Neighborhood Practice

Download and extract the neighborhood data into a folder on your C: drive named
NeighborhoodPractice.  (Use the C: drive if on class computer.)

Open a new, blank map ArcMap drawing and open ArcCatalog within ArcMap by clicking on the
'Catalog' icon in the Standard toolbar.  Perform a File > Save As from ArcMap and save your
ArcMap drawing to the C:/NeighborhoodPractice location named as
NeighborhoodPractice.mxd.  This will place a NeighborhoodPractice.mxd file in the
C:/NeighborhoodPractice folder.   Notice the home folder from within ArcCatalog has been
updated to point to the location of your new .mxd file.  Since the neighborhood.gdb folder is in
the same location as the .mxd file, you can easily locate the data you want to use with this new
map.

Expand the neighborhood geodatabase and drag the neighborhood feature class layer into
ArcMap.  Repeat with the parcels layer then the streets layer.  Notice the parcels layer is not
showing if the neighborhood layer is at the top.  Turn off the neighborhood layer.  Turn back on. 
Drag the neighborhood layer below the parcels and streets.  

Double-click on the Layers folder (known as a Data Frame) in the ArcMap Table of Contents
which opens the Data Frame Properties dialogue.  Select the General tab and verify the Units
Display to feet. 

Double-click on the streets layer which brings up Properties.  Click on General tab and change
name to Roads.

#1.) Right-click on parcels and select Properties (another way of accessing the properties
menu).  Go to the Source tab and view the name of the Projected Coordinate System and
the linear unit that is used.  What is the name of the Data Type, Database (include
extension), Feature Class, Feature Type, and Geometry Type? This is one of the first places
you visit when loading unfamiliar data into ArcMap.  Always look here to verify the location and
name of your data.  A common error is submitting the wrong data with your mxd file which can
be avoided if you always verify by looking at your properties > source tab for each layer loaded
into ArcMap.

Use the Identify Tool and select some parcels.  Use the ‘Identify from:’ drop-down menu and
select the parcels feature class. Note the attribute values for owner, pin_num, sale_date,
year_sold.  Try to click on a shared parcel line which pulls up two records.  Click on one of the
street names in the window just below the drop-down menu. Notice how it is located in th map
area.  Select the other street name and it will locate it on the map and bring up attributes
associated with this feature.
#2.) Try out the List By Source option at the top of the Table of Contents.  How does it list
the layers? 

Be sure to return to List by Drawing Order. It is important to note this list mode (by drawing
order) will allow you to drag layers up and down in the Table of Contents.

Practice docking and undocking the menus.

Try out the Fixed zooms, pan, zoom in, zoom out, and full extent.  Try to return to the original
zoom.

When you are done navigating, click the Select Elements tool which is the default cursor.

Change the scale to 1:1000 and create a bookmark named Scale1000.

Return to previous extent. Use the Bookmark drop-down again and select the Scale1000
bookmark. Return to previous extent again.
Practice using the Measure tool using the Distance - feet then Distance - kilometer options. 
Try it out with the Area options.  Double-click to end measure.  Play around with it until you are
comfortable using it.

Save your map.

Open the parcel attribute table. (right-click and open attribute table)

Note the number of records (98) by looking at bottom part of table where it displays '0 out of 98
records'.  (Not the last record because sometimes it starts with zero and you would be off one
record.)

Select some records by clicking in the grey far-left column.  Practice selecting by using the
Control and Shift keys.  You can clear current selection by clicking in the top, far-left grey box.

Select some records then run Statistics on a number field for the selected records.  Run
Statistics by clicking on column heading of a number field (i.e. LOTSIZE) and right-clicking to
see context menu, then selecting the Statistics utility.  Repeat with no records selected.  Try
again with a different set of selected records.  Be sure to note the different values shown for the
Count, Minimum, Maximum, Sum, Mean, Standard Deviation, and Nulls.

#3.) Open the attribute table for Streets, sort on STNAME field, and select all the Crigan
Bluff values in STNAME. Perform Statistics on the Shape_Length field for these selected
records only. What is the count and sum of these selected records?

Close the attribute table. Clear all selected features. (Selection > Clear Selected Features)
Now open the attribute table for the parcels feature class. Practice using the sorting tools by
sorting the owner name field in descending order then in ascending order. Practice sorting the
sale price field.  (Do this by clicking on column heading (also referred to as the fieldname) and
right-clicking to see context menu, then selecting the sort options.) 

#4.) Select the sale price field in the parcels feature class and perform Statistics on it. 
What are the minimum and maximum values for all 98 records?

Spend some time examining varied fields within the parcels layer and familiarize yourself with
the data contents and the ArcMap user interface.  Look at information associated with the
streets layer.  Look at the neighborhood layer attribute table.  Notice it is contains only one
record which is the polygon shape that defines the neighborhood boundary.  Double-click on the
shaded box beneath the neighborhood layer in the ArcMap Table of Contents.  Select 'hollow' in
the Symbol Selector dialogue.  Play around with the varied options and view results in ArcMap.

Right-click on Parcels in the Table of Contents and select Zoom to Layer.

Select File > Export Map and save as a type PDF in your working folder and name it
NeighborhoodPractice.

Upload this pdf file and submit the answers to the questions listed above into the Write
Submission box.