Name: __________________________

Intro to Mapping and GIS GISC 3015

Lab #1- Introduction to ArcCatalog and ArcGIS Pro

Lab Requirements:
1. Complete the following lab exercise, saving them to your ‘MyCourses’ folder as instructed.
2. Create a PDF of the map completed at the end of the exercise and save it to your
‘MyCourses’ folder as instructed.
3. Answer the embedded questions. (Use this sheet as ‘scrap’ paper. Once you have figured out
the answers, submit them via the ‘quiz’ Lab 1 on Canvas.)
Submit the following:
1. Answered questions via Canvas.
2. Your completed work in your folder in the ‘MyCourses’ directory, including a PDF copy
of your map.
STEP 1:
 Copy the ‘Lab 1’ folder to your personal ‘G:’ drive directory.
This folder may be found in the following location:
G:\CourseMaterial\GISC 3015 Intro to Mapping and GIS

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO ARCCATALOG

ArcCatalog is an ArcGIS Desktop application for managing geographic data. While much of the
functionality of ArcCatalog is embedded within ESRI’s newest software, ArcGIS Pro, there are
certain situations/features for which the stand alone application is particularly suited. These will
become apparent to you as you gain more experience.
In ArcCatalog, you can copy, move, and delete data; search for data; look at data before deciding
whether to add it to a map; create new data; and read detailed information about data. The
ArcCatalog application window includes the catalog display for looking at spatial data, the Catalog
tree for browsing through data, and several toolbars.

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 Spatial data comes in many different formats, including geodatabase feature classes,
coverages, shapefiles, CAD (computer-aided design) files, rasters, and TINs (triangulated irregular
networks). Each format is identified by its own icon in ArcCatalog. The icon for a geodatabase,
for example, is a cylinder. The feature classes within the geodatabase are represented by rectangle
icons, with different patterns distinguishing point, line, and polygon features. (Geodatabases can
also contain other special datasets such as annotation features, topologies, and relationship
classes.)
You will use some of the most common vector data types: feature classes stored in a data
container called a geodatabase, as well as some shapefiles. You will occasionally work with raster
surfaces, and you will also use layer files, which are not spatial datasets, but rather instructions for
displaying spatial datasets by using certain colors, symbol markers, line widths, and so on.

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ArcCatalog gives you more information about spatial data than you can get from Windows
Explorer or other file browsers. It can show you which folders contain spatial data and what kinds
of spatial data they contain. It lets you preview features and attributes of data before you add the
data to a map. It also lets you examine and edit metadata, which is information about your data,
such as when and how it was created.

1. Start ArcCatalog (click the Windows ‘Start’ button and look in the ArcGIS suite).

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If this is the first time you have opened the ArcCatalog application, you may need to display the
Catalog tree.

2. If necessary, click the Catalog Tree button on the Standard toolbar.

The Catalog tree lists the data and services that ArcCatalog is connected to. You can connect to
any local drive on your computer, as well as database servers, internet servers, and other services,
organized by folders in the Catalog tree. ArcCatalog also maintains a connection to ArcToolbox,
which you will learn about later.
Once you connect to a folder, you can access the GIS data it contains. In this exercise, it will be
helpful to see the file extensions of different spatial datasets.

3. On the menu bar, click Customize > ArcCatalog Options. This opens the ArcCatalog
Options dialog box.

The ArcCatalog Options dialog box lets you specify the types of data ArcCatalog displays and the
information it shows about this data (file name, file size, date modified, and so on). You can
distinguish folders that contain spatial data from those that don’t and make many other
customizations to the way data is displayed.

4. Make sure the General tab is selected. If necessary, uncheck the “Hide file extensions”
check box, and then click OK.

Next, you will create a connection to the course directory: G:\CourseMaterial\GIS 3015c Intro
to Mapping and GIS so that you can work with the exercise data in ArcCatalog.

5. On the Standard toolbar, click the Connect To Folder button .

6. On the “Connect To Folder” dialog box, navigate to
“G:\CourseMaterial\GIS 3015c Intro to Mapping and GIS”, and click OK. You have
now made a connection to the course folder where you will find all the data that you need
for your assignments. NB: This folder is “Write Protected” which means you cannot
create/edit files in this directory (thus preventing students from accidentally corrupting
the data for everyone else.)
7. Repeat steps 5 & 6, except this time make a folder connection to the directory where you
will complete your work: “G:\MyCourses\GIS3015C\[YOURUSERNAME]”

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 8. Copy the “Lab_1” folder from the course directory to your “G:\MyCourses” folder.
9. In the Catalog tree, expand the
“G:\MyCourses\GIS3015C\[YOURUSERNAME]\Lab_1” folder. It contains two
subfolders: Data and MyData. Expand the Data folder. The Data folder includes a
geodatabase called World.gdb and a shapefile called US_Cities_PM.shp.

10. Expand World.gdb.

The geodatabase contains four feature classes. A feature class is a group of points, lines, or
polygons that represent geographic objects of the same kind. The Cities feature class contains point
features, the Latlong feature class contains line features, and the Background and Countries feature
classes contain polygon features. Each type of feature class is symbolized by a specific icon.
The US_Cities_PM shapefile is a different data type. It contains points that represent cities and
has more attributes than the Cities feature class stored in the geodatabase. It is not unusual to work

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with several different types of data, although at some point in your workflow, you may choose to
convert these data types to the same format.

11. On the Standard toolbar, make sure the Details button is active.
12. In the Catalog tree, expand the World.gdb by clicking on the plus symbol. In the catalog
display, make sure the Contents tab is active, and then double click the World geodatabase
to reveal its contents.

Four adjacent buttons on the Standard toolbar change how files look on the Contents tab. The
Large Icons button displays large icons horizontally. The List button displays small icons

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vertically. The Details button is like the List button, except that it also shows the file type—in this
case, file geodatabase feature classes. The Thumbnails button allows you to view small graphics
of spatial datasets. Whenever a folder or a geodatabase is highlighted in the Catalog tree, these
four buttons are activated.

13. On the Standard toolbar, click each of the buttons that change the look of the Contents tab:
Large Icons , List , Details , and finally. Thumbnails .

The display changes to show thumbnail graphics of the content of each file. A thumbnail graphic
of a dataset can help you decide quickly whether you want to use the data or not. Notice that there
is no thumbnail graphic for countries. When a thumbnail graphic hasn’t been created, you will see
only a larger version of the feature class icon. Next, you will create a thumbnail graphic for the
Countries feature class.

14. In the Catalog tree, click the Countries feature class in the World geodatabase. In the
catalog display, click the Preview tab. The Countries polygons are displayed in pale yellow.

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 15. Verify that you are viewing the Lab 1 data in your MyCourses folder and not the course
directory. On the Geography toolbar, click the Create Thumbnail button . An image of
the data shown on the Preview tab is saved as a thumbnail graphic.
16. In the catalog display, click the Contents tab to see the new thumbnail graphic.

A thumbnail graphic gives you a quick visual of the data, but you may want to view the data in
more detail. The Preview tab and the tools on the Geography toolbar let you investigate a dataset
further before you decide whether you want to use it on a map.

17. Click the Preview tab to see the Countries dataset at full size.

18. On the Geography toolbar, click the Zoom In tool . Drag the tool to draw a box around
the area north of Australia (aka insular SE Asia), as shown in the graphic.

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 19. On the Geography toolbar, click the Identify tool . Click the feature indicated in the
graphic to identify it. If you don’t see the feature flash green on the map, move the Identify
Results window away from the display, and click the feature again.

Is Papua New Guinea a UN member state? (You may need to scroll down in the Identify Results
window to view the Status attribute.)

20. Close the Identify Results window. Use the Pan tool from the Geography toolbar to
move around the map. The Pan tool works here just as it does in ArcMap.

21. Click the Full Extent button to zoom to the full extent of the data.

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You can preview the attributes of a dataset as well as its geography.

22. At the bottom of the catalog display, click the Preview menu, and click Table. The display
shows the attribute table of the Countries feature class.

23. Scroll through the attribute columns. Sometimes attributes have cryptic names. Many
organizations maintain a data dictionary, which decodes and describes attributes.
24. When you are finished looking, click the Preview menu again, and click Geography.

The third tab on the catalog display is the Description tab, which displays metadata—essentially,
data about data. ArcCatalog doesn’t require you to maintain metadata, but it is considered best
practice to do so, and many organizations require metadata to ensure data standardization and
quality.

25. In the catalog display, click the Description tab. If needed, scroll down to see the thumbnail
graphic you created, as well as keyword tags, summary, description, credits, and use
limitations.

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26. Click the Edit button on the uppermost bar inside the description to access metadata about
the Countries feature class. Metadata documentation can be created and edited on the
Description tab.

27. Scroll down to see what type of metadata can be entered.

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 28. In the catalog display, click the Contents tab. In the Catalog tree, click World.gdb. On the
Standard toolbar, click the Details button. This restores the display to its initial state.
29. Exit ArcCatalog. (NB: You don’t have to be worry about losing your work. The only edit
you made was to the thumbnail which saved automatically.)

PART 2: INTRODUCTION TO ARCGIS PRO

The following is slightly modified version of an ESRI tutorial (the original can be found here:
https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/get-started-with-arcgis-pro/)
A Singapore tourism agency wants to create a brochure that tells visitors the closest rail station to
popular destinations in the downtown area. The brochure will combine a map with textual
information and be sold at kiosks around the city. You'll help the agency by mapping the tourist
sites, analyzing how close they are to rail stations, and changing the map's appearance so that it is
visually appealing.

In ArcGIS Pro, maps and data are organized in a project. Before you begin your map, you'll
create a project.

1. Start ArcGIS Pro. If prompted, sign in using your licensed ArcGIS account.
(NB: You should have received an invitation in your FAU email to join our organization.
If you dismissed it as junk mail, go back and check again. If after performing a thorough
search you still cannot find it, email me and I will resend it.) For new projects, there are
several templates. To create a map, you'll use the Map template.
2. Under New, click Map.

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The Create a New Project window appears. By default, projects are saved in a new folder. To
save them in an existing folder, uncheck Create a new folder for this project and browse to the
folder.

3. For Name, delete the existing text and type “Singapore Tourism”. Change the Location
to “G:\MyCourses\GIS3015C\[YOURUSERNAME]\Lab_1” and confirm that
Create a new folder for this project is checked. Click OK.

The project is created with a map showing the world. In ArcGIS Pro, maps are composed of layers
of geographic data. For now, the only layer is the basemap, which provides reference information
such as national boundaries and water bodies.

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On either side of the map are panes. By default, the Contents and Catalog panes are open,
although other panes may be open if you've used ArcGIS Pro before. The Contents pane lists the
layers on the map and the Catalog pane lists all files associated with the project.

Above the map is the ribbon. The ribbon contains several tabs, each with multiple buttons. These
buttons may affect map navigation, change the map's appearance, or open windows or panes with
more functionality.

Tip:
You can rearrange panes by dragging their title and docking them in new locations. You can also
resize panes by dragging their edges. To return to the default pane arrangement, click the View
tab. In the Windows group, click Reset Panes and choose Reset Panes for Mapping. Throughout
this lesson, feel free to arrange the panes and views.

Navigate to Singapore: Your area of interest is the island city-state of Singapore, so you
will navigate to it.

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 4. On the ribbon, click the Map tab. In the Inquiry group, click the Locate button.

The Locate pane appears. Using this pane, you can search for and navigate to geographic locations,
including countries, cities, and street addresses.

5. In the Locate pane, in the search bar, type Singapore and press Enter.

The map automatically navigates to the first result: the country of Singapore. (The locations of the
search results are displayed on the map as circles.)

Singapore, one of the world's smallest nations, is home to 5.6 million people and has four official
languages. The modern city contains numerous historical and cultural landmarks, entertainment
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venues, and ecological sites. It is one of the most visited cities in the world and tourism is a major
industry.

6. Close the Locate pane.

7. Above the ribbon, on the Quick Access Toolbar, click the Save button.

Add data: The basemap shows Singapore and some basic geographic information, such as roads
and lakes. However, it doesn't show tourist destinations or rail stations. To create a map that is
useful to tourists, you'll add this data to the map.

8. On the ribbon, on the Map tab, in the Layer group, click the Add Data button.

The Add Data window appears. You can add data from several sources, including your project's
folder (Project), the website of your ArcGIS account (Portal), or your computer (Computer).

Most ArcGIS accounts, including trial accounts, use the ArcGIS Online website as their portal.
ArcGIS Online is an online GIS mapping platform that hosts a large amount of spatial data. You'll
add the data you need from there.

9. In the Add Data window, under Portal, click ArcGIS Online.

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This option provides access to all data hosted on ArcGIS Online. The data you'll use is owned by
the Learn ArcGIS administrator account. To find the data, you'll search for it by name and owner.

10. In the search bar, type “Singapore owner:Learn_ArcGIS” and press Enter.

The search returns three results: Singapore Rail Lines, Singapore Tourist Attractions, and
Singapore Rail Stations.

11. While pressing the Ctrl key, click the Singapore Rail Lines, Singapore Tourist
Attractions, and Singapore Rail Stations layers to select them. Click OK.

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The three data layers are added to the map.

The layers are also listed in the Contents pane.

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The green points are tourist attractions, the white lines are rail lines, and the black polygons are
rail stations. Layers that are composed of points, lines, or polygons are called feature layers.

The majority of tourist attractions are grouped in the south-central part of the island. This area is
Singapore's downtown, also called the Central Business District (CBD). The tourism agency wants
their brochure to focus on this area, so you'll zoom to it.

12. On the map, point to downtown Singapore and move the mouse wheel to zoom in. Zoom
until the downtown area takes up most of the map.

Tip:
Another way to zoom to an area is to select the Explore tool and press the Shift key while drawing
a box on the map where you want to zoom. Alternatively, right-click and drag the mouse on the
map to zoom in or out. Use the navigation method you prefer.

13. If necessary, drag the map to pan it until the CBD is in the center of the map.

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 14. At this extent, the rail stations are displayed in more detail. Depending on the size of your
monitor, more information about streets and buildings may be displayed.

This map extent will be the one you use for the rest of the project. It'll be convenient to quickly
return to this extent if needed, so you'll create a navigation shortcut called a bookmark.

15. On the ribbon, on the Map tab, in the Navigate group, click Bookmarks and choose
New Bookmark.

16. In the Create Bookmark window, for Name, type “Central Business District”.

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 17. Click OK. The bookmark is created. You'll use this bookmark later in the lesson.
18. Save the project.

Style the map: While navigating the map, you may have noticed that some of the data layers are
difficult to see. The rail lines, for instance, are white and often blend into the other information on
the map.

The information about streets, water bodies, and buildings comes from the basemap. A basemap
provides reference information that contextualizes your data. ArcGIS Pro includes several
basemap layers, with the default being World Topographic Map. (Depending on your ArcGIS
organization's settings, you may have a different default basemap.)

You'll change the basemap to one that emphasizes your data. A darker basemap will make the
white rail lines appear more clearly. (We will explore the concept of “Visual Hierarchy” layer in
the semester.)

19. On the Map tab, in the Layer group, click Basemap and choose Dark Gray Canvas.

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The basemap changes.

With this basemap, the rail lines stand out more. Unlike the Topographic basemap, this basemap
contains two layers. One of these layers, Dark Gray Reference, contains text that labels some
areas. This text isn't necessary for your map's purpose and may obscure some features, so you'll
turn it off.

20. In the Contents pane, uncheck the Dark Gray Reference check box. (NB: It may read
World Dark Gray Reference)

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The layer no longer appears on your map. (If you wanted to make the reference information
reappear, you would simply check the box again. Do not do so at this time.)

The tourist attractions are displayed on the map as small points that don't stand out well. Because
the attractions are meant to be a focal point of the map, you'll change the way they appear.

21. In the Contents pane, click the Tourist Attractions layer symbol.

The Symbology pane appears. Symbology defines a layer's appearance. You can choose from a
gallery of default symbols or customize a symbol.

22. In the Symbology - Tourist Attractions pane, on the Gallery tab, search for “Tear Pin”.
In the list of results, click the largest Tear Pin 1 (40%) symbol.

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The symbols for tourist attractions change to the chosen symbol. The tear pin symbol helps convey
that the tourist attractions are places of interest. The 40% indicates that the symbol is 40 percent
transparent, which is useful in case the symbols obscure parts of the map.

You can make the symbols stand out more by adding an outline and increasing the symbol size.

23. Click Properties.

24. Click the Layers tab.

25. For Outline color, choose Arctic White.

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Tip:
To see a color's name in the color picker, point to it.

26. Change Outline width to 0.7 pt. Change Size to 22 pt.

27. At the bottom of the Symbology pane, click Apply.

The new symbology is applied to the layer.

Now the tourist attractions stand out more clearly, without obscuring other map features.

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 28. Close the Symbology pane and save the project.

Determine proximity

The tourism agency wants its brochure to indicate the closest rail station to each tourist attraction.
Measuring the distance between each tourist attraction and rail station one by one would take a lot
of time, so you'll automate the process by running a geoprocessing tool.

A geoprocessing tool performs an operation on a dataset. In ArcGIS Pro, there are hundreds of
geoprocessing tools, encompassing a wide variety of operations. You'll use the Spatial Join tool,
which combines information from two feature classes based on their spatial relationship. You'll
use this tool to determine the closest rail station to each tourist attraction.

29. On the ribbon, click the Analysis tab. In the Geoprocessing group, click Tools.

The Geoprocessing pane appears.

30. In the Geoprocessing pane, in the search bar, type Spatial Join. In the list of results, click
the Spatial Join tool.

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The Spatial Join dialog box appears. Most geoprocessing tools have parameters you can set to
change the tool's result. For this tool, you'll first choose the feature layers to join.

31. For Target Features, choose Tourist Attractions. For Join Features, choose Rail
Stations.

Tip:
To learn more about any parameter, point to the parameter. Then, point to the information button
that appears. A ToolTip appears with a description of the parameter.

Next, you'll set the Output Feature Class parameter. Many geoprocessing tools create an output
layer, leaving the original layers unchanged.

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By default, output layers are saved in a folder specialized for geographic data, called a geodatabase,
that was created when you created the project. You'll leave the output location unchanged, but
you'll change the output name.

INSRUCTOR’S NOTE:
It is CRITICAL that students gain a proper grasp of file management when working with GIS.
(Which is why you are graded upon this skill for all your GIS labs this semester, and why it will
become a larger part of your grade as we move along.) ArcGIS Pro attempts to help you with your
file management by storing your maps as “Projects” and creating a brand new “Geodatabase” to
go with each new project. However, you should note that your spatial data is NOT embedded in
your ArcGIS Pro project, just as it would not be if you were using an ArcMap document.
Furthermore, the spatial data that you use in an ArcGIS application such as Pro/Map/Scene/etc.
can be sourced from a variety of different folders on your personal computer or your enterprise’s
network, and not necessarily to the geodatabase that Pro makes for you. Thus, as you move to the
next step, pay attention to the folder in which your output data is being stored! (One of the
problems of ESRI making everything “easy” is that it becomes easy to miss these
fundamental points.)

32. For Output Feature Class, click the text box. Replace the text with
“Tourist_Attractions_Join”.

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You'll leave the Join one to one operation unchanged. This operation ensures that each tourist
attraction is joined to only one rail station, which is ideal for your purposes because you only want
to know the single closest station.

Next, you'll set the Match Option parameter. This parameter determines the spatial relationship
between the features to be joined.

33. For Match Option, choose Closest.

34. Below the visible parameters, expand Fields.

The Field Map parameter determines which attributes from each input feature class are kept in the
output feature class. You'll learn more about attributes later. For now, you'll only remove
the Shape__Area and Shape__Length fields, because you're not interested in the size and shape
of the features on the map.

35. In the Output Fields column, click Shape__Area and click the Remove button.

36. Remove the Shape__Length field.

You've set all the parameters you need. Based on the parameters you've chosen, the tool will run
an operation that combines information from each tourist attraction with information from its
closest rail station.

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 37. Click Run.

The tool runs. When it finishes, a new layer, Tourist_Attractions_Join, is added to the map and
the Contents pane. The new layer looks similar to the original Tourist Attractions layer;
however, the geoprocessing tool changed the layer's attributes.

Attributes are information associated with each feature in a feature layer. They may include the
feature's name, address, area, or many other types of information. You can view a layer's attributes
by opening its attribute table.

38. In the Contents pane, right-click Tourist_Attractions_Join and choose Attribute Table.

The attribute table opens.

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Each row of the table represents a single feature on the map and each column is a field of
information. In this table, the first row corresponds to a feature named Chinatown Heritage Centre
on 48 Pagoda Street. The Object ID field contains a unique ID number for each feature.

Tip:
You can resize the table by dragging the handle at the top of the table.

39. If necessary, scroll to the right until you see the last few fields.

The table has two fields titled “Name”. While the first Name field is the name of the tourist
attraction, the second Name field is the name of the closest rail station. The second Name field
was added to the table after you ran the Spatial Join tool.

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Note:
The Type field was also added by the Spatial Join tool. It indicates whether the closest station is
part of the Massive Rapid Transit (MRT), Light Rail Transit (LRT), or Circle Line (CCL) system.
You can determine the fields the tool added by opening the attribute table for the original Tourist
Attractions layer and comparing.

40. Close the table.

You no longer need the original Tourist Attractions layer, so you'll remove it.

41. In the Contents pane, right-click the Tourist Attractions layer and choose Remove.

The layer is removed. You'll also rename the new layer so that its name matches the one you
removed.

42. Click the Tourist_Attractions_Join layer name to select it. Click it again to make the
layer name editable.
43. Change the name to “Tourist Attractions” and press Enter.

Tip:
Another way to change the layer name is to double-click it to open its Layer Properties window.
On the General tab, change the name. Click OK.

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 44. Save the project.

Export a table

If tourists accessed your map in ArcGIS Pro or as an interactive web map in ArcGIS Online, they
could open the attribute table like you did to find the closest station to each attraction. However,
this map will be printed in brochures, so users won't have that ability.

To accompany the map, the tourism agency plans to print key information from the attribute table
in the brochure. You'll export the attribute table to a plain text file so the agency can copy the
necessary data into the brochure design.

45. In the Contents pane, right-click Tourist Attractions, point to Data, and choose
Export Table.

The Export Table dialog box appears. This tool converts a layer's attribute table to a new file
format. The Tourist Attractions layer is already selected for the Input Rows parameter.

The default output location is the geodatabase that was created with the project,
Singapore Tourism.gdb. However, a text file cannot be stored in a geodatabase. You'll change the
output location to one appropriate for the data you're exporting.

46. For Output Location, click the Browse button.

47. In the Output Location window, select Folders and select Singapore Tourism.

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Note:
If you change the output location to a geodatabase, the tool will not run correctly; choose a location
other than the default location.

48. Click OK.

49. For Output Name, type “Tourist_Attractions.txt”. (Be sure to include the .txt extension.)

Tip:
You can also export the table to a comma-separated values file using the .csv extension or a dBase
database file using the .dBF extension.

As with the Spatial Join tool, the Export Table tool includes the option to remove fields from the
output table. You'll remove the Join_Count and TARGET_FID fields, which don't provide
necessary information for your purposes.

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 50. Expand Fields. For Field Map, click the Join_Count field to select it and click
the Remove button. Remove the TARGET_FID field in the same way.
51. Click OK.

The tool runs and the table is exported. (You can confirm it was exported successfully by checking
the output location you chose). Additionally, the exported table is added to the Contents pane
under the Standalone Tables heading. You don't need the table in the project, so you'll remove it.

52. In the Contents pane, right-click Tourist_Attractions.txt and choose Remove.

53. Close the Geoprocessing pane and save the project.

Label features

With the exported table, the tourism agency can add the attribute information to the brochure as
textual information. However, tourists using the brochure won't be able to tell which points on the
map correspond to which tourist location.

To make the map more useful, you'll label the tourist attractions. Labels are textual information
that appear on a map to help users understand the data.

54. In the Contents pane, click the Tourist Attractions layer to select it.

The Labeling tab becomes available. This tab is a contextual tab, meaning it only appears when
it's relevant to the data you're working with.

55. On the ribbon, click the Labeling tab. In the Layer group, click the Label button.

Labels are enabled for the layer. By default, each tourist attraction is labeled with its name.
Because there are so many attractions, however, the labels clutter the map and aren't easy to read.
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To make the map easy to read, you'll label attractions using their unique ID number instead.

56. In the Label Class group, for Field, choose Object ID. (You may need to scroll to see the
correct option.)

The labels on the map change from long names to smaller numbers. While the numbers don't
immediately identify each attraction, the brochure can include the IDs with the table data to help
users identify them.

The labels have small, dark text that doesn't show up well on the dark basemap. Additionally, the
position of the labels doesn't always make it clear which number corresponds to which attraction.
You'll change the appearance and position of the labels to make them clearer.

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 57. In the Text Symbol group, change Text Symbol Font Size to “8” and Text Symbol Color
to “Arctic White”.

58. In the Label Placement group, click Centered Point.

The labels are updated on the map.

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These labels are improved, but there are still a few small problems. First, for some tourist
attractions, no labels appear. By default, labels are not displayed if they are too close together, to
prevent overlapping. Additionally, the labels will look better if they were located more centrally
in the pin symbol. You'll make changes to solve both of these problems.

59. In the Label Placement group, click the Label Placement Properties button.

The Label Class - Tourist Attractions pane appears. This pane has advanced labeling options.

60. Click the Conflict resolution tab.

61. Expand the Unplaced labels section and check Never remove (place overlapping).

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Now, no labels are removed from the map due to overlapping. Next, you'll adjust the label position
so that it is located more centrally within each pin symbol.

62. Click Symbol. On the General tab, expand the Position section and change Offset Y
to “2” pt.

63. Click Apply.

The labels move up slightly, positioning them in the center of the pin symbols.

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While some of the labels slightly overlap other pin symbols, they're all generally clear to read. In
conjunction with table data published in the brochure, tourists will be able to identify every
attraction on the map.

64. Close the Label Class - Tourist Attractions pane and save the project.

Before you continue, you'll rename your map to something more descriptive. By default, its name
is Map.

65. In the Contents pane, double-click Map.

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The Map Properties pane appears.

66. On the General tab, for Name, type “Central Business District”.

67. Click OK.

The map is renamed.

Create a layout

Your map is finished. All that remains is to export it to a form that can be printed in the brochure.
To prepare your map for printing, you'll create a page layout. A layout is a collection of map
elements organized on a virtual page. It defines how your map will look when it's printed.

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You can design a layout from scratch, but ArcGIS Pro also includes several layout templates.
You'll use a template and modify a few layout elements.

68. On the ribbon, click the Insert tab and click the Import Layout button.

A list of available templates appears. A simple layout is best, as you want the emphasis to be on
the map.

69. Choose the Title Bar Letter Landscape layout.

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The layout opens as a new view. (You can switch between the map view and the layout view using
the tabs above the view.)

This layout includes a title, a legend, and a scale bar. All of the layout's elements are listed in the
Contents pane. Additionally, the ribbon now displays tabs relevant to interacting with the layout.

By default, the template you chose contains a map of Columbus, Ohio. You'll update the layout's
map frame to use your map of Singapore.

70. In the Contents pane, double-click Map Frame.

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The Format Map Frame pane appears.

71. Under Options, for Map Frame, choose Central Business District.

The map in the layout changes. However, the map is zoomed to a worldwide extent, and Singapore
is not visible. The map extent and the layout extent are independent.

You'll use the bookmark you created earlier to navigate to your desired map extent.

72. On the ribbon, click the Layout tab. In the Map group, click Bookmarks and choose the
Central Business District bookmark.

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The map extent updates to your area of interest.

Tip:
To pan or zoom the map to a different extent in the layout, in the Map group, click Activate.
Once activated, you can navigate the map normally. When you've changed the extent, click
the Layout tab and click Close Activation.

Next, you'll title the layout.

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 73. In the Contents pane, double-click Map Title.

The Format Text pane appears.

74. Under Options, for Text, delete the existing text and type “Downtown Singapore”.
Click anywhere outside the text box.

The change is applied to the layout.

You'll also adjust the legend, which explains what all of the symbols on the map mean. The default
legend has a white background, which means the white rail lines symbol doesn't show up well.
You'll remove the background and adjust the legend's position.

75. In the Contents pane, double-click Legend.

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The Format Legend pane appears. First, you'll change the legend text to white, so that it'll appear
on the dark basemap when you remove the legend background.

76. Click Text Symbol. Expand Appearance and change Color to Arctic White.

77. Click Apply.

Next, you'll change the legend background.

78. At the top of the pane, click the Legend drop-down arrow and choose Background.

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79. For Color, choose No color.

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 80. Click Apply.

The legend's background is removed.

81. In the layout view, drag/resize the legend so that it appears in the lower right corner of the
map. When you're finished, click anywhere in the layout view outside of the map to
deselect the legend.

INSRUCTOR’S NOTE:
Observe how the instructions are calling on you to take advantage of the space offered by the water
body. This is a typical trick of cartographers. However, depending upon how you manipulated the
display in step 72, you might not find that you have enough water to work with. If this is the case,
activate the map again (as you did in step 72) and pan/zoom the map until it approximates
the figure below.

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The scale bar is in the bottom left corner, but difficult to see. Next, you'll update the scale bar
appearance to make it more visible.

82. Double click on the scale bar and the Format Scale Bar pane appears.
83. In the Format Scale Bar pane, select Scale Bar and click the Display button.
84. Under Background, change the Symbol color to Grey 30%. Type “0.1” for X gap
and “0.1” for Y gap.

The scale updates with a grey background that matches with the title background.

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85. Click and extend the scale to the right until the scale shows 1 mile.

86. Click and drag the scale bar down and to the left to align with the edge of the layout and
title. Notice that as you do so guides appear to help you ensure that the two elements are
perfectly aligned. This is called “Intraparallelism”. We will discuss this further later in
the semester.

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87. On the ribbon, click the Insert tab. In the Map Surrounds group, click the North Arrow
drop down and choose ArcGIS North 12.
88. Click and drag a box of any size on your map.
89. Double click on the north arrow and the Format North Arrow pane appears.
90. In the Format North Arrow pane, select Placement and change the width to “0.75 in”
(note that the height will automatically adjust proportionally).
91. Click the Display button.
92. Under Background, change the Symbol color to Grey 30%. Type “0.1” for X gap
and “0.1” for Y gap.
93. Click and drag the north arrow down and to the left to align with the edge of the layout
and scale bar.

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 94. On the ribbon, click the Insert tab. In the Graphics and Text group, click the
Straight Text tool.
95. Click and drag a box of any size on your map.
96. Type “YOUR NAME” and then click on the Format Text pane.
97. Click Text Symbol. If necessary, expand Appearance and then change Size to “8 pt”
and Color to Arctic White.
98. Click Apply.
99. Click and drag your name down and to the right beneath and aligned to the right of
the Service Layer Credits.

100. On the map, select the new text element “Your Name”.
101. On the ribbon, click the Layout tab. In the Clipboard group, click Copy and then click
Paste.
102. Double click on the new text element and type today’s date in MM/DD/YYYY format.
103. Click and drag the date beneath and aligned to the right of your name.

Your layout is complete. The tourism agency will print this map image on the inside of the
brochure. The back of the brochure will contain a list of the tourist attractions based on the table
you exported. Ultimately, the brochure will help tourists find the closest rail station to each tourist
attraction.

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 104. Save the project.

Next, you'll export the layout to an image file.

105. On the ribbon, click the Share tab. In the Export group, click Layout.

The Export pane appears.

106. For File Type, choose JPEG. For Name, browse to “G:\MyCourses\GIS3015C
\YOURNAME\Lab_1\Singapore Tourism” and change the file name to
“Downtown Singapore.jpg”.
107. Click Export.

The layout is exported to the location you chose.

108. Export the layout again, but this for File Type, choose PDF. For Name, browse to
“G:\MyCourses\GIS3015C\YOURNAME\Lab_1\Singapore Tourism” and change the file
name to “Downtown Singapore.pdf”.
109. Click Export.

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PART 3: QUESTIONS

Referring to the above exercise, answer the following questions (while you can use the following
space to jot down your answers, they must be entered into the Lab1 ‘quiz’ in Canvas in order to
receive credit).
1. List 6 different formats spatial data comes in: (3)

2. List three differences between ArcCatalog and Windows Explorer? (3)

3. What is a Feature Class? (1)

4. T/F: Papua New Guinea a UN member state. (1)

5. T/F: When creating a new ArcGIS Pro project, it MUST be stored in a new folder. (1)

6. What is the function of a basemap? (1)

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7. What is the function of a Geoprocessing tool? (1)

8. T/F: Similar to adding an image to a MS Word document, spatial data that is added to an
ArcGIS Pro map becomes embedded in the project. (1)

9. T/F: A Text file (*.txt) cannot be added to a Geodatabase. (1)

10. What is the function of a Layout? (1)

Item Possible Points Total

Questions 14

Spatial Join 5

Completed Layout 10

Exported JPEG 3

Exported PDF 3

File Management 10

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