management) tool. The Clip
window should appear.

f. For the Input raster, click the browse icon ( ) and select the Kitanglad raster from Activity 4.
g. For the Output Extent, browse and select the foo shapefile from Activity 4.

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h. Tick Use Input Features for Clipping Geometry to clip the raster according to the output extent.
i. In the Output file, browse and navigate on Activity 5 folder.
j. Name the output file as Ki_clip and click Save. (see figure 11)

Figure 11. Clipping the Kitanglad boundary using the foo shapefile

k. Click Ok.ArcGIS will then start Clipping.


l. A Completed prompt will pop-up after processing. Click OK.
m. Notice that a new layer is added in the Layers panel.
n. Unselect the other layers so that the Ki_clip layer is the only layer visible in the Main frame.
o. Save the project. Your output should be similar to figure 12.

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Figure 12. Clipped Kitanglad boundary using the foo shapefile

5.2 Clipping Vectors


a. Select again all other layers to make it visible except Kitanglad and Ki_clip layers.
b. From the search window, type CLIP and hit Enter.
c. A number of options should be displayed. Select Clip (Analysis) tool. The Clip window should
appear.
d. In the Clip window:
 Input Features : MuniCities
 Clip Features : foo
 Output Feature Class :
o Click Browse and navigate into the Activity 5 folder.
o Name the output shapefile as KiMu_clip. Click Save.
 Click OK.
 After clipping, KiMu_clip is added in the Table of Contents window.
e. Do the same procedure for Roads shapefile.
f. Name the output shapefile as KiRo_clip and use foo as the Clip Features.
g. Unselect the other Layers except for Ki_clip, KiMu_clip and KiRo_clip. Your output should be
similar to figure 13.
h. Save and close the project.

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Figure 13. Clipped Kitanglad boundary, Municities and Roads using the
foo shapefile

Activity 6 – Attribute Table Manipulation


6.1 Navigating the Attribute Table
a. Open new ArcGIS project.
b. Load the vectors from Activity 5 folder.
 KiMu_clip
 KiRo_clip
c. Right-click on KiMu_clip then click Open Attribute Table.
d. A new window for Attribute table will appear.
e. Explore on the Attribute table toolbars.

1. Table Options 4. Switch Selection


2. Related Tables 5. Clear Selection 7. Delete Selected
3. Select by Attributes 6. Zoom To Selected

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When Table Options is clicked a number of possible actions can be
selected (fig. 14). Included in these additional options are Add
Field, Joins and Relates, Create Graphs, Export etc.

Figure 14. Table Options

6.2 Adding Field


a. Open the Attribute Table of kiMu_clip.
b. From the Table Options, click Add field.
(Hint: Make sure that you haven‟t started editing the session before you add a field)
c. In the Add Field window, type / select:
 Name : Area
 Type: Float
 Precision : 10
 scale : 3
 Click OK.

Figure 15. Adding a Table Field

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d. A column named Area should be added in the attribute table.
e. To compute the area for each polygon of kiMu_clip, enable Start Editing.
(Hint: from the Editor toolbar click Editor > Start Editing or you can right-click kiMu_clip from
the Table of Contents and select Editing Features > Start Editing)
f. Right-click Area from the attribute table and select Calculate Geometry. The Calculate Geometry
window should appear.
g. In the Calculate Geometry window, select :
 Property : Area
 Coordinate system: PCS: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 51N
 Units: Square Meters [sq m]
h. Click OK. The areas of each polygon should be automatically calculated.
i. Save your project in Activity 6 folder and name it „Activity6_(your surname)‟.

Figure 16. Calculate Geometry Properties

6.3 Editing the Field


a. Click on Add Field from the Table Options.
b. In the Add column window:
 Name : Remarks
 Type : Text
 Length : 20
c. Click OK
d. A new column named Remarks should be added in the attribute table.
e. Select and delete the columns NL_NAME_2 and VARNAME_2.
(Hint: to delete column(s), select and right-click the column header(s) to be deleted and click on
Delete Field)
f. A confirmation window will show and Click Yes.
g. Notice that the NL_NAME_2 and VARNAME_2 columns are deleted in the attribute table.
h. Start an editing session for kiMu_clip.

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i. Write „Kitanglad boundary‟ under the Remarks column for all the features of kiMu_clip.
j. Save and Stop the editing session. Your attribute table should be similar to figure 17.

Figure 17. Sample Table Output

Activity 7 – Composer
7.1 Setting the MapLayout
a. Open your Activity 6 ArcGIS project.
b. From the table of Contents, RenamekiRo_clip to Roads and kiMu_clip to Municipal Boundary.
c. Save as the project and name it „Activity7_(your surname)‟.
d. From the Menu bar, Click View > Layout View. The display in the Main window should change
similar to a word document.
e. You can change the page layout (portrait or landscape) by clicking File > Page and Print Set-up.
The Page and Print Setup window should appear.
f. Under the Map Page Size, select A4 and Landscape as the page size and orientation respectively.
g. Click OK.

Figure 18. Accessing Page and Print Setup from the Menu Bar (left).
Page and Print Setup window (right)

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7.2 Layout Window
a. Notice that the map from the main window is drawn in the layout window. See figure 19.

Figure 19. Accessing Page and Print Setup from the Menu Bar (left).
Page and Print Setup window (right)
b. Switch to Data View and click Full Extent to see map full extent.
c. Move map to the left using the Pan tool (or holding down the mouse wheel) until only half of the
map is seen in the window.
d. Switch back to Layout View. Notice how the map is displayed. See Figure 20.

Figure 20. Moving the map to the left in Data View (left) causes a
shift to the left in layout view (right)
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e. Explore the Layout window with the Navigation tools and Layout tools.
(Hint: tools are found in Customize > Tools. Navigation tools is Tools and Layout tools is
Layout)

7.3 Data Frames


a. From the table of contents, rename Layers to Kitanglad Boundary.
b. Add another layer (Data Frame) by clicking Insert > Data Frame. Notice the added frame in the
Layout window.
c. Rename the new Data Frame to Philippine Boundary.
d. Locate Activity 7 and add the PHL_adm_51N shapefile. Drag it under Philippine Boundary.
e. Move and/or resize the frames so that they don‟t overlap each other. See figure 21 for sample
output.

Figure 21. Layout View with two Frames; Kitanglad Boundary (left) and Philippine
Boundary (right)
f. Switch to Data View. Notice that the Philippine Boundary is not seen even it‟s ticked. To see or
edit the Philippine boundary, right-click the Philippine Boundary layer in the Table of Contents
and select Activate. The Philippine Boundary should then be visible.

7.4 Layout Details


a. Title, Texts, Legend, North Arrow, Scale Bar, etc. are found in Insert from the Menu Bar. Figure
22 is the sample output in this activity. Try to improve its layout.
(Hint: for each layout details, double-click or right-click then select Properties to change the
settings for each item)

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Figure 21. Layout View with two Frames; Kitanglad Boundary (left) and Philippine
Boundary (right)

b. For the Title:


 Insert > Title. The title window will appear. Type Kitanglad Boundary.
 It should appear in the layout window. Resize and choose a font style according to your
preferences by clicking Change Symbol in its Properties.
c. For the North Arrow:
 Insert > North Arrow.
 Select a North Arrow style according to your preferences and click OK.
 Resize accordingly
d. For the Scale Bar:
 Insert > Scale Bar.
 Select a Scale Bar style according to your preferences and click OK.
 Change the units to Kilometers in the Scale Bar properties. Move and resize it accordingly.

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e. For the Legend:
 Make sure to Activate first the Kitanglad Boundary from the Table of Contents.
(Hint: right-click Kitanglad Boundary from the table of contents and select Activate)
 Insert > Legend.
 Select the files you want to Legendize and click . Click Next and choose the styles
according to your preferences and Finish. See figure 22.

Figure 22. Legend Wizard


 Move and Resize accordingly.

f. For the Extent Indicator:


 Right- click the frame of the Philippine Boundary and select Properties.
 From the Data Frame Properties window, click the Extend Indicator Tab. You should be able
to see the Kitanglad Boundary on the left Box.
 Select the Kitanglad Boundary and Click to add it in the Right box.
 Click OK. You should be able to see a Red Box in the Philippine Boundary pointing the
location of the Kitanglad Boundary.
g. Do some finishing touches and save your work.

7.5 Exporting Layout


a. Go to File > Export Map. You can export it to your preferred format.
b. Save the file in Activity 7 folder and name the exported file as Kitanglad.
c. From your directory, open the newly exported map.
d. Close ArcMap.

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