Exercitii

Creating and Editing
Parcels with ArcGIS

Desktop
(Final)
Wilmot Greene
Willy Lynch
Ryan Otto
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C O N T E N T S
Introduction
Using geodatabase data in ArcMap
The ArcMap editing environment
The parcel editing process
Using the Traverse tool
Exercise 1: Install the class database

Install the class database
Install the Zipper Task
Exercise 2: Using geodatabase data in ArcMap

Investigate and preview data
Set symbology
Navigate around the map
Exercise 3: Preparing to edit

Set symbology and create a layer file
Set editing options
Perform a rough sketch of a parcel split
Validate the topology in your area of interest
Set selectable layers
Exercise 4: The parcel editing process

Locate the area of interest
Create lines and update attributes
Creating polygons
Creating annotation
Save your edits and your map
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Exercise 5A: Entering a closed traverse from a plat

Start ArcMap and prepare for editing
Find the starting point
Find the true Point of Beginning (POB)
Enter the traverse
Evaluate closure error and adjust the traverse
Review the COGO attributes
Rotate and fit the new parcel lines to the existing framework
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Creating and Editing Parcels with ArcGIS Desktop
Use the Zipper Task

Construct the new parcel polygon
Exercise 5B: Entering a closed traverse from a deed
Start ArcMap and prepare for editing
Find the true POB
Enter the traverse
Adjust the traverse lines into the existing framework
Copy the new features into the parcel lines feature class
Create the new parcel
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Tools overview
Entering subdivisions
Annotation
Exercise 6: Tools overview

Use the Advanced Editing toolbar
Use the Topology toolbar
Use the Merge command
Exercise 7: Entering subdivisions

Find the Point of Beginning
Enter a traverse for the subdivision boundary
Proportion the parcel boundary
Traverse the interior Right-of-Way
Inspect the COGO attribute values
Fit the subdivision into the existing framework
Adjust the surrounding parcels using the Zipper Task
Move topology nodes
Enter the interior subdivision lines
Transfer the construction lines to the Parcel Lines layer
Create new subdivision polygons
Attribute the new parcels and parcel lines
Exercise 8: Annotation
Edit standard annotation
Create standard annotation
Explore existing feature-linked annotation
Create annotation from labels
Challenge: Update Your Group Layer File
Challenge: Create The Street in Winchester Hills Subdivision
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Practice entering subdivisions

Exercise 9: More practice with subdivisions
Prepare the map and your workspace
Determine where to start
Traverse the boundary
Digitize lots 17
Georeference a digital plat
Heads-up digitizing lots 4455
Digitize lots 2039 with backlots
Enter COGO into a text editor
Finish the remaining lots
Adjust the surrounding parcels to snap to the new subdivision
Construct the parcel lines and parcels
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Introduction
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Install the Zipper Task
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Exercise 1: Install the class

database
EXERCISE 1: INSTALL THE CLASS DATABASE

In this exercise, you will install the database that you will use for certain other
exercises in the course.
STEP 1: INSTALL THE CLASS DATABASE
Ask your instructor whether the database has already been installed.
If not, turn to the last page of the exercise book and remove the database CD-ROM
from the sleeve attached to the back cover.
Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

From the Start menu, open Windows Explorer.
Before running the setup program, you will change the view setting of the Windows
Explorer.
From the Tools menu, click Folder Options.

Click the View tab.
In the Advanced settings area, verify that the Hide file extensions for known file
types check box is unchecked.
Click OK.
Now you will execute the Setup program on the CD-ROM to install the training data.
Navigate through the tree structure to the CD-ROM and click on the CD-ROM
drive.
In the contents of the CD-ROM, double-click Setup.exe.

On the Welcome panel, click Next.
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Ask your instructor for the destination folder for the database.
Destination Folder: _________________________.
If the destination folder is C:\Student:
If the destination folder is not C:\Student:
Click Typical.
Click Next.
Click Finish.
Click Custom.
Click Browse.
Enter the path to the destination
folder.
Click OK.
Now you are ready to install the class
database.
Click Next.
Click Finish.
The database is installed in the destination folder. From now on the destination folder
for the installation will be referred to as your working folder.
Remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive and keep it with this book.
STEP 2: INSTALL THE ZIPPER TASK
The Zipper Task is a Developer Sample which adds an editing task to ArcGIS. The
Zipper Task is utilized throughout this course and needs to be added to the interface.
Navigate to C:\Student\CEPA\Software\ZipperTask and double-click on the

install.bat file.
NOTE: If the ArcGIS Developers Help and Developers Tools have been
installed on your workstation, a Registry Editor is accessible as a utility in
folder C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\BIN\categories.exe as the Component
Category Manager. If installed, the utility is also available from the Windows
Task Manager at Start > Program > ArcGIS > Developers Tools >
Compenent Category Manager.
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Using geodatabase
data in ArcMap
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Investigate and preview data

Set symbology
Navigate around the map
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Exercise 2: Using geodatabase

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EXERCISE 2: USING GEODATABASE DATA IN ARCMAP

In this exercise, you will work with some of ArcMaps general tools and buttons for
exploring data and making selections. First, you will use ArcCatalog to explore the
Shelby.mdb geodatabase you will be using for the class, as well as making a folder
connection to the class directory.
Exercise shortcut
1. Make a connection to the ShelbyCounty folder then preview the ShelbyCounty
geodatabase in ArcCatalog to get an idea of how it is organized.
2. Make a group layer file containing County, Cities, and Map_Grid with Cities
symbolized via unique values and Map_Grid symbolized with no fill.
3. Use the Select By Attributes and Find tools to locate street intersections.
STEP 1: INVESTIGATE AND PREVIEW DATA
Start ArcCatalog.
Click the Connect To Folder button
and navigate to the

C:\Student\CEPA\Database\ShelbyCounty directory.
Click the ShelbyCounty folder and click OK.

NOTE: A connection to the C:\Student\CEPA\DatabaselbyCounty folder
should be added to the Catalog tree. This will allow you to navigate directly
to the data for this class.
Click on the folder connection you just created, and double-click the Shelby.mdb
geodatabase to display its contents.
NOTE: The geodatabase may contain feature datasets or stand-alone feature

classes. Feature datasets store spatially-related feature classes, while a stand
alone feature class can exist without spatially related data.
Question 1: How many feature datasets are in the Shelby.mdb? _______________

Hint: Look for this icon:
Question 2: Are there any stand-alone feature classes in Shelby.mdb? __________
Click the plus sign next to each feature dataset to explore their contents.
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Question 3: Which feature dataset has the most feature classes? ______________
Click the minus sign next to all feature datasets (except for Admin) to close them.
In the Admin feature dataset, click the Cities feature class to select it.
Click the Preview tab located to the right of the Catalog tree.
The cities should display as polygons in the Preview window. Notice at the bottom of
the Preview window there is a dropdown list that allows you to preview the geography
or the table.
Click the dropdown list and select Table to view the attributes for the Cities feature
class.
Question 4: How many cities are in the Cities feature class? _________________
Question 5: What attributes are stored in the Cities attribute table? ____________
Now you will explore the Index feature dataset.
Click the plus sign next to the Index feature dataset to expand it.
Question 6: What is the most common feature type (point, line, or polygon) in the
Index feature dataset? _______________________________________________
Hint: Look at the icons.
STEP 2: SET SYMBOLOGY
In this step, you will learn how to change the symbology of layers in ArcMap.
Click the Launch ArcMap button in ArcCatalog to start the ArcMap application.
In ArcMap, confirm that A new empty map is chosen and click OK.
Resize the ArcCatalog and ArcMap windows so you can clearly see both
applications.
Click the Cities feature class from the Admin feature dataset and drag and drop it
into ArcMap.
Maximize ArcMap.
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Click the Add Data button
and navigate to the folder connection you created

earlier (C:\Student\CEPA\Database\ShelbyCounty) and open Shelby.mdb.
In the Admin feature dataset, click County, and click Add to add the layer to the
map.
NOTE: Dragging and dropping from Catalog and using the Add Data button
are two ways to get layers into ArcMap.
Next, you will experiment with the symbology of both

layers. There are many ways to change the symbology of a
layer. You will try three different methods. Under the layers
name in the Table of Contents there is a patch that represents
what that layer looks like in the map.
Patch
Right-click on the patch for County, and experiment with different colors including
the No Color option.
Close the Symbol Selector dialog.

Left-click on the patch for Cities.
Notice how there are more options for customizing the symbol than if you had rightclicked. By left-clicking the symbol you have access to the Outline Color and Width,
as well as the Fill Color, and you can choose from many Stylesheets. Right-clicking
gives you access to only the Fill Color.
These methods change the color for all of the features in the layer. In other words, all
the cities are the same color. The third option for changing symbology addresses that
issue.
Click Cancel to close the Symbol Selector.

The Layer Properties context menu contains many useful options for setting
symbology.
Right-click the Cities layer (the text, not the patch), and click Properties.
NOTE: You can also access this menu by double-clicking on the layer.
Click the Symbology tab.

Notice that the current symbology is set to Single symbol. Most layers are symbolized
this way by default. Next, you will symbolize the cities so that each city is a different
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On the left side of the active window, just below Single symbol, click Categories.
This will allow you to symbolize the cities individually, based on unique values from a
field in the attribute table.
For Value Field, choose NAME from the dropdown list.

Click the Add All Values button.
Every unique value for the NAME field is added to the list. You can change the color
scheme by selecting a predefined scheme from the dropdown list. You can also change
individual symbols within a scheme by double-clicking a color patch in the
Symbology Preview window.
Your Layer Properties dialog should look like the example below.
Click OK to apply the changes, and close the Layer Properties dialog.
NOTE: Apply will also apply the changes, but it will leave the Layer
Properties dialog open. When you click OK, ArcMap assumes you are
finished changing properties, so it closes the dialog.
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Using either one of the methods you have already learned for adding a layer to a
map, add the Map_Grid layer from the Index feature dataset.
Question 7: Where did the cities and counties go? _________________________

Layers in the Table of Contents draw from the bottom to the top. The Map_Grid layer
is just covering the other layers in your map. You can drag layers up and down in the
Table of Contents to change the draw order.
Click the Map_Grid layer, and drag it under the Cities layer and drop it.
The Cities and Counties should now display on top of the Map_Grid layer.
Click the symbol for the Map_Grid layer.

For Fill Color, click No Color.
For Outline Width, click 1.
For Outline Color, click a red color from the palette and click OK.
Drag the Map_Grid layer back to the top of the Table of Contents.
You should now be able to see the outline of the Map_Grid, the cities with unique
colors, and the county areas.
Select all three layers by holding the Ctrl key and clicking each layer name.
Right-click one of the selected layers and click
Group.
Notice that all three layers are now included in a

group layer called New Group Layer. Group layers
are a way to group certain layers together so you
can toggle them all off and on together.
Next, you will change the name of your group layer.
Click on New Group Layer, pause for a second,
then click again (this is not a double-click, or a

right-click. The second click makes the text
editable). Change the name of the group layer to BaseLayer
NOTE: You can also change the name of a layer by going to the Layer
Properties > General tab.
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Right-click on Base Layer, and click Save As Layer File.

Save this layer file in the C:\Student\CEPA\Exercise02 directory as BaseLayer.
Click Save.
Start a new map by clicking the New Map File button .
When prompted to save changes to Untitled, choose No.
In your new map, click the Add Data button.
Navigate to and add Base Layer.lyr to your map. Notice how the symbology you
created earlier is maintained.
NOTE: Layer files are a way to store symbology properties, as well as any
other properties you can change within the Layer Properties dialog. You can
add layer files to maps as you just did, or you can import the symbology from
a .lyr file into another layer. The idea is that once you create a certain type of
symbology, you can always reuse the layer files instead of re-creating the
symbology every time you want it.
STEP 3: NAVIGATE AROUND THE MAP

In this step, you will learn how to use the Pan and Zoom tools located on the Tools
toolbar in ArcMap. These tools are very useful for exploring your data. You will also
make some attribute selections.
Add the stand-alone Streets_class feature class from the Shelby.mdb to your map.
NOTE: For the purposes of this class, you are only working with a subset of
the roads.
Right-click the Streets_class layer, and click Zoom To Layer.

Notice how the streets are symbolized by unique values
based on the Street_Type field. This is because the streets
have subtypes. Feature classes that contain subtypes are
rendered this way by default.
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Next you will use the zooming tools on the Tools toolbar. Experiment with the
following tools: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Fixed Zoom In, Fixed Zoom Out, Pan, Full
Extent, Go Back To Previous Extent, and Go To Next Extent. The Tools toolbar should
be floating in your map.
Zoom In
Fixed Zoom In
Pan
o Back To Previous Extent
Zoom Out
Fixed Zoom Out
Full Extent
Go To Next Extent
Now you will find the intersection of Creek Bend and Winter Harbor roads. There are
many ways to accomplish this goal. You will combine two methods in the following
steps.
From the Selection menu, click Select By Attributes.

This operation will select features based on attribute values in the layers table. This
dialog works by creating SQL (Structured Query Language) statements. You can type
or click in your query (SQL statements are syntax sensitive).
In the Select By Attributes dialog, set Layer to Streets_class, and Method to Create
a new selection.
Double-click the [NAME] field from the Fields list to add it to the SQL query.
Single-click the equals sign.
Click the Get Unique Values button to get all of the values for names to show up in
the list.
Scroll down and locate Creek Bend and double-click it.
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Your Select By Attributes dialog should appear as follows:
If your expression is different that what is shown above, you can click the Clear button
to start over.
Click the Verify button to ensure the syntax of your expression is correct.
If your query is successful, click Apply. If it was unsuccessful, Clear it and try
building it again.
All street segments with the name of Creek Bend should be highlighted in a light blue
in the map. The selected streets appear on the left side of the streets layer about half
way down.
NOTE: If you wanted to zoom into the selected streets, you could right-click
the layer and choose Selection > Zoom to Selected Features, or you could use
any of the zooming tools you learned about earlier.
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In the Select By Attributes dialog, change the Method to Add to current selection,
and replace Creek Bend with Winter Harbor.
Click Apply.
Close the Select By Attributes dialog.
You have selected all of the streets named Creek Bend and Winter Harbor. Next you
will zoom to the selected features.
Right-click on Streets_class in the Table of Contents, and click Selection > Zoom To
Selected Features.
Another way of locating specific features is by using the Find button. The Find button
looks like a pair of binoculars and is located on the Tools toolbar.
Click the Find button .

Click or verify that the Features tab is chosen.
For Find, type Grand Bay
For In layers, click the Streets_class.
For Search, click In fields, choose the [NAME] field from the list, then click Find.
Click the title bar of the Find dialog and drag it to the lower right corner of ArcMap.
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Right-click Grand Bay in the Find dialog, and choose Flash feature from the
context menu.
Grand Bay street should flash on the left side of the map.
Question 8: Does Grand Bay intersect Creek Bend? ________________________
Close the Find dialog.

The Identify tool is also useful for finding and inspecting features. This tool is located
next to the Find button.
Click the Identify tool
and click the street that intersects Grand Bay.
Question 9: What is the name of the intersecting street? _____________________
In the Identify Results dialog, for Layers, click in the dropdown and choose
Map_Grid.
Notice how the only features that get identified are ones in the Map_Grid layer.
Click on Grand Bay to Identify what grid it falls inside of.

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Question 10: What map number does Grand Bay fall within? ________________
The Measure tool is located on the Tools toolbar as well. It allows you to measure
linear distances between features. Measurements appear on the status bar in the lower
left corner of the ArcMap display. You can clear the results by double-clicking or
hovering your mouse over another tool or button. When you are through using the
Measure tool, it is good practice to click the black pointer on the Tools toolbar as a
default pointer.
Locate the street named Double Springs using one of the methods you learned
earlier. It is in the general vicinity of Grand Bay.
Use the Measure tool
to find out the length of Double Springs.
Question 11: Approximately how long is Double Springs? __________________

Question 12: What is the value in the SHAPE_Length field of Double Springs? __
Hint: You can use the Identify tool to find out.
NOTE: The point of the two questions above is to show you that you cannot
get the exact length of the line while using the Measure tool.
You have learned how to select, find, and zoom to specific features on the map as well
as how to control the appearance of those features by setting symbology. These skills
will be necessary in order to find where to do your edits in the following lessons and
more importantly, in your work environment.
Exit ArcMap without saving any changes.

Exit ArcCatalog.
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ANSWERS TO EXERCISE 2 QUESTIONS

Question 1: How many feature datasets are in the Shelby.mdb?
Answer: Five
Question 2: Are there any stand-alone feature classes in Shelby.mdb?
Answer: Yes (Streets_class)
Question 3: Which feature dataset has the most feature classes?
Answer: Cadastral
Question 4: How many cities are in the Cities feature class?
Answer: Eight
Question 5: What attributes are stored in the Cities attribute table?
Answer: ObjectID, Name, Shape_Length, Shape_Area
Question 6: What is the most common feature type (point, line, or polygon) in the
Index feature dataset?
Answer: Polygon
Question 7: Where did the cities and counties go?
Answer: They are drawing underneath the Map Grid layer.
Question 8: Does Grand Bay intersect Creek Bend?
Answer: No
Question 9: What is the name of the intersecting street?
Answer: Glenroy
Question 10: What map number does Grand Bay fall within?
Answer: 79208B
Question 11: Approximately how long is Double Springs?
Answer: Approximately 254 feet
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Question 12: What is the value in the SHAPE_Length field of Double Springs?
Answer: 252.286 feet
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Set symbology and create a
layer file
Set editing options
Perform a rough sketch of a
parcel split
Validate the topology in your
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EXERCISE 3: PREPARING TO EDIT

In this exercise, you will learn some skills you need to understand before editing in
ArcMap. In order to edit data in ArcMap there are some environment and drawing
variables that you must set first. Some of these options will only be set once, while
some will be changed every time you edit.
STEP 1: SET SYMBOLOGY AND CREATE A LAYER FILE
First you will symbolize the important layers you will use throughout the class and
save them as a group layer file. This will allow you to create the symbology once and
when you add the group layer to any map you will see all of the layers you need and
they will be symbolized correctly.
Start ArcMap, and click A new empty map.

Click the Add Data button, and navigate to the Cadastral feature dataset in the
Shelby.mdb.
Add Cadastral_Topology to the map by clicking on it and clicking Add.

NOTE: Double-clicking it would also add it to the map and close the Add
Data dialog.
Choose Yes when prompted Do you also want to add all the feature classes that
participate in Cadastral_Topology to the map?
This is a method of adding more than one feature class to the display at once. You also
could have added them one at a time or selected certain ones to add.
Also from the Cadastral feature dataset, add the Parcel_Anno, Parcel_Dim_Anno,
and ConstructionLines layers as well.
Hint: You can hold the Ctrl button in order to select multiple layers to add at once.
Notice how long it takes for these layers to finish drawing.
When these layers finish drawing, you are unable to see what the computer has spent
all that energy drawing. This is a prime example of when visible scale range is
important. You will be setting symbology for many layers in the coming steps, so it is
not necessary for your machine to try and redraw the map every time you make a
change.
Tun off the visibility for every layer in your map.

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In order to locate the parcels you want to edit, you will also need the Streets layer.
Add the stand-alone Streets_class feature class from Shelby.mdb to the map and turn
off its visibility.
You will not need the Plan_Points layer for this class, so right-click that layer and
click Remove.
Many layers in the map have subtypes and therefore take up a lot of space in the Table
of Contents. You will solve that problem in the next couple of tasks.
At the bottom of the Table of Contents ensure the Display tab is active.
Click the minus sign beside each layer to hide its symbology and save space in the
Table of Contents. Your TOC should look like the following picture.
Right-click on the Parcel_Lines layer, and click Properties (or you can double-click
on the layer to open the Layer Properties dialog).
Click the Symbology tab and notice that the lines are symbolized using Unique
Values from the Value Field called LINE_TYPE.
This symbology was applied automatically because the Parcel_Lines feature class is
divided into subtypes. When feature classes with subtypes are added to ArcMap they
are automatically symbolized by subtype. You saw this earlier with the Streets_class
layer. You can change this symbology however you want. Sometimes for editing
purposes, it is nice to see where lines come together and where they are continuous.
You can accomplish this task easily by setting symbology to include points at the ends
of lines.
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For Show, click Features.
Current Symbol
Now all of the Parcel lines will appear the same regardless of subtype. Now you will
set exactly how you want the lines to look.
Left-click the current symbol for Parcel_Lines (see above) to open the Symbol
Selector.
Click Properties to take you to the Symbol Property Editor.

For Type, click the dropdown and change it to Cartographic Line Symbol.
Click the Color button and change the color to Cretean Blue (third column from the
right, third blue from the top).
NOTE: You can hover your mouse over the color to display its name.
For Width, confirm or set it to 1.

Click the Line Properties tab to set symbology for the ends of the lines.
Under Line Decorations, click the bottom option that places arrows at the beginning
and end of lines.
Click Properties so that you can set the properties of the arrows and change them to
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In the Line Decoration Editor, click Symbol, and change the symbol to a Circle, Size
to 6, and Color to Cretean Blue.
Click OK to all of the dialogs to see the changes in the map display.
Now you can tell how many lines are meeting in any particular spot by how many dots
you can see.
Set the symbology for ConstructionLines just like ParcelLines, but make the lines
and the line decoration marks red.
Hint: Look back to the previous page to remember the steps for symbolizing as a
cartographic line symbol with line decorations.
Next you will symbolize the Parcels and Streets_class layers.
Right-click the Parcels layer in the Table of Contents, and choose Properties.
On the Symbology tab, for Show, click Features to draw the Parcels layer with a
Single Symbol.
Click Symbol, and choose the Beige fill symbol.

Click OK twice.
Change the Streets_class layer to a Single Symbol legend with a black line symbol,
Size 1.
Next you will set a minimum display scale for Parcel_Lines and the two annotation
layers. This will allow for faster draw time because every single feature will not
always have to be redrawn, depending on scale.
Open the Properties of the Parcel_Lines layer, and click the General tab.
For Scale Range, click the option button next to Dont show layer when zoomed.
In the Out beyond box, type 10000, and click OK.
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Repeat the process for both annotation layers and set each of their minimum scale
to 3000
Turn on every layer except Parcels and Zoom to full extent.
Your map should look like the graphic above.

Next you will create a group layer file containing all of the layers in your map. In
subsequent exercises you will be adding this layer file to your maps so you will have
all the necessary layers needed and they will be symbolized the for efficient display.
Like you did in Exercise 2, hold down the Ctrl key and click each layer in the Table
of Contents to select it.
Once they are all selected, right-click and click Group.

Rename the new group layer Editing_Layers.
Right-click Editing_Layers, and click Save As Layer File.
Navigate to the C:\Student\Database\ShelbyCounty directory, and verify that the
Name is Editing_Layers.lyr, and click Save.
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At this point, you have two feature layers without scale ranges, one feature layer with
scale range, two annotation layers with scale ranges, a topology layer, and a parcels
layer that is turned off, all packaged together into one group layer called
Editing_Layers. In upcoming exercises you will be adding the group layer to new map
documents.
STEP 2: SET EDITING OPTIONS
Now you must prepare your application for editing. You will be turning on toolbars
and arranging them on your desktop. Placement of these toolbars is up to you, but the
suggestions in this manual are a great starting point.
Turn on the Editor Toolbar by clicking the Editor Toolbar button, as seen on the
graphic below.
NOTE: Your Standard toolbar may be docked in the interface.
Dock the Editor Toolbar just below the Standard toolbar on the top left of your
screen by clicking its title bar and dragging it.
Most of the tools are inactive because you have not started an edit session yet.
NOTE: A complete list of toolbars can be found by right-clicking in blank
gray space anywhere within the ArcMap interface or by clicking View >
Toolbars from the ArcMap interface. The Editor Toolbar can be turned on and
off from here as well.
On the Editor Toolbar, click the Editor >More Editing Tools.

NOTE: This is an easy way to find toolbars directly related to editing.
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Activate both the Topology and Advanced Editing toolbars and dock them beneath
the Editor Toolbar.
Most of the tools you need while editing can be found on these three toolbars. Take a
moment to look at the tools. You can inspect them further by choosing the Whats
This? tool
, then clicking on any button or tool for more information on that
particular command. You can also use Shift + F1 to get context sensitive help.
Question 1: What license is needed in order to use the Planarize Lines
tool on
the Topology toolbar? (Use the What's This? tool) _________________________
Hint: To save time look towards the bottom of the pop-up window.
Now you are ready to start editing in ArcMap. Before you do any edits you must begin
an edit session.
Choose Editor > Start Editing.
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Now that ArcMap is in edit mode, you can expose the snapping environment.
Snapping is a very important aspect of editing. When you set snapping, you are
ensuring that the new features you create are snapping to existing features where
expected. This is important if you are dealing with a topology. A topology contains
rules your features must abide by when edited, and snapping will help you obey those
rules.
Choose Editor > Snapping.

Arrange the Snapping menu so that it fits below the Table of Contents by clicking
and dragging it by the double horizontal lines.
As mentioned before, when you are editing, snapping is crucial!
You may have to pull

or adjust from these points
Next you will go to the Options menu of the Editor Toolbar to explore some of the
functionality it offers, as well as change some properties.
Click Editor > Options.
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The Editing Options dialog has many useful options including snapping tolerance and
the list of potential editing tasks. Take a moment to explore the contents of each tab.
Click each tab in the Editing Options dialog to see what properties can be set.
Next you will change the units.
Click the Units tab.

Set Direction Type to Quadrant Bearing.
Set Direction Units to Degrees Minutes Seconds.
Set Display angles using to 0 decimal places.
NOTE: This is the format in which you will receive survey data in this class.
Question 2: What is the snapping tolerance set to? _________________________

Hint: Switch tabs.
Click OK.
STEP 3: PERFORM A ROUGH SKETCH OF A PARCEL SPLIT
The parcel split that you will perform in Exercise 4 is located just east of the
intersection of Winchester and County Gate roads.
Using the methods you have already learned, find and zoom to this intersection.
The best method may be to use Select By Attributes.
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After you zoom into the area of interest, clear the selected features.
Hint: There are several ways to clear selections. The Selection dropdown, the
Selection tab, and clicking in white space with the Select Features tool are three
ways.
Turn on the Parcels layer.

Right click on the Streets_class and turn on Label Features.
Pull out the hardcopy of Plat 1 to inspect it. This plat contains the legal outline of a
new parcel split that you will enter into the database in Exercise 5. Look at the
southwest corner. This new parcel is defined by a closed traverse of five segments,
beginning in the southwest corner at a point 295.43 feet from the centerline of County
Gate Road. You can clearly see the intersection of County Gate Road and Winchester
Road on the map, but on the plat you can see that the center of County Gate Road is
295.43 feet from the western edge of the new parcel. Below is the area of interest.
Your new parcel

will go here
Next, you will do a quick drawing using the Measure tool and the measures on plat 1
to see how the new parcel will fit into the existing parcel framework. In Exercise 4,
you will use other tools to create the new parcel, but for now you are just eyeballing
the new parcel.
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Click the Measure tool and click the centerline of County Gate Road as shown
below.
Begin measurement
here
Drag the Measure tool, as shown below, until the status bar (lower left corner of
ArcMap) shows approximately 295 feet, and then click one time.
This will allow you to make other measurements from that point which is roughly 295
feet from the centerline of County Gate Road, just like on the plat. You already have
the first measure. Now use the plat and the measurements on it for the new parcel to
sketch out where the new parcel will be placed.
Move your cursor up roughly 158 feet from the first point, as shown below, and
click.
2nd Click
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As seen on the plat, the northern boundary of the parcel is 102 feet from the point
you just added. Make that measurement and click to add a point as seen below.
Click roughly 102

feet from last point
Add the next segment, which is 170 feet from the last point heading south. See
graphic below.
Click roughly 170

feet from last point
The final segment is a little trickier. The plat reads 18.2 feet for the final line. It is
clearly longer than 18.2 feet. See the horizontal bar on the lower left corner of the plat.
This gives you some measures and angles. Notice the Arc Length is 84.53 feet. Your
next measure will use the sum of 18.2 and 84.53 (102.73).
From your last point, measure roughly 103 feet and it should end near the other
parcel edge. See graphic below.
The last click
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Now you have a rough sketch using the Measure tool as to how this new parcel will fit
into the existing ones. With the editing tools you will be adding a new parcel. With the
Measure tool you are just seeing where it will lie. Notice that you cannot get the exact
measure with the Measure tool, as seen earlier. The edit tools will allow you to enter
the exact distances from the plat.
Double-click to clear the measure lines.

STEP 4: VALIDATE THE TOPOLOGY IN YOUR AREA OF INTEREST
Some of the layers you will be editing participate in a topology. Next you will explore
the rules in the topology and validate it to see if there are any errors in the current
extent.
Right-click the Cadastral_Topology in the Table of Contents, and click Properties.

Click the Rules tab.
Question 3: What rules are present in this topology? _______________________
Hint: You dont need to write down every rule, just familiarize yourself with the
topology rules present in this topology.
Use the scroll bar to scroll right and left to see which feature classes take part in any
given specific rule.
NOTE: Notice that rules may be set across feature classes, as well as within
the same feature class.
Click OK to close the Layer Properties dialog.

On the Topology toolbar, click the Validate Topology in Current Extent button.
You should not see any topology errors. However, you may see topology errors
depending on how tight you zoomed into the street intersection of interest.
You want to be certain not to Validate Entire Topology as this could take
a long time.
NOTE: The Validate Entire Topology button is to the right of the Validate
Topology In Current Extent button.
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Validating checks to ensure that no parcels are overlapping, that parcel lines are
coincident with parcel boundaries, that no parcel lines contain dangles, and so on. In
other words, you want to make sure your area is topologically valid before you begin
editing. This way when you validate the topology after performing your edits you can
be sure that any topology errors you find will be errors that you have just made.
STEP 5: SET SELECTABLE LAYERS
The Selection tab is an important part of the Table of Contents. With it you can toggle
on and off the selectability of a layer, as well as see how many features in each layer
are selected.
Click the Selection tab.
A check mark next to the layer name means it is selectable.

Question 4: Which layers are currently selectable? _________________________
Click the Display tab and uncheck the two annotation layers so they are no longer
visible. Then click on the Selection tab again.
Click the Select Features tool
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Draw a box around the intersection of Winchester and County Gate roads including
the corner parcels. You may want to zoom in a little. See graphic below.
Once you release the mouse button you should see selected features in the map and if
you look at the Table of Contents, the Selection tab reports to you how many features
were selected in each layer.
Question 5: How many features were selected? ___________________________

NOTE: The number of features you have selected may vary slightly from the
answer at the end of this lesson.
Click the check boxes next to Streets_class and Parcel_lines to make them
unselectable.
Clear your current selection by clicking where there are no features or by choosing
Selection > Clear Selected Features.
Draw the box again to select features.
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Question 6: How many features were selected this time? ____________________

NOTE: Again, the number may vary, but it should be less than before.
Go to Selection > Clear Selected Features to clear the selection.

Make the Streets_class and Parcel_Lines layers selectable again.
Editing in ArcMap requires constant changing of selectable layers, visible layers,
snapping environment, and the active tool. Being familiar with how, where, and why
to change these settings is crucial.
You will be adding features to the Parcel_Lines layer in upcoming exercises by
snapping new lines to known points on existing lines and then creating Parcels from
the framework defined in plats and deeds. Your layers are now ready to edit.
Exit ArcMap without saving.

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Question 1: What license is needed in order to use the Planarize Lines tool on the
Topology toolbar? (Use the What's This? tool)
Answer: ArcEditor
Question 2: What is the snapping tolerance set to?
Answer: Seven pixels
Question 3: What rules are present in this topology?
Answer: Must not overlap with, must be properly inside, must not overlap, must
not have dangles, boundary must be covered by
Question 4: Which layers are currently selectable?
Answer: All layers
Question 5: How many features were selected?
Answer: Answer will vary depending on where you drew the box. Around 23
features is a good answer
Question 6: How many features were selected this time?
Answer: Answer may vary, but around eight features should be what you got.
There should be less features selected than in the previous question.
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Locate the area of interest

Create lines and update attributes
Creating polygons
Creating annotation
Save your edits and your map
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EXERCISE 4: THE PARCEL EDITING PROCESS

This exercise is designed to have you go through the process of doing a parcel split
without worrying much about perfecting the individual steps. The point is more for
you to envision the entire process in general. You will detail each part of the process as
this course progresses over the next few days.
STEP 1: LOCATE THE AREA OF INTEREST
The first step in editing data is to add the layers to ArcMap and zoom into the area of
interest.
Start ArcMap.
Choose Start using ArcMap with A new empty map.
Add the Editing_Layers layer file to your map.
Use the Find button to locate the parcel whose Parcel ID is d0255
00576 .
Make
sure you put three spaces between D0255 and 00576. Make your Find dialog look
like the one below.
Click Find.
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Right-click on the search result, and click Zoom To Feature.
Close the Find dialog.

This parcels area is about 255 acres. You are going to create a new, landlocked parcel
inside the bigger parcel.
STEP 2: CREATE LINES AND UPDATE ATTRIBUTES
Click Editor > Start Editing.

On the Editor Toolbar, set the Task to Create 2-Point Line Features, and the Target
to Parcel_Lines: Parcel Line.
Click the Rectangle tool on the Advanced Editing toolbar.
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Click to begin a rectangle in the parcel as shown below. Move your mouse to size
the new rectangle and click again to finish it.
NOTE: The exact size of your new parcel is not important as long as it fits
completely inside the old parcel. However, a smaller parcel will make things
a bit easier when you create annotation.
You just entered four new parcel lines, but the lines do not have attributes.
Click the Attributes
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You should notice that these lines have a few attributes, but the majority of the fields
are blank.
NOTE: Your OBJECTID values may differ.
OBJECTID values are generated automatically for every feature; these are system IDs.
LINE_TYPE is the field that defines the subtypes and was automatically populated by
setting the Target to Parcel Line. SHAPE_Length is automatically generated and
updated by the geodatabase.
Tax maps are normally annotated with the legal length and/or direction of the lines that
make up each parcel. Those lengths and directions are missing in the current map.
Next, you will add those attributes by using a button on the Advanced Editing toolbar.
On the Advanced Editing toolbar, click the Inverse
button.
Notice that all four of your new lines now have the COGO attributes of Angle and
Distance.
Click on each feature in the Attributes dialog to see the attributes for each.
NOTE: The features are the four entries under the Parcel_Lines layer. If you
click one of the features in the Attributes dialog, you can see the
corresponding feature on the map highlight momentarily.
You have now created the attributes necessary to annotate the parcel lines. In most
workflow scenarios the COGO attributes are populated by creating the lines from legal
descriptions. In future exercises you will spend a lot of time learning how to
accomplish that task.
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STEP 3: CREATING POLYGONS

You have created lines in the Parcel_Lines feature class but no polygons in the Parcels
feature class. Try turning on and off those two layers so that you can see exactly what
you have and don't have.
Click the check boxes next to the Parcel_Lines and Parcels layers to toggle them
on and off in order to see what is in each.
Confirm your four new lines are selected.

Change the Target to Parcels: Parcel.
On the Topology toolbar, click the Construct Features button.
In the Construct Features dialog accept the default Cluster Tolerance and ensure
that the check box for Consider existing features of the target layer in the current
extent is checked.
NOTE: Cluster tolerance is the minimum distance between features before
they are made coincident. If the Consider existing features of the target layer
in the current extent check box in the Construct Features dialog is checked,
existing features will be modified by the selected features. For example, if
you select a line that crosses a polygon more than once, it will split the
polygon in two.
Click OK.
Uncheck the Parcel_Lines layer in the Table of Contents to see the new polygon
you just created from the selected lines.
You should notice that you have created a new polygon that has the same attributes as
the parcel that it was split from.
Click the Selection tab.

Make sure the Parcels layer is checked and all the other layers are not.
Select the new parcel and the surrounding one, and open the Attributes dialog.
Inspect the attributes for each to confirm that they are the same.
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Close the Attributes dialog when finished.

In a production environment this would be a good time to update the parcel attributes,
but to save time, you will skip this part.
STEP 4: CREATING ANNOTATION
In this step, you will be working with and creating geodatabase annotation.
Zoom in close to your new parcel.

Click Selection > Clear Selected Features.
You will not need to type in the values of deeded length to create annotation for the
lines you created because those numbers already exist in the attribute table.
Turn off the Parcel layer and turn on the Parcel_Lines layer if necessary.
Double-click on the Parcel_Lines layer to open the Layer Properties dialog, then
click the Labels tab.
For Label Field, choose DISTANCE, then click OK.

On the Editor Toolbar, set the Task to Create New Feature, and the Target to
Parcel_Dim_Anno: Standard.
Click View > Toolbars > Annotation to turn on this toolbar and place it on the
interface wherever you like.
Set the dropdown lists on the Annotation toolbar as follows.

Construction:
Follow Feature
Text:
Leave this blank
Symbol:
Standard
Now you are ready to add annotation to your new parcel lines.
NOTE: You may need to zoom into the parcel lines to see the annotation.
Zoom to each line as you set the annotation so you can see it clearly. With the
Sketch Tool active, if you press the C, X, or Z keys you can pan, zoom out,
and zoom in respectively.
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Expose your snapping environment and turn on Edge snapping for the
Parcel_Lines layer.
Click the Sketch Tool, snap to the northern boundary line of your new parcel, then
press the W key on your keyboard. Watch for the feature to flash. Watch closely; it
flashes quickly.
Snap Tip
Your distance will
be different.
Pressing W not only flashes the feature you are going to annotate, but also gets the
attribute of Distance from the feature closest to your pointer and places that value into
the Text dropdown on the Annotation toolbar. The next click you make will direct the
annotation on which feature it should follow. Therefore if you do not click close
enough to an existing feature nothing will happen.
Click once while snapped to the same line to start the Follow Feature process.
Notice that a red dot appears on the line (move your mouse around). This is an
indication to you that this is the line that will be annotated. Now you can move your
mouse around the screen and the annotation will follow while remaining on the line.
Press P to set the orientation of the annotation.

PRESS P
PRESS P
The two graphics from the left illustrate how you can follow the feature and place the
annotation anywhere along it and on either side. The next two graphics illustrate that
by pressing the P key on the keyboard you can place the annotation parallel or
perpendicular to the line. For this exercise you will place it parallel.
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The final click you make will determine on what side of the line the annotation is
placed and where it is placed along the line.
Click where you want the annotation to be placed (above or below the line).
The annotation should be placed on the correct side of the line. The process has three
main steps.
1. Press W with the Sketch Tool while snapped to a line to specify the line
to pull attributes from.
2. Click the line you want to annotate (usually the same line).
3. Click where you want the annotation placed along the line.
Repeat the process for the other three lines to annotate them.
STEP 5: SAVE YOUR EDITS AND YOUR MAP
From the Editor Toolbar, click Editor > Stop Editing, then click Yes to save your
edits.
Click File > Save As.

For File Name, type Ex4, then save it to your Exercise04 directory.
Click Save.
Exit ArcMap.
SUMMARY
What did you just do?
Set the Task to Create 2-Point Line Features. This ensures that all the

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lines you draw are individual straight lines or curves and ensures the
lines ability to have individual attributes.
You drew lines into the Target layer Parcel_Lines.
You ensured those lines had attributes.
You created parcels in the Target layer Parcels by using the Construct
Features button with the new lines you previously drew.
You created annotation for the parcel lines.
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Why does this seem easy? Arguably, the most time consuming part of your normal day
to day workflow will be entering bearing and distance pairs or converting and
adjusting your CAD linework. You skipped that part by simply entering a rectangle.
Further, the parcel you created was landlocked so you didn't have to worry about how
it fit compared to the existing parcels. The annotation in this scenario was also simple
and easy to place. Subsequent exercises will deal with these issues further.
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Using the Traverse

tool
Start ArcMap and prepare for
editing
Find the true Point of Beginning
(POB)
Enter the traverse
Evaluate closure error and
adjust the traverse
Review the COGO attributes
Rotate and fit the new parcel
lines to the existing framework
Using the Zipper Task
Construct the new parcel
polygon
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Start ArcMap and prepare for
editing
Find the true POB
Enter the traverse
Adjust the traverse lines into the
existing framework
Copy the new features into the
parcel lines feature class
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EXERCISE 5A: ENTERING A CLOSED TRAVERSE FROM A PLAT

In this exercise, you will be using Plat 1 as you data source for entering a new
subdivision. Take out and inspect the plat named Plat1-- County Gate P.D. Second
Amended Phase 10 Parcel 1. You will use the Sketch and Traverse tools in ArcMap to
enter information from the plat.
NOTE: For a complete description of the Traverse tool, see the ArcGIS
Desktop Help topic Creating edit sketch geometry with the Traverse tool.
STEP 1: START ARCMAP AND PREPARE FOR EDITING

NOTE: A digital version of this plat is also included as a PDF file and can be
found in C:\Student\CEPA\Database\Miscellaneous\PlatsDeeds\Deed1 &
Plat1.pdf
From inspecting Plat 1, you know that the starting point of the traverse is on the north
side of the Winchester Road right-of-way 295.43 feet from the centerline of County
Gate Road.
Start ArcMap, and add Editing_Layers.lyr to your empty map.

Find and zoom to the intersection of Winchester and County Gate Roads.
Hint: Winchester Road is one of two major East/West streets in your study area so
find County Gate road first and simply look for where it intersects a major road.
Label the roads if you need to.
From the Editor Toolbar, click Editor > Start Editing.
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Set the editing settings and options as shown below:
Task
Create 2-Point Line Features
Target
Parcel_Lines: Parcel Line
Snapping
Edge for both the Streets_class and

Parcel_Lines layers
TOC Visibility
Parcel_Lines & Street_class
Selectable Layers
Parcel_Lines
NOTE: From this point forward, the above matrix will be used as a guide for
setting editing settings.
STEP 2: FIND THE STARTING POINT

You are now ready to enter the first line. This line will be a guide to help you start the
traverse in the correct position. The line will snap to a point on the centerline of
County Gate Road on one end and also snap to a point on the existing parcel line
295.43 feet from where it starts.
On the Editor Toolbar, click the Sketch Tool
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With the Sketch Tool, snap to and click a vertex on the north side of the Winchester
Road right-of-way (ROW) anywhere along the southern boundary of the parcel just
east of County Gate road.
1st Click snapped along this edge
Then right-click along the same edge
Move the Sketch Tool along the ROW, and right-click and select Parallel from the
context menu. The sketch is constrained to be parallel to the ROW feature.
Choosing Parallel from the Sketch context menu constrains your next vertex so that it
must be parallel to the line you right-clicked on.
Move the Sketch Tool and snap the sketch to the centerline of County Gate Road.
Finally, move the Sketch Tool back exactly on top of the initial vertex, then rightclick and select Delete Vertex from the context menu.
You now have the starting point vertex of the legal description as noted in Plat1.
Now this vertex
will serve as
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STEP 3: FIND THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING (POB)
Move your Sketch Tool to the east away from the starting point vertex, then rightclick and select Length from the context menu.
Enter a value of 295.43 and press Enter to set the length constraint for the next
point.
You want the next point to be snapped to the edge of the northern boundary of the
Winchester Road ROW. Snapping is enabled for the Parcel_Lines feature class.
Move the Sketch Tool, snap to the parcel line along the ROW, then click to set the
vertex.
On the keyboard, press F2 to finish the sketch.

You just entered a reference parcel line that will not be a permanent part of your
database. The line was entered to create a suitable starting point for the traverse that
you are about to enter.
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STEP 4: ENTER THE TRAVERSE
Modify the editing settings as seen below:

Snapping
Parcel_Lines End only
On the Advanced Editing toolbar, click Traverse
Arrange the Traverse dialog in a place where you can see it and the map at the same
time. You may need to zoom or pan the map to accomplish this.
In the Traverse dialog, check the box for Closed Loop, then click the button just to
the left of that box. This is the Interactive Start Point Selection tool.
The Traverse dialog should read Click on the map to set the start point. The
Interactive Start Point Selection tool allows you to click in the map to enter a start
point for your traverse. You will do that in the following steps.
Move the cursor into the map window (you should see crosshairs) and snap to the
eastern end of the reference line you created above. This is the starting point or true
Point of Beginning (POB) of the traverse.
Reference line
Point of Beginning
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Snap to the end of the line and click to add a vertex.

From this point you will traverse the boundary of the property by entering bearing and
distance information from one corner to the next. You will proceed in a clockwise
fashion.
In the Traverse dialog, verify that the dropdown in the upper left corner reads
Direction-Distance.
For Direction, type 01-00-08-1, and for Distance, type 157.79

Click the Add button to add the segment to the traverse.
The values were added to the lower part of the Traverse dialog as segment # 1 with a
complete description of the line. A sketch segment was also added to the map.
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In the Traverse dialog, add two additional line segments with the following values:
Direction 88-59-52-2 and Distance 102
Direction 01-00-08-3 and Distance 170
NOTE: Watch the map as you add the traverses.

NOTE: Remember to click the Add button between each entry to add the
segment to the Traverse dialog and to the map sketch. Notice that the first and
third segment directions are identical, but are just in opposite directions.
The next line segment is a curve with parameters as detailed in the curve table on the
plat as follows:
From the upper left dropdown list in the Traverse dialog, click Curve.
Enter the curve details as follows: Chord: 84.53, Radius: 2797.79, Chord
Direction: 82-19-32-4, Turn: Right.
The graphic below illustrates how the Traverse dialog will look after entering the
information.
NOTE: The curve turn direction must be determined by visual examination
of the Plat. There are multiple ways to enter curve information. You may have
to change your individual dropdowns in order to enter this information.
Click Add to add the curve to the traverse.

Click Curve in the dropdown list and change it back to Direction-Distance.
Enter the last line segment with the following values: 81-27-36-4 and 18.2
Click Add to add the final segment to the traverse.
STEP 5: EVALUATE CLOSURE ERROR AND ADJUST THE TRAVERSE
Click the Closure button and inspect the information about the traverse.
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Your closure reported as Misclosure As X/Y should be very small (less than a
hundredth of a foot for X/Y), and your Relative Error Ratio should be very close to
1:500,000.
Before completing the traverse you will save it to a text file in case you need to reenter it in the future. Once saved as a text file, you can load the text file into the
Traverse dialog.
Right-click anywhere in the Traverse window, and click Save Traverse.

Navigate to the C:\Student\CEPA folder and save the file in your Exercise05
directory as Traverse_Plat1.txt.
Since you want the start and endpoint to be snapped together, you will adjust the
closed traverse to set two points at identical coordinates.
Click the Adjust button.

For Adjustment Method select Transit and click Accept.
NOTE: For additional help on the Transit adjustment method, go to ArcGIS
Desktop Help > Contents > GIS Glossary > and search for Transit Rule.
The Traverse dialog and the map sketch are finished and the new line features are
selected in the map window.
Close the Traverse window.

STEP 6: REVIEW THE COGO ATTRIBUTES
Select your five new lines without having anything else selected.
Hint: Holding down the Shift key can help you make selections like this. Holding
down the Shift key while selecting features will allow you to click on features to
either add or remove them from the selection, while not affecting the other selected
features.
Click the Attributes button on the Editor Toolbar.
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Notice how your new lines have COGO attributes. Lines created with the Traverse
tool automatically have the COGO attribute fields populated. For the curve, note that a
complete list of COGO values were calculated for all fields. The attributes for the
curve are the ones being displayed in the graphic.
Close the Attributes dialog.

STEP 7: ROTATE AND FIT THE NEW PARCEL LINES TO THE EXISTING FRAMEWORK
Notice that the new lines are not aligned with the existing parcels lines and ROW. You
will rotate the new lines to fit into the existing framework without moving the start
point. In order to do this, you will move the selection rotation anchor to the start point
and then rotate the features.
Click the Edit Tool. Ensure that your new lines are all selected.
Hover your cursor over the selection anchor (i.e., the X in the center of selected
features), then hold down the Ctrl key and click and drag the anchor to the start
point.
Move and snap the anchor here
The anchor should snap to the right place because your snapping is set to Parcel_Lines
- End.
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Next, you need to rotate the lines around the anchor at the start point, and snap the
features to the existing parcel lines. To do this, you need another anchor for rotating.
From the right side of the Editor Toolbar, click the Rotate tool
and press and hold Shift + S on the keyboard. This action

creates another anchor as shown below.
Move the Rotate tool over the new anchor and click, drag, and
snap this anchor to the southeast corner of the selected features.
Anchor 2
Anchor 1
The snapping environment must be modified prior to the rotation.
Modify your Snapping Environment as follows:

Snapping
Parcel_Lines Edge only
With the Rotate tool click, drag, and rotate the selected
features until they snap to the existing parcel lines.
The steps above show you how you can rotate features
based on selection anchors and snap them to existing
features.
STEP 8: USE THE ZIPPER TASK
The Zipper Task is a Developer Sample that adds an editing task to the list. A common
scenario for using this tool is when you have one feature that you want to align the
features from other feature classes to. The Trace tool (or the Replace Sketch context
menu choice) is used to create a sketch of the geometry in the feature, and the Zipper
Task will then use this geometry to align the other features. The Zipper Task basically
zips up the features and makes them coincident.
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With the Zoom In tool, zoom in really close to any spot near the center of the
southern boundary of the outline as shown below:
If you zoom in close enough you will see that there is a slight difference in the original
ROW and the new line just created. The Zipper Task will zip these together for you.
Use the Measure tool to evaluate the gap between the two lines. The gap should be
well less than a foot.
Click the Edit Tool and right-click in the map, and click Zoom to Selected Features
to return to the extent of your new parcel lines.
Right-click in the map window, and click Clear Selected Features from the context
menu.
With the Edit Tool, draw a box around the southern boundary of the parcel, then
right-click and click Attributes from the context menu.
You should have four lines selected: the two original parcel lines and the two new ones
you just drew.
On the left side of the Attributes dialog, click the feature to flash each line so that
you can see which ones are selected.
Next, you will adjust the new lines to fit the existing framework using the Zipper Task
and the selected original lines to adjust the new parcel lines. Using the Edit Tool, you
will select the original polylines and then use the Trace tool to create a sketch of the
geometry selected feature. When the sketch is finished, a dialog appears asking for a
tolerance and the layers to be adjusted. Features from the specified layers that fall
within the tolerance are then aligned to the geometry of the original selected features.
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NOTE: The Zipper Task is a Developers Sample which has already been
added to your workstation. Complete information on this tool can be found at
http://arcgisdeveloperonline.esri.com by searching for Zipper Task.
Locate the two new lines by flashing them in the Attributes dialog.
Right-click in the left side of the Attributes dialog on the new lines and choose
Unselect.
When you have only the two original lines selected, close the Attributes dialog.
Modify the editing settings as follows.
Edit Task
Zipper Task
Sketch Tool
Trace tool
NOTE: If the Zipper Task is not available from the list of tasks, see your
Instructor for assistance.
Click the dropdown arrow next to the Sketch Tool, and choose the Trace tool .
Using the Trace tool, trace the two selected lines by clicking once at the beginning
and double-clicking at the end. You should see a black line being drawn on top of
the selected lines. That is the tracing line.
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The Trace tool will only trace selected features. You do not need to be overly precise
with your tracing, but you should try and trace the overlapping segments as closely as
possible. After double-clicking and finishing the sketch, the Zipper Parameters dialog
will open.
On the Zipper Parameters dialog,

click the All Topo button for the
topology layers to be zipped, and
enter a search distance of 1 foot.
Click OK to close the Zipper

Parameters dialog.
With the Zoom In tool, zoom in
really close to any spot near the

center of the southern boundary of
the outline and confirm that the
overlapping lines are coincident.
Using the Zoom Out tool, zoom out until you can see the reference line you initially
created from the initial start point (the 295.43 segment from the road intersection to
the true POB).
Using the Edit Tool, click and delete the reference line.
This line was just used to create a start point and therefore is not truly a parcel line.
On the Topology toolbar, click the Validate Topology In Current Extent button
There should be no new errors.
STEP 9: CONSTRUCT THE NEW PARCEL POLYGON

You have now successfully created and cleaned the outline of a new parcel. Next, you
will construct the associated parcel using the new lines and the Topology toolbar.
Using the Edit Tool select the five new parcel lines.
In the Table of Contents, turn on the Parcel layer visibility, then turn off and on the
Parcel_Lines layer, and notice that there is not a new parcel where the lines have
been constructed.
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Modify the editing settings as follows:
Task
Create New Features
Target
Parcels
Snapping
None
TOC Visibility
All Layers
Selectable Layers
Parcels
On the Topology toolbar, click Construct Features

Accept the default value for the Cluster
Tolerance, and ensure the box next to

Consider existing features of the target layer
in the current extent is checked.
Click OK on the Construct Features dialog.

Click the Validate Topology In Current Extent button.
You should see no errors.
Go to Editor > Stop Editing, and click Yes to save your edits.
Continue to Exercise 5B.
NOTE: In a production environment, you would have had to additionally
create attributes for the new parcel, update the attributes for the parcel that
was split, and create annotation. This exercise was intended to simply
acquaint you with using the Traverse dialog, using snapping and rotation
anchors, and the Zipper Task. Hopefully, those three aspects of parcel editing
make sense to you now.
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Entering a closed traverse from a deed
EXERCISE 5B: ENTERING A CLOSED TRAVERSE FROM A DEED

STEP 1: START ARCMAP AND PREPARE FOR EDITING
In this exercise, you will use a deed as a guide for entering a new subdivision. Take out
and inspect the deed named Deed1 for Buckingham Farms P.D. Parcel I
found in C:\Student\CEPA\Database\Miscellaneous\deed1.pdf.
Start ArcMap and add Editing_Layers.lyr to your map.

Find and zoom into the intersection referenced in the deed.
On the Editor Toolbar, click Editor > Start Editing.
Set the editing settings as follows:
Task
Target
ConstructionLines
Snapping
None
TOC Visibility
All layers except parcels
Selectable Layers
ConstructionLines
Active tool
Sketch Tool
STEP 2: FIND THE STARTING POINT

The first task is to find the Point of Beginning (POB). This time you will create the
lines that lead to the POB in a layer called ConstructionLines. The deed mentions that
the Shelby Dr. ROW is 108 feet.
Use the Measure tool to see if this looks about right to you.
To the west, the ROW of Shelby drive is approximately 108 feet wide, but east of
Meadow Cliff Road the ROW is variable and significantly less.
As stated in the deed, the starting point is located at the intersection of the north line of
East Shelby Drive with the center of Meadow Cliff Drive. The Intersection tool on the
Editor Toolbar is a great method of finding a starting point based on the implied
intersections of two other features.
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Question 1: What are the details of the first three courses from the starting point to
the true POB? ______________________________________________________
Hint: Answers are 01-21-48-3 and 77.37; 89-3-45-2 and 1222.49; and 01-21-40-1
and 103.91.
Click the arrow next to the Sketch Tool and click the Intersection Tool
When you place the Intersection Tool over existing line features you will see a line
added to the map. This line is not a feature. It is a temporary line that is used to create
the starting point (vertex) for a feature (e.g., ConstructionLines). You need to click on
two segments to locate the virtual intersection and add the point.
With the Intersection tool, click on Meadow Cliff Road as shown below.:
First intersection line
A dark line should be added to the map representing the first line. For this tool to
work, you need an implied intersection between two lines.
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Click the parcel boundary as shown below to add the second temporary line for the
intersection.
Second intersection line
Notice that the two lines cross at the implied intersection of the two features you
chose. The second click that you just performed should have placed a vertex at the
intersection of the two lines that you clicked on.
Now you have a starting point to work from in order to locate the true POB. In the next
step, you will create a ConstructionLine that will locate the POB.
STEP 3: FIND THE TRUE POB
You will use the Sketch Tool context menu to create the Construction lines that lead to
the true POB.
Click the Sketch Tool and move your pointer into the map area.
Right-click and select Direction/Length from the context menu.
Enter the first three direction/distance segments described in the deed with the
skills learned in the first step of this exercise, and click Finish Sketch.
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NOTE: Remember that while the Sketch Tool is active you can use the Z, X,
and C keys to zoom in, zoom out, and pan respectively.
Starting point
True POB
The lines you just drew represent a sketch to the true POB. You created three lines in
order to find this point. You can delete the first two lines if you want, as you will not
need them anymore.
Click the Edit Tool.

Click anywhere off a feature to clear the selection.
Click the first small line on the left to select it.
Hold down the Shift key and click the long horizontal line to add it to the selection.
Press the Delete key.
The north end of the one remaining line represents the true POB.
STEP 4: ENTER THE TRAVERSE
You will snap the POB of the traverse at the end of the line you just created in the
ConstructionLines layer. Also, you will enter the complete traverse into the
ConstructionLines layer rather than the Parcel_Lines layer as used in Exercise 5A.
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Modify the editing settings as shown below:

Task
Target
ConstructionLines
Snapping
ConstructionLines End snapping only
TOC Visibility
All layers except parcels
Selectable Layers
ConstructionLines
Active tool
Sketch Tool
On the Advanced Editing toolbar, click the Traverse tool and check the box for
Closed Loop.
Click the button next to Closed Loop for defining a start point.
Move your cursor into the map, snap to the end of the line (the true POB), and click
to add a vertex.
Using the Traverse dialog, enter the traverse values as determined from Deed1.
There are eight direction/distance pairs and one curve. While entering the curve use
Radius, Chord Length, Chord Direction, and Turn.
Question 2: From Deed 1, determine the nine line segments you will enter:
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
7. ________________________________________________________
8. ________________________________________________________
9. ________________________________________________________
Right-click in the Traverse tool window and save your traverse after you are
through entering it.
Click the Closure button and inspect the Summary of Closure error.
Click the Adjust button to open the Adjust Traverse dialog.
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For Adjustment Method click Transit.

Click Accept in the Adjust Transit dialog.
Close the Traverse dialog.
Pan/Zoom your display so that you can see the lines you just entered.
Question 3: Do your new lines fit exactly into the existing parcel framework?
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STEP 5: ADJUST THE TRAVERSE LINES INTO THE EXISTING FRAMEWORK
You are now going to adjust your new lines to fit into the existing framework. For the
purposes of this exercise, you are going to use aerial photography to decide which
lines to move.
Add the Air Photo Image from \CEPA\Database\ShelbyCounty to your map. Click
Yes when prompted to build pyramids.
In the Table of Contents, turn on the air photo Image and the Parcels layer.
Open the Properties of the Parcels layer.
Click the Display tab, and for Transparent % type 30, then click OK.
Inspect how the existing Parcels and Parcel_Lines line up with the photo.
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Your boss has informed you that Shelby Road is going to be widened in the future to
have a uniform ROW of 108 feet. That is the reason that this new parcel seems so far
away from the Road ROW. You ask around and decide that the best way to adjust this
parcel is to snap the northeast corner of your traverse with the northwest corner of the
adjacent parcel.
In the Table of Contents, turn off visibility for the Image and Parcels layers.
With the Edit Tool, select all the lines of your new traverse.
Ensure that snapping is set to ConstructionLines End only.
Move the selection anchor by holding the Ctrl key and clicking, dragging and
snapping the anchor to the northeast corner of your selected ConstructionLines.

Snapping
ConstructionLines End and ParcelLines End
Using the Edit Tool, move the
selected lines of the traverse to snap

into place where the selection anchor
on the northeast corner snaps to the
corresponding northwest corner in
the existing parcel framework as
shown below.
Next, you need to rotate and snap the

new lines by aligning the east side of
the new lines and the west side of the existing framework.
Right-click in the map window and select Zoom To Selected Features to zoom out
to the extent of the new traverse.
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On the Editor Toolbar, click the Rotate tool.

Press S on the keyboard to add a second rotation snap anchor to the map.
Using the Rotate tool, click and drag that new anchor and snap it to the southeast
corner of the selected traverse features.

Snapping
ConstructionLines End, Parcel_Lines End &

Parcel_Lines Edge
Using the Rotate tool, rotate the selected lines to snap to the existing parcel line
framework.
The new coincident eastern boundary of the parcel lines looks acceptable. If you zoom
in close enough you will notice that there is a tiny gap between the new traverse and
the existing framework. However, that difference is far less than the cluster tolerance
of your topology, so that gap will automatically be closed after you validate the
topology.
If necessary, turn on visibility of the Cadastral_Topology.

On the Topology toolbar, click the Validate Topology In Current Extent button.
There should not be any errors.
Turn off the visibility of the Cadastral_Topology.

STEP 6: COPY THE NEW FEATURES INTO THE PARCEL LINES FEATURE CLASS
In the above traverse, you created a total of 12 lines. The initial three lines were simply
to get you from a starting point to the true POB. These are no longer needed and can be
deleted if you have not already done so.
The nine lines of the new traverse that you intend to add to the parcel framework are
adjusted and snapped into place. First you will get the new lines into the Parcel_Lines
layer and then create polygons from them.
If necessary, select the nine new traverse lines from ConstructionLines, right-click
in the map window and select Copy.
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Set the Target layer to Parcel_Lines, right-click the map window, and select Paste.
Turn off the ConstructionLines layer.
NOTE: The ConstructionLines layer is a temporary container for edit
features. Depending on your workflow and procedures for your organization,
you can keep the construction lines or delete them, as they are no longer
needed once they are copied to the permanent feature class.
STEP 7: CREATE THE NEW PARCEL
Set the Target layer to Parcels.

With the nine selected Parcel_Lines features, click the Construct Features button
on the Topology toolbar.
In the Construct Features dialog, accept the default Cluster Tolerance and ensure
the check box to Consider existing features in the current extent is checked.
Click OK.
If necessary, turn on the Parcels layer in the Table of Contents.
A new parcel has been created. Now would be the time to attribute your new parcel
and adjust the attributes of the parcel that was split. You may also want to change the
attributes of the southern parcel line to reflect that it belongs to the Parcel_Lines
subtype of Street_ROW_Line.
The important aspects of this exercise are understanding the function of the
ConstructionLines layer, to get more practice entering COGO information, and to get
more practice adjusting your new lines to fit with the existing parcel framework.
Click Validate Topology In Current Extent and fix any errors you may have created.
Click Editor > Stop Editing, and click Yes to save your edits.
Exit ArcMap without saving the map.
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ANSWERS TO EXERCISE 5B QUESTIONS

Question 1: What are the details of the first three courses from the starting point to the
true POB?
Answer: 01-21-48-3 and 77.37, 89-3-45-2 and 1222.49, and 01-21-40-1 and 103.91
Question 2: From Deed 1, determine the nine line segments you will enter:
Answer:
Question 3: Do your new lines fit exactly into the existing parcel framework?
Answer: No
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Exercise 6: Tools overview
Use the Advanced Editing toolbar 6-1

Use the Topology toolbar
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EXERCISE 6: TOOLS OVERVIEW

At this point you have learned many tools to help you add, select, move, rotate, and
find data. This exercise is intended to expose you to more of ArcMaps editing tools.
There are many possible scenarios when editing cadastral data. Therefore, it would be
difficult to cover everything you could do with ArcMaps editing tools in this two-day
class. This exercise will allow you to practice using as many tools as possible. How
you use these tools in your future workflow depends on procedure changes, data
constraints and availability, as well as many other factors.
STEP 1: USE THE ADVANCED EDITING TOOLBAR
First you will explore the Advanced Editing toolbar. You used a few commands from
it earlier, but now you will take a closer look.
Proportion
Inverse
Generalize
Circle tool
Copy Features tool

Fillet tool
Extend tool
Traverse
Smooth
Rectangle tool
Explode Multi-part Feature
Trim tool
COPY FEATURES TOOL

This tool allows you to copy and paste data from one layer to another. The most
powerful thing about this tool is that the layer you copy from can be any selectable
layer type (coverage, shapefile, CAD features). Plus, the features can be copied into
different coordinate space. In other words, you can paste data into a different layer and
into a new location.
Start ArcMap and a new empty map.

Add the Editing_Layers layer file to the new map.
Click the Display tab and turn off the Parcel_Dim_Anno and Parcel_Anno layers.
Click Editor > Start Editing, and set the Target to Parcel_Lines.
Make sure that the Parcel_Lines layer is visible.
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Click the Add Data button, and navigate to the C:\Student\CEPA\Exercise06

directory.
Click SubLines.shp, and click Add.

If a message about spatial reference appears, click OK to close it.
NOTE: This is just telling you that the layer you are adding is in a different
spatial reference than the current projection of the data frame.
Right-click the SubLines layer, and click Zoom To Layer.

Using the Edit Tool, select these lines, and click the Copy Features tool.
NOTE: Nothing happens that you can notice, but the features were copied.
The next few steps will show you the power of this command.
Click the Selection tab and turn on the selectability of the Streets_class layer.
Click Selection > Select By Attributes.
For Layer choose Streets_class, and verify the Method is Create a new selection.
Build the following query: [NAME] = Rolling Green and click Apply.
Notice that the status bar reports back 29 features being selected.
Click Close.
Use the Selection tab to answer the following questions.
Question 1: How many features are selected in the SubLines layer? ___________
Question 2: How many in the Streets_class layer? _________________________
With the Selection tab active, right-click the Streets_class layer, and click Zoom to
Selected Features.
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Now you are in the area near Rolling Green Drive. You can see Rolling Green Drive.
selected on your screen.
Rolling Green
Sawgrass
The status bar reports the total number of features selected in the entire map, while the
Selection tab shows you how many selected features you have in each layer. The status
bar information is always changing as well. As you move your mouse over tools in the
interface, the tool name will appear here. Feedback on other operations, such as a
measured distance or the number of selected features, will also appear in the status bar.
The Selection tab is a more efficient way to see what you have selected.
The lines you see belong in a different spatial location than where they appear. This
situation is common when data is created from drawing packages and is not properly
georeferenced. Reminder: Georeferencing is the process of getting all your layers in
the proper coordinate system and location on the earths surface.
Before you copy the SubLines features to the Parcel_Lines layer, you need to clear the
selection in the Streets_class layer. The Selection tab should be active for this.
Right-click Streets_Class, and click Clear Selected Features.
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On the Editor Toolbar, set the Target to Parcel_Lines.

NOTE: The features you are copying will be added to the Parcel_Lines layer.
With the Copy Features tool, click in the center of the island between Rolling Green
and Sawgrass.
This should place the selected SubLines into the Target layer Parcel_Lines even
though they were originally in different coordinate systems. However, they were not
snapped properly.
Selection anchor
Right-click the SubLines layer and click Remove.

The features are placed, but not snapped. Next you will snap the features based on the
selection anchor and later on, fix the errors with the Topology tools. The Selection
Anchor is the X you see on a selected set of features. You can move or rotate selected
features based on this anchor point. You can also move the anchor and snap features
based on the anchor.
With the Edit Tool selected, press the Ctrl key and move the cursor over the
Selection Anchor. The cursor should change to this:
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Once your cursor changes to the symbol above, you can move the anchor by clicking
and dragging.
Click and drag the anchor to the location seen below.
Zoom to extent
of box in next
step
Move anchor
to this location
Zoom in to the selection anchor. See above graphic for zooming details.
Click the Edit Tool.
NOTE: You may need to turn on Snapping for Parcel_Lines End. Also, make
sure that all of the copied lines are selected prior to moving them. If some are
not selected, then you could separate them.
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Now that you are zoomed in you can click and drag the selection anchor, using the
method described above, and snap it to the nearest line end as seen below.
Anchor now snapped

to line end point
With the Edit Tool click and drag the newly added lines and move them to snap to
the existing ones. You should be able to see them snap to the parcel lines.
Now all are snapped properly based on the anchor
This most likely did not fix every dangle error. You will fix the remaining errors later
using the Topology tools.
Click Editor > Save Edits.

FILLET TOOL
(PRONOUNCED FILL-IT)
This tool creates a circular curve tangent to two line segments and optionally trims off
the overlapping segments from the original features. Below is an illustration of what
the Fillet tool does.
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Click the Display tab.
Turn off all layers except for Parcel_Lines.
NOTE: A quick way to turn off all layers is to hold the Ctrl key down while
clicking the check box for any layer, then you can go back and turn on the one
you want visible.
If necessary, use the Pan tool to move your display up so that you can see just the
southern end of the island you just added features to.
Island
Area of
incomplete
parcel
framework
Look at the incomplete parcel framework south of the island where you just added
lines. The northeast corner is missing.
Zoom in to this parcel.

Set your Snapping Environment to Parcel_Lines, End.
NOTE: If your Snapping Environment window is not visible go to Editor >
Snapping to turn it on.
Click the Fillet tool.
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Snap to and click on the two open ends of the parcel lines that should make that
complete parcel, and press the R key on the keyboard. See below:
Pressing R opens the Fillet Options dialog where you can specify a radius for the fillet
curve, as well as to trim the existing segments.
Make your Fillet Options dialog look like the one above, and click OK.
Click on the screen and you should see the curve added and the ends trimmed.
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EXTEND
AND
TRIM
TOOLS
These tools allow you to snap lines to other features by making the lines longer or
shorter. They are great solutions to common GIS line errors like undershoots and
overshoots. Below is a diagram of the area you are zoomed to. It also shows where you
will make an edit and with what tool. You have already done the Fillet, so use that
parcel as a reference point.
Zoom to the area of the undershoot error. It is on the
southeast corner of the parcel below the one you just

edited.
Undershoot error
If you zoom in close enough, you will notice that the

horizontal line misses the vertical line. This is called an
undershoot.
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Tools overview
Click the Edit Tool and select the small line segment in the middle (see graphic
below):
Click the Extend tool and click the undershoot.

The undershoot is now fixed with the click of the mouse.

Next, you will fix an overshoot in the next parcel to the south.
Zoom in very close to the southeast corner of the next parcel

to the south. This horizontal line is an overshoot.
Using the Edit Tool, select one of the vertical lines.

Overshoot error
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Click the Trim tool, and click the overshoot.

The overshoot has been fixed. Note that whenever you Extend
and Trim using these tools, the line being modified always
snaps to the selected line. A selected line is a requirement for
enabling these tools.
NOTE: There is an edit task called Extend/Trim Features that
also handles overshoots and undershoots. However, this task is
more difficult to use than the tools you just learned.
THE PROPORTION TOOL

This tool allows you to divide lines according to deed and plat measurements and
equalize the discrepancies between GIS length and legal length.
Zoom out to the next parcel to the south and select the eastern boundary.
Select this boundary
Open the Attributes dialog and inspect the attributes of this line.
Question 3: What is the length of this line? _______________________________
Hint: DISTANCE field.
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Now let's suppose that you are supposed to split that line into two parts that are each
45 feet in length. That is impossible, right? Wrong...not with the Proportion button.
Click the Proportion button.

In the Proportion dialog, click Click to Enter Length, type 45 and press Enter
In the next space below 45, type 45 again and press Enter
Click OK.
The result is two lines with a GIS length of 42.496, but with Distance attributes of 45.
Check the attributes to verify this is true.
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Open the Attributes dialog. Note that the DISTANCE field is set to 45.

THE INVERSE TOOL
This tool allows you to get bearing and distance information from features that were
entered without that information. For this to work properly you must be working
with straight lines or circular arcs. You used it earlier, but you will get more practice
now.
Zoom back to the first parcel you edited with the Fillet tool (see diagram on page
6-8 as a reference).
Select the line you drew with the Fillet tool and open the Attributes dialog.
Inspect the values for ANGLE, DISTANCE, RADIUS,
and so forth. They should be Null.
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With the Attributes dialog open, click the Inverse

button.
Now the curve has attributes, but these are not legal
attributes. They are implied from the geometry.

The remaining five tools on the Advanced Editing
toolbar are not frequently used in a parcel editing
scenario.
STEP 2: USE THE TOPOLOGY TOOLBAR
Validating topology is a method of finding errors with your data. Consider the example
from earlier in this exercise, when you copied lines from a shapefile and pasted them
into a geodatabase feature class. The lines were not snapped into place; you merely
placed them close to where they needed to be. Now you will look at a better method of
making sure they are in the right spot.
Topology you are editing
Planarize Lines
Map Topology
Construct Features
Show Shared Features
Topology Edit tool
Validate Topology in Current Extent

Fix Topology Error tool
Error Inspector
Validate Entire Topology
Validate Topology in Specified Area
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Zoom into the island where you pasted the lines earlier.
Notice there are several

unsnapped lines
Click the check box next to Cadastral_Topology to make the errors visible.
Right-click the Cadastral_Topology layer, and click Properties > Symbology tab.
For Show, click the check box next to Dirty Areas to display them, and click OK.
Click the Validate Topology In Specified Area tool.
Draw a box around the area you are working in to validate it.
NOTE: Dirty Areas are parts of the topology that have not been validated yet.
As you can see, all of the edits you made in the last few steps all show up as
Dirty Areas.
Open Properties of the topology, turn off Dirty Areas, and click OK.
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In the Table of Contents under the Cadastral_Topology layer, you should see a point
error symbol (a red colored box). These indicate where there are errors. Look on your
map and locate the four errors on the left side of the island where you used the Copy
Features tool earlier.
You will fix

these dangles
with the
Topology
tools
Click the Error Inspector button.

In the Error Inspector dialog, click the dropdown list, and click to search for the
error Parcel Lines - Must Not Have Dangles. It will be toward the bottom of the list.
Click Search Now.

Several dangles appear in the Error Inspector dialog. You saw and corrected dangles
with the Extend and Trim tools earlier. Now you will use the Topology tools to do so.
Scroll to the bottom of the Error Inspector, and widen the window so you can see
additional attributes on the right.
Locate the four dangles as shown below.
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Click the first error, press and hold Shift, then click the last one to select all four
errors.
You have two overshoots and two undershoots to fix. First you will take care of the
overshoots.
NOTE: The feature ID numbers on your screen may vary from the ones in the
graphic above.
Right-click the selected errors, and choose Trim from the context menu.
For Maximum Distance, type 13 and press Enter
The overshoots should be trimmed properly.
Right-click the two remaining selected errors and choose Extend.

For Maximum Distance, type 14 and press Enter
Close the Error Inspector.
Click the Validate Topology In Specified Area tool and draw a box around the four
errors you fixed.
You can see the advantages of using the Topology tools. They can help you locate
errors easily, as well as offer solutions for fixing them. Next, you will construct
polygons using the parcel lines that have been added and snapped.
If necessary, zoom out to the extent of the island.

In the Selection tab, make sure Parcel_Lines is checked.
With the Edit Tool, select all of the Parcel_Lines that are inside of the island.
Set the Target to Parcels, click the Construct Features button, and click OK.
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Turn off the Parcel_Lines layer and turn on the Parcels layer if necessary, in order
to see the changes.
The Construct Features command created parcel polygons from the lines you brought
in with the Copy Features tool. Next you will fix some additional Topology errors.
Turn on the Parcel_Lines layer.

Zoom out to a 1:2000 scale, or until you can see the right edge of the parcel lines.
Clear the selection if necessary.
By comparing the Parcel_Lines layer with the Parcels layer the problem is fairly
obvious. The eastern boundary of this subdivision is missing. This will cause two
topology errors (according to the rules set for this topology).
Rule 1: Parcel_Lines must not have dangles. The horizontal lines will
be dangles because they do not snap to other lines.

Rule2: Parcel boundaries must be covered by Parcel_Lines. Because
the parcel polygons are complete but the lines are not, you will have
line errors where the eastern edge of those parcel lines should be.
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To locate many errors on the right side of the parcels, click the Validate Topology In
Current Extent button. You should see something similar to the graphic below.
Logic or experience will tell you that creating the missing lines will also solve the
dangle problem. This is often the case with topology. In other words, you can solve
two problems by fixing one.
Open the Error Inspector.

In the Show dropdown list, click Parcels - Boundary must be covered by Parcel_Lines.
Click the check boxes for Errors and Visible Extent only, then click Search Now.
Select all of the errors in the Error Inspector (use Shift key).
Right-click on the selected errors, and click Create Feature.
This created lines where they were needed, fixing both kinds of Topology errors.
Click Validate Topology In Current Extent. You should have no errors.

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STEP 3: USE THE MERGE COMMAND

The Merge command is very important for parcel editing. When combining parcels
simply select the parcels to be combined and click Merge. A dialog will ask you which
attributes you would like to keep. However, the additional step of removing parcel
lines would have to follow a merge, but validating the topology can assist this process.
On the Selection tab, uncheck Parcel_Lines and check Parcels.

Select all of the parcels in the island. There should be 14 of them reported in the
Selection tab.
Click Editor > Merge.

On the Merge dialog, click which parcel attributes you would like to assign to the
new merged parcel (in this case they are all the same), and click OK.
Toggle on and off the Parcel and Parcel_Lines layers to see the difference.
NOTE: Merge replaces the original features with the new merged feature.
There is another command called Union that also combines polygons, but it
keeps the original features and places the unioned features into the target
layer (which can be the same layer). A drawback of Union is that all attributes
are made Null. With Merge you can control which attributes go across to the
new feature.
Click Editor > Stop Editing, and click Yes to save your edits.
Exit ArcMap without saving the map.
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Question 1: How many features are selected in the SubLines layer?
Answer: 28
Question 2: How many in the Streets_class layer?
Answer: One
Question 3: What is the length of this line?
Answer: 84.99 feet
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Find the Point of Beginning

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Enter a traverse for the subdivision
boundary
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Proportion the parcel boundary
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Traverse the interior Right-of-Way 7-5
Inspect the COGO attribute values 7-8
Fit the subdivision into the existing
framework
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Adjust the surrounding parcels
using the Zipper Task
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Move Topology nodes
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Enter the interior subdivision lines 7-14
Transfer the construction lines to
the Parcel Lines layer
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Create new subdivision polygons 7-15

Attribute the new parcels and
parcel lines
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Exercise 7: Entering
subdivisions
EXERCISE 7: ENTERING SUBDIVISIONS

In this exercise, you will practice entering a subdivision of the Winchester Hills Final
Plat using the advanced editing tools in ArcGIS. The subdivision will be created
within the framework of existing parcels.
STEP 1: FIND THE POINT OF BEGINNING
Take out and examine the Winchester Hills Final Plat.

found in ...\Database\Miscellaneous\PlatsAndDeeds\WinchesterHills.pdf.
Note that this plat is rotated with north oriented to the right.
The new parcels share several corners with adjacent properties which could be used as
a POB. The plat also contains a reference to a starting point at the intersection of street
Right-of-Ways (ROW) but it does not reference a specific starting point. The choice
and method of finding the POB often depends on the completeness of the description
as well as the relative accuracy of the data referenced.
For this exercise, you will locate the POB using the measurement given from the west
edge of County Gate Road (199.57) to the west line of County Gate RD (68 ROW).
This reference can be seen on the SE corner of the Plat.
Start ArcMap and add the Editing_Layers.lyr file to the map.

Start editing.
Set the editing settings as follows:
Task
Target
ConstructionLines
Snapping
None
TOC Visibility
All Layers except Parcels and both Anno

layers
Selectable Layers
ConstructionLines
Active Sketch tool
Intersection tool
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The POB referenced on the plat can be found by intersecting two existing boundaries.
The first is an extension of the western boundary of County Gate Road ROW and the
second is the northern boundary of that Winchester Road ROW.
On the Sketch Tool dropdown list, click the Intersection tool.

Position the tool over the County Gate Road ROW, and click once to select the first
intersection line.
Move the position of the Intersection tool over the northern boundary of the
Winchester Road ROW, and click again to select the second intersection line.
A red vertex appears at the intersection point of the two lines. This will be your POB.
Modify the editing settings to include.

Snapping
All components of ConstructionLines and

Streets
ArcMap will automatically place the first endpoint of the new sketch based on the
intersection created in the previous step. The plat tells us the distance along the ROW
from the west line of County Gate Road, but not the angle so you will use the same
angle as the existing parcels as stored in the Parcel Lines layer.
Click the Identify tool.

For Layers select Parcel_Lines as the layer to identify.
Click on the northern boundary of the Winchester Road ROW and note the value for
the DIRECTION (ANGLE) field. The correct value should be S-77-59-26E.
Click the Sketch Tool and move the cursor away from the first vertex.
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Right-click and select Direction/Length from the context menu and type 77-59-264
and 199.57 in the text boxes, and press Enter
NOTE: The direction format can be entered as either complete DMS with
N-S and E-W reference (N-77-59-26W), or as a numeric quadrant format
suffix as entered above. For the remainder of this exercise, the direction
values will be entered with the quadrant suffix for speed and ease of data
entry. For more information on Measurement Systems and Units, see the
ArcGIS Desktop Help subject Setting direction measuring systems and units.
A point is entered based on that direction/distance pair from the first point. This point
is the POB referenced in the deed traverse. As can be seen, the data is extremely close
to the existing parcel corner which could have been used as the true POB. Later, you
will delete this preliminary construction line.
Right-click and click Finish Sketch from the context menu.

STEP 2: ENTER A TRAVERSE FOR THE SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY
NOTE: Some people like to enter traverses in space or away from the area
of interest in order to avoid visual clutter while traversing. By using
Construction_Lines as your target layer, you could simply turn off all other
layers, thereby emulating the in space method, even though the traverse is
actually starting from a true POB.
On the Advanced Editor Toolbar, click the Traverse button to open the Traverse
window.
Check the Closed Loop check box, click the
button to set a start point, move the

cursor into the map window, and click and snap to the POB.
In the Traverse dialog, enter the following directions and distances segments:
83-12-00-4
252.03
00-35-38-4
394.95
89-19-52-1
249.93
00-35-38-2
427.71
Click Closure and note the closure error in X/Y.

The error should be very small and can be distributed throughout the course of the
traverse using one of three adjustment methods: Compass, Transit, or Crandall.
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Right-click in the Traverse dialog, and click Save Traverse. Navigate to the
\Student\CEPA\Exercise07 and save the traverse as WinchesterHillsBoundary.txt.
With the Traverse saved, the data can be quickly re-entered if needed and the text file
also serves a metadata for the parcel creation.
Click Adjust.
Select each of the three adjustment methods using the dropdown list and compare
the tentative adjustments as shown in the Adjust Traverse window.
Choose the Compass Rule and click Accept.

The outer subdivision boundary is complete, but is not rotated with respect to the
original parcel. Later, you will use the Rotation tool to rotate the subdivision into
place.
STEP 3: PROPORTION THE PARCEL BOUNDARY

You will now divide the individual parcel boundary lines in the ConstructionLines
layer using the Proportion command and data from the plat.
With the Edit Tool, select the southern boundary of the parcel.
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Click the Proportion button
to break this line into three segments of 156.75,

24.07, and 71.27 feet from the starting point of the line (use the plat to assist you).
Select the western boundary of the parcel and proportion the line into three
segments of 145.89, 112.05, and 137.01 feet.
The northern line will remain as one segment and will not be proportioned.
Finally, select the eastern boundary of the parcel and proportion the line into three
segments of 45.01, 184.74, and 197.98 feet.
STEP 4: TRAVERSE THE INTERIOR RIGHT-OF-WAY
Click Traverse, and click on the Interactive Start Point Selection tool to set a start
point of a new traverse.
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Click on the vertex on the southern parcel boundary at the west end of the 24.07
wide road opening.
In the Traverse dialog, enter the data from the plat and curve tables for the ROW as
a closed traverse as follows (note that all curves are entered as tangent curves):
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Direction: 06-52-27-1
Distance: 36.17
Radius: 160
Delta: 16-24-44 Turn: Right
Distance: 52.78
Radius: 138
Delta: 6-33-14 Turn: Left
Radius: 138
Distance: 85.15
Distance: 17.33
Radius: 87
Radius: 50
Radius: 33
Radius: 33
Radius: 30
Radius: 63
Distance: 100.48
Radius: 162
Radius: 162
Distance: 52.78
Radius: 136
Distance: 36.26
Distance: 24.07
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Click Closure and examine the closure error.

Question 1: What are the values of the Misclosure as X/Y and the Relative Error
Ratio? Are these acceptable? __________________________________________
On review of the data, an unacceptable error in the curve table was identified. After
consultation with the project surveyor, errors in Curve C5, C6, and C7 were identified
and need to be corrected in the traverse.
Close the Closure dialog.

In the Traverse dialog, double-click on item #4 in the list.
This is curve C5 from the curve table. The correct values for the delta angles for both
curves C5 and C6 should be 11-56-24.
Change the Angle value for item #4 and #5 to 11-56-24.

In the Traverse dialog, double-click on item #8 in the list.
This is curve C7 from the curve table. The correct value for the radius should be 83.
Change the Radius for item #8 to 83.

The closure error has been reduced, but is still not completely acceptable. Further
consultation with the surveyor is needed but for the purposes of completing the parcel
subdivision in this exercise (the traverse will be adjusted and closed).
Right-click the Traverse window and save the traverse in the
C:\Student\CEPA\Database\ShelbyCounty\TraverseFiles folder.
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Click Adjust and click Transit as the Adjustment Method and click Accept to finish
the sketch.
Close the Traverse dialog.

STEP 5: INSPECT THE COGO ATTRIBUTE VALUES
The feature attributes are automatically populated by the Traverse command but the
COGO fields are not dynamically linked to the feature shape. To maintain consistency
to the descriptions in the plat curve tables, the attributes in the above modified curves
need to be changed back to their original values if they are to match the values on the
plat.
Since the ArcLength field will be used to create annotation, these values need to be
corrected for the three modified curves to reflect the values on the plat.
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Open the Attribute dialog and change the ArcLength (i.e., length in the curve table)
attribute values for curves C5, C6, and C7 back to their original values. If time
permits, modify the other COGO attribute values to match the original curve table.
STEP 6: FIT THE SUBDIVISION INTO THE EXISTING FRAMEWORK
Using the Edit Tool, select all of the ConstructionLines that comprise the new
subdivision.
There are two extra lines in the selection which need to be deleted. The original
reference line to the POB and an extra line at the entrance to the ROW.
Open the Attributes dialog and identify the two extra lines.
Right-click on the two extra lines and select Delete from the context menu.
With the Edit Tool, move the cursor over the selection anchor and press and hold
down the Ctrl key and simultaneously click and drag the selection anchor to the
southeast corner of the subdivision. The anchor will snap into place at the
intersection of the line endpoints.
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Use the Rotate tool to rotate the selected lines about the anchor point until the
southern lines match the orientation of the existing parcel.
Hint: You should use the rotation (auxiliary) anchor to be more precise with your
rotation.
STEP 7: ADJUST THE SURROUNDING PARCELS USING THE ZIPPER TASK
This step requires judgment and assumptions by the editor, although the method
chosen to make the final fitting adjustments is often based on policy. For example,
some offices might assume that the later a plat is dated, the more accurate it must be,
given the advances in survey equipment and technique. This approach leads to the
most recent resurvey, subdivision, or split holding its ground, while the surrounding
parcels are adjusted to fit. However, the judgment comes into play throughout the
process as the presumed accuracy of the plat is evaluated. Such evaluations may be
based on how well the traverses in the plat close. If large closure errors are
encountered throughout the plat, the argument for adjusting surrounding parcels to fit
the new survey becomes weaker.
Though the final adjustment is not a step-by-step approach, the following hints on
usage of some of the available tools in ArcMap should provide assistance through the
process.
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The Zipper Task is a Developer Sample which is useful for adjusting boundaries
within a search tolerance to a sketch. In your example, neither the eastern or western
boundary of the Winchester Hills subdivision is coincident with neighboring parcel
boundaries. The Zipper Task allows you to define either a new or existing boundary to
be used for aligning the overlapping or gapped boundaries.
Use the Measure tool to get an idea of the maximum distance between the new
ConstructionLines and the existing Parcel_Lines.
The maximum distance on the north half of the sketch appears to be no more than 15
feet.

Task
Zipper Task
Target
ConstructionLines
Snapping
None
TOC Visibility
ConstructionLines and Parcel_Lines
Selectable Layers
ConstructionLines
Active Sketch tool
Trace tool
With the Edit Tool, select all lines of the new subdivision.
With the Trace tool, sketch the perimeter of the subdivision and finish the sketch.
The Zipper Parameters dialog should appear.
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In the Zipper Parameters dialog, enter 10 for the Search Distance, click All Topo
and click OK.
Before Zipping
After Zipping
STEP 8: MOVE TOPOLOGY NODES

The Zipper Task is a useful way to ensure that adjacent parcels really are adjacent in
your database. However, you must use caution when using the Zipper Task, because
you may occasionally get undesirable results. Adjustments that require gross changes
are usually best done by hand so that the a person can monitor the movements of
features more closely. In general, the Zipper Task is practical when features come
fairly close to being where you want them. When features are not even close to where
they need to be, other options are available for moving features.
Zoom into the northwest corner of your new subdivision.

This corner
should be
moved here
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By carefully inspecting the plat, you can ascertain what adjustments need to be made.
The corner you need to move is the endpoint of three separate lines and a vertex that is
stored in three separate polygons. Therefore, you need to move six separate features.
All six vertices that you need to move happen to have the same X,Y values and
participate in a topology, so they are collectively know as a topology node. Topology
nodes can be moved by using the Topology Edit tool.
Turn on snapping for ConstructionLines vertex.

Activate the Topology Edit tool .
While holding the N key on your keyboard, draw a box around the topology node.
Activate the Show Shared Features
tool so that you can inspect which features
share this node.
You can uncheck

features that you
dont want to move
Close the Shared Features window.

Move the selected topology node so that it snaps with the nearest
corner in the construction lines.
Pan over to the northeast corner of your new subdivision and

select the topology node that needs to be snapped.
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Move that node so that it snaps with your construction lines vertex.
Move the next topology node down the eastern boundary of the subdivision.
Now the construction lines are adjusted to fit with their adjacent boundaries.
STEP 9: ENTER THE INTERIOR SUBDIVISION LINES
Finish the subdivision by manually entering the remaining four interior property lines
using the Sketch Tool and the snapping environment. Work from the outer boundary
and digitize the lines inward to the ROW line.
Click the Sketch Tool and digitize the four interior subdivision lines as per the plat.
STEP 10: TRANSFER THE CONSTRUCTION LINES TO THE PARCEL LINES LAYER
Now the adjusted construction lines are ready to be pasted into the Parcel Lines layer.
With the Edit Tool, select all of the new subdivision line features in the
ConstructionLines layer.
Modify the editing settings to what is shown below.
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Parcel_Lines
Task
Create New Features
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Click Copy and Paste from the Edit menu.

Turn off the visibility of the ConstructionLines layer to confirm that the new
subdivision was pasted to the Parcel_Lines Layer.
The parcel lines include overlapping lines (the original attributed framework and the
newly added features). Both can be used for annotation and analysis as needed.
With the Edit Tool, click and select any of the parcel lines and confirm the
overlapping nature of the pasted lines.
STEP 11: CREATE NEW SUBDIVISION POLYGONS

The original parent parcel of the Winchester Hills subdivision will now be split into
smaller parcels based on the parcel lines created in the previous steps. The goal is to
create these new, smaller parcels, while maintaining attribute information from the
parent parcel. This can be accomplished using the Construct Features button on the
Topology Toolbar. Construct Features effectively builds polygons within closed areas
that are completely contained by selected lines. The new polygon features are
constructed in the target layer.
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Modify the editing settings as shown below:

Target
Parcel
TOC Visibility
Parcels and Parcel_Lines
Selectable Layers
Parcels and Parcel_Lines
Toggle on and off the Parcels_Lines layer to observe that there is only one large
parcel polygon in the area of the subdivision.
Select all of the parcel lines that comprise the new subdivision.
Original parcel
Selected parcel lines
On the Topology toolbar, click Construct Features .

In the Construct Features dialog, accept the default Cluster Tolerance and ensure
that the option Consider existing features of the target layer in the current extent is
checked.
Selecting this option effectively splits the existing polygon by the selected boundaries
and duplicates the attributes of the parent parcel into all of the children.
Click OK.
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STEP 12: ATTRIBUTE THE NEW PARCELS AND PARCEL LINES
With the Edit Tool, select your five new parcels, then click the Attributes button.
In a normal workflow scenario, you would attribute your parcels at this point. Any
attributes shared by all five parcels could be entered once by clicking Parcels on the
left-hand side of the dialog. Alternatively, individual attributes could be entered by
clicking on individual parcels in the Attributes dialog.
Turn off the Parcel layer visibility.

With the Edit Tool, select the parcel lines along the southern boundary of the
parcels that are street ROW lines, and open the Attributes dialog.
Change the attribute value for Line_Type using the subtype dropdown list to
Street_ROW_Line.
Save your edits and Exit ArcMap.

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Question 1: What are the values of the Misclosure as X/Y and the Relative Error
Ratio? Are these acceptable?
Answer: Misclosure X/Y is -0.072, 15.753 and Relative Error Ratio is 1:59. These
are not acceptable, and further review of the Plat data and consultation with the
project surveyor is needed.
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Annotation
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Edit standard annotation

Create standard annotation
Explore existing feature-linked
annotation
Create annotation from labels
Update Your Group Layer File
Create The Street in Winchester
Hills Subdivision
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Annotation
EXERCISE 8: ANNOTATION
Annotation is descriptive map text that is stored in the geodatabase within a special
feature class and can either be feature-linked or standard (non-feature-linked).
Feature-linked annotation is based on the properties of a feature; that is, the text shown
in the annotation is sourced from attribute values and its existence is dependant on its
parent feature (point, line or polygon). If the attribute value on which the annotation is
based changes, the annotation text changes as well.
In this exercise, you will be working with several workflow scenarios for annotation.
Which method you employ at work will depend on your data model.
STEP 1: EDIT STANDARD ANNOTATION
Start ArcMap and add EditingLayers.lyr to your map.

Locate the Winchester Hills subdivision.
You will be adding annotation to the Parcel_Dim_Anno and Parcel_Anno layers.
These feature classes are both set up as standard annotation classes. Notice the four
pieces of annotation that are inside what is now Winchester Hills subdivision. Two of
the four pieces of annotation describe lines that no longer exist. The eastern text just
needs to be moved to the backlot. The northern text describes a line that has not
changed. Winchester Hills has been split into five smaller lots and a ROW. Annotation
needs to be created and placed for every new line that you made in the last exercise.
Start editing.
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Using the Edit Tool, select the western and southern pieces of annotation inside the
Winchester Hills subdivision and delete these two features.
After selecting the

annotation, you can right-click
to get this menu.
NOTE: If your data model contains a feature class of subdivision dimensions,

you could have pasted annotation into that annotation feature class.
Zoom into the eastern piece of text.

Click the Edit Annotation tool and select the piece of annotation.
The selection anchor
Grab this handle
to dynamically
rotate
Grab this handle

to dynamically change
font size
Right-click to expose the Edit Annotation context menu.
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Now you can edit, resize, or move the selected piece of annotation. As with other
features, the selection anchor acts as the snappable part of the selection. You want this
piece of text to align with the eastern edge of the parcel line that it is describing. A
useful snapping option for annotation that lines up with other features is called Follow
Feature Mode.
With the annotation selected, right-click just to the east of the parcel line, and click
Follow This Feature from the context menu.
Your annotation should snap to the line on the side of the line where you clicked.
Click on the annotation and move it around. You should notice the effects of the
follow feature mode.
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Right-click to expose the Edit Annotation context menu again. Choose Follow >
Follow Feature Options. Set your options like in the picture below.
Click OK and the grab and move the annotation again. You should see how the
Follow Feature Options affect the edits you make.
Reset the Follow Feature Options to Straight, Parallel, Side cursor is on, and 0
Offset from feature, and align the piece of annotation accordingly.
STEP 2: CREATE STANDARD ANNOTATION

Some of the new text that you want to create has already been entered as attributes in
the last exercise. When you used the Traverse and Proportion tools, you populated the
COGO fields. The DISTANCE attribute for straight segments, or the ARCLENGTH
attribute for curves, provides the text or string that you will use to create annotation. In
order to utilize the COGO attributes for creating annotation, you must first set the label
properties of the feature class from which you want to get the text strings.
Double-click on the ConstructionLines layer to bring up the Layer Properties

dialog.
Click the Labels tab.

Change the Label Field from ANGLE to DISTANCE.
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Set the editing settings as follows.

Task
Create New Feature
Target
Parcel_Dim_Anno:Standard
Snapping
ConstructionLine Edge
TOC Visibility
ConstructionLines and Parcel_Dim_Anno
Selectable Layers
Parcel_Dim_Anno and ConstructionLines
Set the Annotation Toolbar like the graphic below.

Click the Sketch Tool and snap to the southern boundary of the subdivision just west
of the ROW.
While your cursor (i.e., the Sketch Tool) is over that line, press W on your keyboard.
Notice that the Text in the Edit Annotation toolbar and the text on the screen change to
the value from the line feature attribute table (i.e., 71.27).
With your cursor still snapped to the line, click once with your mouse.
Now move your mouse a bit to the north and click once more.
NOTE: Lets think about those last three things you did. First you hover over
the feature and press w. This takes the labeling properties of the feature your
mouse is over and places it into the Text part of the Edit Annotation Toolbar.
Then you clicked on the line. This tells the annotation which feature it will be
following. Then you click on the side of the line that you want to annotation
to follow.
Going clockwise, repeat this process for the next three lines (the three lines on the
west side of the new subdivision).
Check your plat to make sure the new annotation is correct. Remember
that the text is being pulled from the attributes of the features.
Now hover over the boundary between lot 1A and lot 1E, and press W
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You should notice that this time the Text part of the Edit Annotation Toolbar does not
update. This is because the line that you are hovering over does not have a value for
the COGO DISTANCE field. You created the outside boundary and ROW of this
subdivision by using the Traverse and Proportion tools. These tools populate COGO
fields as you create lines. You created the four other lines with the Sketch Tool, which
does not populate COGO fields, therefore you must type in the DISTANCE for these
lines directly from the plat.
Another option is to use a more robust expression in the process of getting attributes
from lines.
Double-click on the ConstructionLines layer, and return to the Labels tab.

Click the Expression button, and click the Load button.
Navigate to C:\Student\CEPA\Exercise08, and click Parcel_Dim.lxp.
Click Open to load the expression into the Label Expression dialog.
Review the expression and click Verify to ensure that the expression is valid.
Click OK three times to return to your map.
Now you can return to the three-step process of hovering over lines and pressing W to
establish text, then clicking on the line to establish a feature for Follow Feature Mode,
then clicking on the side of the line that you want the text placed.
Finish creating annotation for every line in the subdivision, including the curves.
Now you should notice that four of the annotations have parentheses around them.
Those are the pieces of annotation that you will have to manually fix by typing in the
DISTANCE values from the plat.
With the Edit Annotation tool, click the annotation on the line that divides lots 1A
and 1E.
Right-click and click Attributes.

Change the text string to 117.84
You can change the text from either the Annotation or the Attributes tab.
Repeat this process for the other pieces of annotation displayed in parentheses.
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Save your edits.

Standard annotation can be thought of just like any other feature in your geodatabase.
Creating and editing these features is a logical process of acquiring geometry and
attributes. The major difference between annotation features and points, lines, or
polygons, is that symbology is a permanent part of an annotation feature.
STEP 3: EXPLORE EXISTING FEATURE-LINKED ANNOTATION
In this step, you will investigate the properties of a feature-linked annotation feature
class in ArcCatalog, and then observe how those properties affect the resulting
annotation features in a workflow scenario.
NOTE: At ArcGIS 9, there are new tools for converting coverage and CAD
annotation to geodatabase annotation. You can find these in the To
Geodatabase toolset in the Conversion Tools toolbox in ArcToolbox. There
is an Append Annotation Feature Classes tool that combines two or more
annotation feature classes into a single annotation feature class. You can find
it in the Feature Class toolset in the Data Management tools toolbox in
ArcToolbox.
Start ArcCatalog.
Navigate to the Cadastral feature dataset of your Shelby geodatabase.
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Right-click on FL_Parcel_Dim_Anno layer, and click Properties.
Inspect the Annotation Classes tab.

Notice that there is only one annotation class listed. It is named Standard. The
properties for this annotation class control the rendering of the annotation in this class.
By looking at the FL_Parcel_Dim_Anno properties, you should be able to answer the
following questions.
Question 1: What feature class is FL_Parcel_Dim_Anno linked to? ___________
Question 2: What is the reference scale of this feature class? _________________
Question 3: At that scale, what size will the Standard annotations be? __________
Question 4: What size will the annotation appear on your screen when you zoom in
to half of that scale? _________________________________________________
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Question 5: If you created your parcel lines by traversing clockwise, would your
annotation be inside or outside of your new parcel(s)? ______________________
Notice the expression used to create the text in this feature class. You should notice
that the same expression is used here that you used earlier. When a new line is created
in the Parcel_Lines feature class, the expression checks to see if there is anything in
the ARCLENGTH attribute field, then it looks to the DISTANCE field, and finally to
the shape.length field. The annotation is automatically created and placed according to
the properties of the Annotation class.
You have already created a good bit of annotation in this feature-linked feature class
because you have used COGO to create lines in the Parcel_Lines feature class. You
may not have been aware that this was happening, because you were not adding
FL_Parcel_Dim_Anno to your map.
Add FL_Parcel_Dim_Anno to your map, and turn off Parcel_Dim_Anno (if it is in

your map).
Inspect the places where you have done line work in this class (plat 1, deed 1, and
Winchester Hills).
Adjust the feature-linked annotation in those places.

STEP 4: CREATE ANNOTATION FROM LABELS
In this step, you will create a new feature-linked annotation feature class for the
Streets_class layer from labels.
Double-click the Streets_class layer to expose to Layer Properties dialog.

Click the Labels tab.
Now you will set the labeling properties for this layer. You will create different
symbols for private roads and public roads so that they appear differently on your
screen.
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In the Method dropdown, select Define classes of features and label each class
differently.
Next, click Add to create a new label class.
Call your new label class Private
Now you will create an expression that defines which streets get placed in the Private
class, by using a wildcard in an SQL query. The asterisk wildcard will include all
streets that begin with the string Private in the private labeling class.
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Click the SQL Query button and enter the following expression:
[NAME] LIKE 'Private*'
Verify your expression.

Click OK twice to return to the Layer Properties dialog.
Next, choose Default from the Class dropdown.
Click the SQL Query button and enter the following expression:
[NAME] NOT LIKE 'Private*'
Set the Text Symbol for the default class to be Arial, Bold, Size 10.
Click Placement properties.
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Set your placement option according to the following graphic:
Click OK.
Click the Symbol button on the Layer Properties dialog.
Click Properties in the Symbol Selector dialog.
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Click the Mask button and set your options like the graphic below:
Click OK twice to return to the Layer Properties dialog.

Set the symbology for the Private roads like the graphic below:
NOTE: You may want to add halos to the private road symbol.
Place a check in the top left corner of the Layer Properties dialog to Label features
in this layer.
Zoom to full extent and inspect your labels.

Zoom to 1:1,200.
Activate the Select Elements tool and right-click in the map. Choose Reference
Scale > Set Reference Scale.
Now you have the labels set up the way you want them to look, and at the proper size
and scale you want them. The next step is to convert those labels to annotation.
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In the Table of Contents, right-click on the Streets_class layer, and click Convert
Labels to Annotation.
In the Convert Labels to Annotation dialog, click Convert.

You have just created a new feature-linked annotation feature class that is linked to the
Streets_class feature class. If you move, rename, or create a new street, the annotation
will behave accordingly.
Pan around you map to inspect your new annotation.

Save your edits.
CHALLENGE: UPDATE YOUR GROUP LAYER FILE
Set scale ranges and add your new layer to your group layer file by overwriting the
previous layer file.
CHALLENGE: CREATE THE STREET IN WINCHESTER HILLS SUBDIVISION
Sketch in and attribute the new street center line through Winchester Hills.
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Question 1: What feature class is FL_Parcel_Dim_Anno linked to?
Answer: Parcel_Lines
Question 2: What is the reference scale of this feature class?
Answer: 1,200
Question 3: At that scale, what size will the Standard annotations be?
Answer: 12 points
Question 4: What size will the annotation appear on your screen when you zoom in to
half of that scale?
Answer: Will appear larger, approximately 24 points
Question 5: If you created your parcel lines by traversing clockwise, would your
annotation be inside or outside of your new parcel(s)?
Answer: Inside
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Exercise 9: More practice with

subdivisions
Prepare the map and your
workspace
Determine where to start
Traverse the boundary
Digitize lots 17
Georeference a digital plat
Heads-up digitizing lots 4455
Digitize lots 2039 with backlots
Enter COGO into a text editor
Finish the remaining lots
Adjust the surrounding parcels to
snap to the new subdivision
Construct the parcel lines and
parcels
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EXERCISE 9: MORE PRACTICE WITH SUBDIVISIONS

You have learned many tools to help you enter your cadastral information using
ArcMap. A tax mapper is concerned with keeping the tax map accurate and current.
What shows up on your tax map is mandated by local law and departmental
procedures. How you get data into the digital version of the tax map is mandated by
office workflow and your data model. This exercise is designed to be flexible enough
so that you can mimic your particular workflow in this classroom setting. The
Buckingham Farms plat contains much more information than the typical tax mapper
is concerned with. The following steps are not intended to be step-by-step procedures,
but rather guides to get you started entering the subdivision into 55 parcels.
STEP 1: PREPARE THE MAP AND YOUR WORKSPACE
Add to ArcMap the data you will need in order to complete this job. Turn off the
layers that you do not need to see yet.
Start editing and open the Snapping Environment.

Arrange the plat so that you can see it well.
Set the Target to ConstructionLines.
STEP 2: DETERMINE WHERE TO START
Most common workflow scenarios incorporate at least some COGO. It makes sense to
at least begin entering a new subdivision using COGO and the Traverse dialog.
Incorporating this into your workflow will allow you to begin the process of
subdividing by the most accurate means possible.
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A good POB can be found by looking at the inset on the plat. Curve 2 (C2) is adjacent
to a curve that you entered earlier in Deed 1. Therefore an easy way to get started on
your traverse would be to simply snap to the end of curve C2 as it exists in your map,
and then create a line to the west with N88-38-20 as a direction and 164 as a length.
This would be a suitable place to start your boundary traverse.
Sketch
Your POB
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STEP 3: TRAVERSE THE BOUNDARY

NOTE: The plat is not easy to read, so use the picture below as a guide.
Do not forget curve 26
Enter this as one long line.

You can use the Proportion
tool to split the line later.
Another long line
Parallel w/road center line

Watch out for small segments
5.38+110.95+77.69+3.32=197.33
Tapering in
Parallel w/road center line
Start here with curve 1
Use the Traverse tool and enter a closed traverse as summarized in the figure.
Save your traverse before you adjust the closure. This will allow you to reload the
traverse if necessary.
Review the closure error and adjust the traverse.

NOTE: The Relative Error Ratio (as seen in the Closure dialog) should be no
smaller than 1:1500. This is an estimation. Most surveyors shoot for closure
ratios of 1:100,000 or better, but this is GIS not surveying.
Now the boundary of the new subdivision is complete. This will allow you framework
to snap to in order to complete the 55 new parcels.
Next you would probably want to use the Proportion tool on the long segments.
Select the western boundary line between lots 52 and 44 and Proportion that line.
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Do the same for any other lines that you entered as whole segments that now need
to be split. Look at lots 18 and 19, 169, and 51 in particular.
At this point in the process of entering this subdivision, you have many choices of how
to proceed. The most accurate way to enter lines would be to COGO them. The
quickest way would be to simply draw them or trace them from a digitized version of
the plat, or import a CAD file if you have that option.The following steps will outline
a combination of COGO and shortcuts. You may want to skip ahead to Step 5 or 6 if
you want to try something besides COGO.
NOTE: There is danger in choosing the quickest way of entering data.
Entering COGO is not the quickest way to enter data, but it is accurate and it
does attribute the resulting features. If you need to store parcel dimension
annotation, the arguments for using COGO gain merit, because you only have
to enter distance once. Saving your traverses as text files, can also function as
metadata for your splits. It is worth mentioning that choosing to simply draw
in new parcels can, in some cases cause problems. The potential problems
created by this simple workflow can offset the ease and speed of the work.
STEP 4: DIGITIZE LOTS 17
Start at the southwest corner of lot 1 and use the Traverse tool to enter the two
straight segments going north and curve 3.
Enter the 9.5 segment that comes next by using the bearing from the first segment
S 01-21-41 W (you may have to reverse it).
The end of the traverse will be the fourth 77.33 segment. The end of that line
should be very close to the northeast corner of lot 7.
Save the traverse before you do any adjustment. Then simply snap the lines together
by moving the endpoint of the interior line to the boundary corner that makes the
northeast corner of lot 7.
Hint: Double-clicking on a line will expose the vertices. This will enable you to
move and snap the endpoint.
With the Sketch Tool draw the interior lines.

Confirm that every line that defines lots 17 is attributed with the information
necessary for creating feature-linked annotation.
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STEP 5: GEOREFERENCE A DIGITAL PLAT

One option for entering parcel lines from a plat is to obtain or create a digital version
of the plat. This image of the plat can then be georeferenced and traced in ArcMap.
Navigate to C:\Student\CEPA\database\miscellaneous\images and add

BuckinghamFarmsPlatCropped.tif to your map.
Click Yes when prompted if you would like to build pyramids. This will take a few
seconds.
This scanned and cropped version of the plat is not georeferenced. You can assign
control points with the Georeferencing toolbar so that the plat will display in the
proper coordinate space.
Zoom into the plat and inspect it.

Zoom back to the extent of Buckingham Farms.
Add the Georeferencing toolbar.
On the Georeferencing toolbar, click Georeferencing > Fit To Display.
NOTE: You can change the extent and click this tool again and again until
you get the desired results.
This will adjust the image of the plat to be drawn inside your current extent. It is a
good idea to zoom in a bit further that the true extent of the image, because it is easier
to expand the image than to shrink it.
Next you will add control points with the Add Control Points tool.
Add control points tool

View Link Table tool
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The process of adding control points with the georeferencing toolbar is fairly
straightforward. This process can be explained as click where it is, then click where it
should be. The adjustments you make as you add control points will increase in
accuracy as the image gets stretched and skewed closer and closer to where it needs to
be. At that point you can view the link table and remove the links with the highest
residual errors.
Add several control points and notice the image being adjusted to your control
points.
NOTE: The Magnifier window from ArcMaps Window menu can be useful
in this process.
Add control points
First click here

(where it is)
Then click here

(where it should be)
After adding five or six control points, view the link table and remove the control
points with the highest residual errors.
The georeferencing adjustments that you have made can be permanently applied to
the image by simply choosing Update Georeferencing from the Georeferencing
dropdown list.
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STEP 6: HEADS-UP DIGITIZING LOTS 4455

Now you can simply heads-up digitize the front and interior lines of lots 4455 from
the georeferenced plat. Remember to be aware of your snapping environment and task/
target.
Start at the southeast corner of lot 55. Activate the Sketch Tool and draw the first
straight segment.
Activate the Tangent tool to draw in the next five

segments.
Draw one long line from curve 18 to curve 21.

Switch back to the Tangent tool for curve 21.
Click the Sketch Tool and finish the last two segments.
Use the Proportion tool to split the long line from lot 51 to 44.
Draw in the interior lines and attribute them.
Tangent tool
STEP 7: DIGITIZE LOTS 2039 WITH BACKLOTS

There is an interesting situation in lots 2039. Take a close look at the plat and inspect
the lines that run through the middle of the parcels. These lines are the dimensions of
the back yards of all these parcels. The differences in the dimensions of these lines
results in something called a backlot. The backlot concept plays an important role with
annotation. Consider lot 25. Would you want to annotate the western boundary of that
parcel with two pieces of annotation (17 and 53), or with one piece of annotation (70)?
If you do not store lot dimensions this phenomena is not important to you. If you store
feature-linked annotation you could create two sets of overlapping lines: one for the
western lots and one for the eastern lots. Because the feature-linked annotation based
on the parcel lines feature class is set to create annotation on the right side of the line
you can create two set of lines from the end of line 24. The parcel lines that you create
going north will have the attributes for the parcels on the east (or right side of the
lines), and the parcel lines that you create going south will have the attributes for the
parcels on the west (which would also be the right side of those lines). With this
method, the resulting feature-linked annotation would be properly placed
automatically.
Start by completing the outer boundary of lots 2039 by sketching the

georeferenced plat or using the Traverse tool.
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Use the Traverse tool to enter the back yard lines from the south. Stop and finish
your traverse after Line 24.
Using the traverse tool

Finish here
Start here
Draw a line from the end of line 24 to the end at the northwest corner of lot 20, the
northeast corner of lot 39.
Proportion that line with the dimensions from the plat on the east side of the
backlot line.
With the Sketch Tool, draw the same line again, but this time draw it in the opposite
direction.
Proportion this line using the numbers on the west side of the lots.
Now when you go to sketch in the remaining lines you will have all the endpoints that
you need to snap to, and when you paste the construction lines into the parcel lines you
will automatically create a good deal of well-placed annotation.
Sketch in the lateral lines that make up lots 2039.
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Update the attributes of those lines accordingly (look at picture below for shortcut).
Click here
Type here
Notice in the picture above that seven lines are selected. However, all seven of those
lines share a common attribute of DISTANCE. You can update all seven of those
feature attributes of DISATNCE by clicking on the top of the selection tree before you
type in the value.
STEP 8: ENTER COGO INTO A TEXT EDITOR
Some organizations choose to enter the COGO information directly into a text editor
such as WordPad. The format of the resulting text file must be correct if you plan on
loading the text from WordPad into the Traverse dialog of ArcMap. There is a good
explanation of what must be contained in these text files in the ArcGIS Desktop Help
under the heading Traverse File Format. You will want to read through this help topic
before continuing.
You will begin this traverse from the southeast corner of lot 17.
Start WordPad and enter the first three lines as follows:

DT QB
DU DMS
SP 0 0
NOTE: You are entering the starting point as 0,0 because you will snap it to
an existing endpoint in ArcMap before you finish the traverse.
Begin the traverse with the following lines:

DD 89-01-30-4 70
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Continue by adding the next two lines to your text file. You can copy and paste from
previous lines.
Enter the first curve as follows:

TC R 134.5 D 23-25-08 R
Continue and finish the traverse to the northwestern corner of lot 42.
Save your text file.
Now you can load that text file into the Traverse dialog in ArcMap.
Maximize ArcMap, check your editing settings, pan to the area of interest, and
activate the Traverse tool.
Right-click on the tool and Load your text file.

Click the Set Start Point tool .
Snap the start point to the southeast corner of lot 17.
Click the Set End Point tool and snap the end point to the northwest corner of lot 42.
Inspect your closure, Adjust, and Finish.
Sketch and attribute the interior lot lines.
STEP 9: FINISH THE REMAINING LOTS
Using whatever method(s) you are comfortable with, complete the remaining
construction lines.
STEP 10: ADJUST THE SURROUNDING PARCELS TO SNAP TO THE NEW SUBDIVISION
The new parcels you have entered fit fairly well into the existing parcel fabric. This
time, you will adjust the surrounding parcels to fit with the new survey plat.
It is a good idea to visually inspect the lines that you have entered before proceeding to
the next step. Look around and see if you notice any errors. Fix any errors you find.
After fixing any obvious errors, select all the construction lines that will subdivide
the parent parcel. Do this by making ConstructionLines the only selectable layer
and drawing a box around the whole new subdivision.
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Set the task to Zipper Task and activate the Trace tool.
Trace the boundary of your new subdivision and zip up the surrounding topology by
clicking All Topo in the Zipper parameters dialog after you complete your trace.
STEP 11: CONSTRUCT THE PARCEL LINES AND PARCELS
Select all your new ConstructionLines.

Set the Target to Parcel_Lines, then click Copy and Paste.
With the parcel lines still selected, change the target to Parcels and click Construct
Features.
Validate the topology in the current extent and fix any topology errors you may have
created.
STEP 12: INSPECT THE FEATURE-LINKED ANNOTATION
Add FL_Parcel_Dim_Anno to your map and see how much annotation was
automatically created for you.
Move or modify any annotation that needs to be changed.

Save the edits and close ArcMap when you are finished.
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A
adjusting
surrounding parcels to snap to
the new subdivisions 9-10
adjusting, the surrounding parcels
using the Zipper Task 7-10
adjusting, traverse lines into the
existing framework 5-20
annotation
inspect the feature-linked 9-11
annotation, create 4-6
ArcMap
using geodatabase data in 2-1
ArcMap, start 5-1, 5-15
area of interest
validate the topology 3-13
area of interest, locate 4-1
attributes
review COGO 5-8
update 4-2
attributing
new parcels 7-17
parcel lines 7-17
B
backlots
digitize using 9-7
boundary
traverse 9-3
C
class data, installing 1-1
closed traverse
enter from a deed 5-15
enter from a plat 5-1
closure error, evaluate and adjust
the traverse 5-7
COGO
correct the attribute values 7-8
enter into a text editor 9-9
review the attributes 5-8
constructing
new parcel polygon 5-13
parcel lines and parcels 9-11
construction lines, transfer to the
Parcel Lines layer 7-14
copying
new features into the parcel lines
feature class 5-22
the new parcel 5-23
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correcting, the COGO attribute
values 7-8
creating
a layer file and set symbology
3-1
annotation from labels 8-9
lines 4-2
new subdivision polygons 7-15
polygons 4-5
creating, annotation 4-6
D
data
investigate 2-1
preview 2-1
deed, enter a closed traverse from
5-15
determining
where to start 9-1
digital plat
georeference 9-5
digitizing
lots 1-7 9-4
lots 20-39 with backlots 9-7
E
editing 5-1, 5-15
editing, set options 3-6
edits, save 4-8
entering
a traverse for the subdivision
boundary 7-3
closed traverse from a plat 5-1
subdivisions 7-1
the interior subdivision lines
7-14
the traverse 5-5, 5-18
entering, a closed traverse from a
deed 5-15
evaluating, closure error and
adjust the traverse 5-7
F
finding
the Point-of-Beginning 7-1
the starting point 5-2, 5-15
the true POB 5-17
the true Point of Beginning
(POB) 5-4
finishing
remaining lots 9-10
fitting
new parcel lines to existing
framework 5-9
the subdivision into the existing
framework 7-9
G
georeferencing
a digital plat 9-5
H
heads-up digitizing
lots 44-55 9-7
I
inspecting
the feature-linked annotation
9-11
installing
class data 1-1
investigating data 2-1
L
labels
create annotation from 8-9
layer, Parcel Lines 7-14
lines, creating 4-2
locating, the area of interest 4-1
lots
finish remaining 9-10
lots 1-7
digitize 9-4
lots 20-39
digitize with backlots 9-7
lots 44-55
heads-up digitize 9-7
M
map
navigate around 2-6
prepare 9-1
save 4-8
Merge
use the command 6-20
move 7-12
moving
topology nodes 7-12
Index
N
navigating, around the map 2-6
new parcels, attribute 7-17
P
parcel boundary, proportion 7-4
parcel editing, process 4-1
parcel lines
attribute 7-17
construct 9-11
fit to existing framework 5-9
rotate 5-9
parcel lines feature class, copy
new features into 5-22
parcel split
perform a rough sketch 3-9
parcel, copy new 5-23
parcels
adjust surrounding to snap to the
new subdivision 9-10
construct 9-11
performing
a rough sketch of a parcel split
3-9
POB
find true 5-17
Point of Beginning (POB)
find 5-4
Point-of-Beginning
find 7-1
polygon
construct new parcel 5-13
polygons, create 4-5
prepare for 5-1, 5-15
prepare for editing 5-1, 5-15
preparing
the map and your workspace 9-1
previewing, data 2-1
process, parcel editing 4-1
proportioning, the parcel boundary
7-4
R
reviewing, the COGO attributes
5-8
Right-Of-Wa,
traverse 7-5
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rotating, new parcel lines 5-9

S
saving
edits 4-8
map 4-8
selectable layers
set 3-14
setting
editing options 3-6
selectable layers 3-14
symbology 2-2
symbology and creating a layer
file 3-1
start
determine 9-1
starting point
find 5-2, 5-15
starting, ArcMap 5-1 , 5-15
subdivision
enter the interior lines 7-14
fit into the existing framework
7-9
subdivision boundary, enter a
traverse 7-3
subdivision polygons, create new
7-15
subdivisions
adjust surrounding parcels to
snap to 9-10
more practice with 9-1
subdivisions, enter 7-1
symbology
set 2-2
traverse lines, adjust into the

existing framework 5-20
traversing
the boundary 9-3
traversing, the interior Right-OfWay 7-5
U
updating, attributes 4-2
using
geodatabase data in ArcMap 2-1
the Advanced Editing toolbar
6-1
the Merge command 6-20
the Topology toolbar 6-14
Zipper Task 5-10
V
validating
the topology in your area of
interest 3-13
W
workspace
prepare 9-1
Z
Zipper Task
use 5-10
Zipper Task, adjust the
surrounding parcels 7-10
T
text editor
enter COGO into 9-9
toolbar
Advanced Editing 6-1
Topology 6-14
tools overview 6-1
topology nodes
7-12
transferring, the construction lines
to the Parcel Lines layer 7-14
traverse
adjust 5-7
enter 5-5, 5-18
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Creating and Editing

Parcels with ArcGIS

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The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.

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Using geodatabase data in ArcMap

The ArcMap editing environment

The parcel editing process

Using the Traverse tool

Exercise 1: Install the class database

Exercise 2: Using geodatabase data in ArcMap

Exercise 3: Preparing to edit

Exercise 4: The parcel editing process

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Exercise 5A: Entering a closed traverse from a plat

Creating and Editing Parcels with ArcGIS Desktop

Use the Zipper Task

Exercise 6: Tools overview

Exercise 7: Entering subdivisions

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Practice entering subdivisions

Appendix A: ESRI data license agreement

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Creating and Editing Parcels with ArcGIS Desktop

Install the class database

Exercise 1: Install the class

Install the class database

EXERCISE 1: INSTALL THE CLASS DATABASE

Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

From the Tools menu, click Folder Options.

In the contents of the CD-ROM, double-click Setup.exe.

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Creating and Editing Parcels with ArcGIS Desktop

If the destination folder is C:\Student:

If the destination folder is not C:\Student:

Navigate to C:\Student\CEPA\Software\ZipperTask and double-click on the

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Creating and Editing Parcels with ArcGIS Desktop

Investigate and preview data

Exercise 2: Using geodatabase

Using geodatabase data in ArcMap

EXERCISE 2: USING GEODATABASE DATA IN ARCMAP

STEP 1: INVESTIGATE AND PREVIEW DATA

and navigate to the

Click the ShelbyCounty folder and click OK.

NOTE: The geodatabase may contain feature datasets or stand-alone feature

Question 1: How many feature datasets are in the Shelby.mdb? _______________

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Using geodatabase data in ArcMap

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Using geodatabase data in ArcMap

Click the Add Data button

and navigate to the folder connection you created

Next, you will experiment with the symbology of both

Close the Symbol Selector dialog.

Click Cancel to close the Symbol Selector.

Click the Symbology tab.

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Creating and Editing Parcels with ArcGIS Desktop

Using geodatabase data in ArcMap

For Value Field, choose NAME from the dropdown list.

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