Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Database,
Graphing Select which
and View,
Mapping Table,
Tools Chart or
Layout to
View Key for
Displayed
“View”
The ArcView Hierarchy
n Projects have one or more
• Views which may include one or more
– THEMES which may consist of
• Coverages or
• Images
• Layouts can include
– Views
– Graphics
– Keys
– Lines and arrows
Sample ArcView Session
n Start with a blank View in a new Project
Sample ArcView Session
n Adding a THEME to our VIEW
Sample ArcView Session
n Display THEME
Sample ArcView Session
n Zoom In
Sample ArcView Session
n Add an image as a new theme
Sample ArcView Session
n Move the new image to the background
by “dragging” the name down in the key
n Spatial Analyst
• contouring
• buffers
n Network Analyst
• optimal routes
n 3D Analyst
• volumetric
calculations
n Image Analyst
Other Software Options
n GIS
• Map Info - http://www.mapinfo.com
• Arc/Info - http://www.esri.com
• GRASS
n Remote Sensing/GIS
• ERDAS Imagine http://www.erdas.com
• ER-Mapper
ERDAS IMAGINE
Menu Bar
Spatial Modler
for analysis
Spatial Modler Interface
Each figure on the
modler screen is
linked to a fill-in box
ERDAS IMAGINE Strengths
n Converting raw image data to usable
GIS data
• Georeferencing
• Classification
n Analyzing image data
n Also has some vector GIS capabilities
and GIS analysis tools
ARC/INFO