ArcGIS Pro Essential Workflows Course Resources

TimothyStoebner

This three-day course is about GIS workflows; i.e. best practices for using GIS tools and techniques to complete your GIS tasks.  Students will learn the essential workflows for creating, managing, visualizing, editing, analyzing, and sharing GIS data and maps using ArcGIS Pro.  The resources below are organized in two sections.  The first section introduces ArcGIS Pro, its capabilities, and its functionality.  The second section contains a lesson-by-lesson breakdown of class resources, focusing on topics such as: navigating the ArcGIS Pro interface, data management/organization, coordinate systems, layer properties in ArcGIS Pro (symbology, labeling, visualization), working with tables, displaying 3D GIS data in Pro, editing and analysis of GIS data, creation of print and web maps and various strategies for sharing GIS data, maps, and other content with ArcGIS Pro. 

• Introduction / Background / Overview of Capabilities
• Resources
• Lesson 1: Getting started with ArcGIS Pro
• Lesson 2: Working with GIS data
• Lesson 3: Coordinate systems
• Lesson 4: Symbolizing layers
• Lesson 5: Controlling feature display
• Lesson 6: Adding text to the map
• Lesson 7: Creating features from tabular data
• Lesson 8: Associating tabular data
• Lesson 9: Editing features and attributes
• Lesson 10: Spatial Analysis
• Lesson 11: Map Layouts
• Lesson 12: Sharing with ArcGIS Pro

Introduction / Background / Overview of Capabilities

• Learning Plans
  • ArcGIS Pro Fundamentals
  • Migrate to ArcGIS Pro
  • Exploring Spatial Relationships
•  ArcGIS Pro Help:
  • Terminology Guide (PDF)
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Get help for ArcGIS Pro
  • Five tips to Help You Get Started with ArcGIS Pro

Resources

Lesson 1: Getting started with ArcGIS Pro

 

ArcGIS Pro

Documentation:

About ArcGIS Pro  (Includes how to sign in, the start page, projects, and the ArcGIS Pro user interface)

Quick-start tutorial:

• Introducing ArcGIS Pro

Navigation

Documentation:

• Navigation
• Navigation in 3D
• Magnifier Window
• Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigation

Quick-Start tutorial:

• Navigate Maps and Scenes

Selection

Documentation:

• Select features interactively

Projects

Documentation:

• Work with projects
• Terminology for working with projects
• Create a project
• Open a project
• Save a project
• Add maps and scenes to a project: Includes how to insert a map or scene, how to add a web map or web scene, how to import an ArcGIS Pro map package or map file
• Use the Catalog
• Catalog pane, catalog views and browse dialog boxes
• Use the Catalog pane
• Use the Catalog views
• Use browse dialog boxes
• Access portal items and groups (sharing)
• Use project favorites

Quick-Start tutorial:

• Create a project (feel free to stop after Locate the study area)

Web Course:

• ArcGIS Pro Basics (50 minutes)

 

Lesson 2: Working with GIS data

 

Data in ArcGIS Pro

Documentation:

• Dataset types that ArcGIS supports (check out what it says for CAD, Shapefiles, Excel, and other data you work with)
• Supported data types and items (more in-depth and tabulated)

Web Course:

• Introduction to Spatial Data (1 ½ hours)

Metadata

Documentation:

• View and edit metadata

Adding Data

Oftentimes you can find out how to add specific data by looking at the type of data.  

•  For example: Tables
• Add and open tabular data

Video: Add Data to a Project in ArcGIS Pro (3 minutes)

Documentation:

• Make connections
• Connect to a database
• Connect to a folder
• Layers
• Add layers to a map or scene

Quick-Start Tutorial:

• Add data to a project
• Manage catalog items
• Copy and move items
• Remove or delete project items
• Rename project items

 

Geodatabases

Documentation:

• Create datasets in a geodatabase
• Copy feature datasets, feature classes, and tables to a geodatabase
• Import data
• Export data

• What is a geodatabase?
• Fundamentals of the geodatabase
• Table basics
• Feature class basics
• Image and raster basics
• Add datasets to a geodatabase
  • Create datasets in a geodatabase
  • Copy feature datasets, feature classes, and tables to a geodatabase
  • Import data
  • Export data

 Web Course:

• Getting Started with Data Management (1 ¼ hours)
• Getting Started with the Geodatabase (3 ½ hours)
• Integrating data in ArcGIS Pro (1 hr, 15 mins)

Quick-Start Tutorial:

• Manage Data

Lesson 3: Coordinate systems

 

Documentation:

• Coordinate systems, map projections, and transformations
• Work with coordinate systems
• Define a new coordinate system (only do this if your data does not have a coordinate system, or if you suspect it has the wrong one)
• Supported map projections

Blogs:

• Geographic vs Projected Coordinate Systems
• Define Projection or Project?
• Projection on the fly and geographic transformations
• Transformation warning: What does it mean and what should I do?

Web Course:

• Introduction to Coordinate Systems (2 ¼ hours)
• Basics of Geographic Coordinate Systems (1 hour, 15 mins)
• Basics of Map Projections (3 hours)

 

Lesson 4: Symbolizing layers

 

Documentation:

• Symbolization
• Symbolize feature layers
• Symbology options covered in class:
  • Single symbol
  • Unique symbols
  • Graduated colors
  • Graduated symbols
  • Heat map  

• Aggregate features in clusters
• Find Symbols
• Data Classification methods

Quick-Start Tutorial:

• Symbolize map layers

Web course:

• Symbolizing Map Layers (1 ¾ hours)
• Map Design Fundamentals (2 hours)

Lesson 5: Controlling feature display

 

Selection Queries

Documentation:

• Creating and using layer selections
• Select features using attributes
• Select features by location
• Introduction to query expressions
• Work with selected features
• Make a selection layer from selected features
• Export data

Web course:

• Querying Data Using ArcGIS Pro (30 minutes)

Definition Queries

Documentation:

• Filter features with definition queries

Displaying features at different scales

Documentation:

• Display layers at certain scales
• Author a multiscale map
• Use scale-based symbol classes

Blogs:

• Mapping in Multi-Scale
• ArcGIS Pro Tips: Scale-Based Symbol Sizing

Web Course:

• Map Layer Basics (1 hours, 55 mins)

Training: Learning plan (12 courses)

• Fundamentals of Mapping and Visualization

 

Lesson 6: Adding text to the map

 

Add text to a map

Documentation:

• Add text to map

Labels

Documentation:

• Labeling basics

Blogs:

• Pro Map Text I: Labels

Quick-Start Tutorial:

• Label your map

Web course:

• Labeling Map Features

Label Classes

Documentation:

• Use label classes

Annotations

Documentation:

• Convert labels to annotation
• Annotation: Standard and feature-linked annotation

Blogs:

• Pro Map Text II: Annotation

 

Lesson 7: Creating features from tabular data

 

Create point features from x, y coordinates

Documentation:

• Add x,y coordinate data as a layer
• XY Table To Point
• How to Calculate the XY coordinates of point features in ArcGIS Pro

Quick-start Tutorials:

• Create points from a table

Web course:

• Displaying Coordinate Data on a Map

 

Create points from addresses

Documentation:

• Find places on the map
• Identify addresses and places on the map
• Convert a table to locations on the map
• Rematch locations converted from a table (when not all addresses or locations are perfectly matched)

• Introduction to finding places on a map
• Introduction to identifying addresses and places on the map
• Introduction to converting a table to locations on the map
• Geocoding with ArcGIS Pro
  • Find places on the map
  • Identify addresses and places on the map
  • Convert a table to locations on the map
  • Rematch locations converted from a table (when not all addresses or locations are perfectly matched

Blogs:

• Geocoding: Delivering High Location Accuracy

Tutorials:

• Find addresses
• Geocode a table of addresses
• Rematch addresses from a geocoded feature class
• Find features
• Create a locator (if your org does not have one or their own)

Web course:

• Location-Enabling Data (1 hour, 15 mins)

Lesson 8: Associating tabular data

 

Documentation:

• Overview of joins and relates
• Add Join
• Add relate
• View related data

 

Lesson 9: Editing features and attributes

 

Documentation:

• Configure a feature template

• Introduction to 2D and 3D features
• Create point and multipoint features

• Align or distribute features
• Edit feature vertices
• Reshape feature geometry
• Split a feature
• Merge features into one feature

• Editing in ArcGIS Pro
• A quick tour of editing
• Get started editing
• Use snapping
• Introduction to feature templates
• Modify features
• Terminology for editing

Blogs:

• ArcGIS Pro Tips: Group Templates, Galleries, & Grids Make Editing a Snap

Quick-start tutorials:

• Create points on a map

Web course:

• Editing Basics in ArcGIS Pro (2 hours)

Lesson 10: Spatial Analysis

 

Documentation:

• Geoprocessing vocabulary
• Geoprocessing quick tour
• Find a geoprocessing tool
• Use a geoprocessing tool
• Spatial Analysis in ArcGIS Pro
• Introduction to geoprocessing

 Blogs:

• The Importance of Where: How spatial analysis leads to insight
• Learn spatial analysis techniques with scenario-based case studies

Quick-Start Tutorials:

• Use geoprocessing tools

Web course:

• Getting Started with Spatial Analysis (1 hour, 10 mins)
• Getting Started with Geoprocessing (1 ½ hours)
• Introduction to Distance Analysis (1 ½ hours)
• Finding the Closest Facilities Using ArcGIS Pro (1 hour)

 Training: Learning plan for Spatial Analysis

• Spatial Analysis and Data Science Fundamentals

Lesson 11: Map Layouts

 

Documentation:

• North arrows
• Scale Bars
• Legends
• Dynamic tables
• Layouts in ArcGIS Pro
• Add a layout to a project
• Add and modify map frames
• Work with layout elements

 Blogs:

• Pro Map Text IV: Layout Text

Quick-start Tutorials:

• Make a layout

Web course:

• Creating a Map Layout (1 ¼ hours)

Lesson 12: Sharing with ArcGIS Pro

 

Documentation:

• Introduction to sharing web layers
• Share a web map
• Introduction to sharing packages
• Save a map file
• Save a layer file
• Introduction to exporting a map or layout
• Print a map or layout

• Share your work in ArcGIS Pro

Tutorial:

• Share a web map
• Author a map
• Author and share a local scene to Portal for ArcGIS

Blogs:

• Top 10 reasons you should use ArcGIS Pro to share your work

Web course:

• Sharing Maps and Layers with ArcGIS Pro – 3 hours 

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