University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar

GIS
Application
Assignment#1

Name: Muhammad Nabi Muhammady

F.Name : Hafizullah
Reg #: F20pwciv0150
First of all open ArcMap and Click on “Add Data” as shown in the figure.

1. After that, select a map from the “App Data

Window” and click on “Add”.

2. After clicking on Add, click on Ok and the

selected map will be loaded as shown the
figure.
3. The arbitrary or unknown units need to be changed to
geographic units.

4. So right-click on layers, click on properties, click on coordinate

system. From the window, expand the Geographic Coordinate
Systems, then expand the World and select the “WGS 1984”
and click on OK.

5. The arbitrary or unknown units are changed to Decimal

Degrees.

6. The control points are required to link this map to the actual world and at least four control
points should be provided. These control points should be at the corners of the map and should
be given either in a clockwise or anticlockwise way.

7. To establish the control points, first enlarge the corner points

of the map by selecting the “Zoom In” and click on the place
where control points will be given.
8. From the “Georeferencing Tab”, select the
“Add Control Points” option.

9. Place the cursor on the enlarged point and click on

it. There will be a plus sign as shown. Now right-
click the same point and select the second option
as shown.

10. Enter the longitude and latitude data and

select East, North and click on OK.

11. The map will disappear and click on “Full Extent” to bring it
back.

12. Establish all the four control points

as shown.
13. You can check data for the control points by clicking on the “View Link Table

14. Now click on “Update Georeferencing” to update

the control points and save your work by simply
pressing “ctrl+S”.

15. To locate any portion of the map, for example, any

province or district, simply download it from
internet and click on “Add Data” to open it in the
“ArcMap”. The map will be loaded but will not be
shown. So simply go to the layers and right-click on
the map icon and click on “Zoom To Layer”.

16. The map of the portion which is to be linked to the

georeferenced map will be shown.
17. Now select four corner points from the portion by simply enlarging the sharp edges and select
the “Add Control Points”. Now click on the enlarge point from the portion and drag the cursor to
the exactly same point of the georeferenced map. After locating all the four points from the
portion to the georeferenced map. The portion is georeferenced on the main map as shown in
the figures below. It seems like it has become connected to the map. And we can see that within
the country, where exactly this province is. Below are figures which explain the georeferencing
of the second map over the first map.
18. If you deselect one layer, that layer will be disappeared and you can see the difference in the
figures below.