Getting started with ArcGIS Pro

Basics today

  • Data formats and coordinate systems
  • Create a new map file and add data
  • Digital Elevation Model (DEM) 
    • find them
    • genderate them
  • Share your work!
    • static map - print PDF
    • On the web! 

Basic basics

  • Data formats
    • Vector
    • Raster
  • Coordinate systems
    • what story are you telling?
    • data/files will not match otherwise!

Basic basics

  • Data formats
    • Vector (points, lines, polygons)
      • Shapefile (shp)
      • GeoJSON
      • CSV
      • SVG - graphic software
    • Raster
  • coordinate systems

Basic basics

  • Data formats
    • Vector
    • Raster (grid)
      • bitmap
      • jpg
      • tiff
  • coordinate systems

Coordinate systems, projections datums

  • each tell a different story about the world 
  • each preserve and distort the world in different ways

Coordinate systems, projections datums

 
  • each tell a different story about the world 
  • each preserve and distort the world in different ways

Coordinate systems and Datums

  • Global coordinate systems
    • WG1983 (web mercator)
  • Local coordinate systems
    • Amersfoort 
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Create a new map file and add data

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By Britta Ricker