ArcGIS Pro: An Overview technical presentation resources UC 2025

TimothyKinlaw

Thank you for attending our session! Here are resources to help you in learning ArcGIS Pro.

Training

• ArcGIS Pro Fundamentals learning plan
• Spatial Analysis and Data Science Fundamentals learning plan
• Fundamentals of Mapping and Visualization learning plan
• Fundamentals of Data Management learning plan
• Data Editing Essentials learning plan
• Imagery and Remote Sensing Fundamentals learning plan
• 3D Visualization Essentials learning plan
• ArcGIS Pro tutorials on ArcGIS Learn
• Esri Training videos - short videos from esri instructors on various topics

Getting started with ArcGIS Pro

• ArcGS Pro system requirements
• ArcGIS Pro FAQ
• ArcGIS Pro terminology guide (PDF)
• ArcGIS Pro quick-start tutorials
• Contents pane
• Catalog pane
• Use project favorites
• Projects in ArcGIS Pro
• Navigation
• ArcGIS Pro keyboard shortcuts

Making a map

• Author a map quick-start tutorial
• See John Nelson's youtube channel for many cartography tips and tricks in ArcGIS
• John Nelson ArcGIS blogs
• Heather Smith ArcGIS blogs
• Help documentation:
  • Coordinate systems, map projections, and transformations
  • Supported map projections
  • Maps in ArcGIS Pro
  • Symbolization
  • Symbolize feature layers
  • Styles are used to save and re-use your symbols, colors, and more. 
  • Dataset types
  • 3D scenes

Creating a layout

• Make a layout quick-start tutorial
• Map gallery
• Homage to a classic map
• Help documentation:
  • Layouts in ArcGIS Pro
  • Set up a layout
  • Layouts and the Contents pane
  • Work with layout elements
  • Map series

Set up a geodatabase

• Manage data quick-start tutorial
• Help documentation:
  • What is a geodatabase?
  • Types of geodatabases
  • Geodatabase terminology
  • Feature class basics
  • Geoprocessing tools for bringing data into a geodatabase
  • XY Table to Point geoprocessing tool - create points from coordinates
  • Geocoding geoprocessing tools - create points from addresses
  • Data design:
    • Introduction to attribute domains
    • Introduction to subtypes
    • Introduction to contingent values
    • Attribute rule fundamentals
    • Geodatabase topology
    • What is topology?

Editing GIS data

• Create points on a map quick-start tutorial
• Create points from a table quick-start tutorial
• Help documentation:
  • Editing in ArcGIS Pro
  • Editing options
  • Introduction to 2D and 3D features
  • Configure a feature template
  • Modify features
  • Map topology
  • Geoprocessing tools for editing
  • Use snapping

Spatial analysis

• Use geoprocessing tools quick-start tutorial
• The Language of Spatial Analysis (PDF)
• Esri's Spatial Statistics Resources
• Spatial Analytics and Data Science at Esri
• GeoAI
• Help documentation:
  • Spatial analysis in ArcGIS Pro
  • Make a chart
  • Select features interactively
  • Select layer by attribute geoprocessing tool - attribute query
  • Select layer by location geoprocessing tool - spatial query
  • Select By Location graphic examples
  • Geoprocessing vocabulary
  • Raster functions
  • ArcGIS Pro Python reference
  • Introduction to tasks
  • (JupyterLab) Notebooks in ArcGIS Pro
  • What is ModelBuilder?
  • ModelBuilder vocabulary