Lynda - Up and Running with ArcGIS


Released: 3/11/2014
Author: Adam Wilbert
Skill Level: Beginner
Duration: 3h 13m

Overview
Get up and running with ArcGIS, a true geographic information system (GIS) that allows you to dig into highly accurate geospatial data in a way other mapping applications can't compete with. It's great creating maps, analyzing data for land use studies and other reports, and preparing data for use in an application or database. Let Adam Wilbert show you how to display, analyze, and illustrate geospatial data with ArcGIS. He explores how to import data from multiple sources, manage it with the ArcGIS catalog, and then start making maps. Learn how to lay out your data in the ArcMap component; add symbols, scale bars, and legends; and get your maps out of ArcGIS and into the real world, whether it's for printing or export to another application.




Topics include:

Understanding vector vs. raster data
Modifying metadata
Adding data to a map
Importing data from online providers
Labeling features
Joining data
Clipping data to a study area
Working with map layouts
Creating a legend
Printing and exporting the map to a file


About the Author
Database and data visualization expert Adam Wilbert helps clients get better insights from their data.

As a consultant and trainer, Adam has spent over 5 years helping government, enterprise, and nonprofit clients use Access and Excel efficiently. Adam has developed Access databases for National Park Service managers and U.S. Geological Survey scientists, in addition to leading Access and Excel workshops throughout the United States through a partnership with Northwest Environmental Training Center. His in-depth multi-day training events benefit private firms such as Boeing and Verizon, NGOs, and government employees in agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land Management, and the Army Corps of Engineers.

As the founder of CartoGaia, a cartography firm, Adam produces publication quality mapping products to explore awareness in the spatial arrangement of data in order to help guide policy and decision makers in a wide variety of environmental and business applications. He was chosen as a featured contributor to the inaugural edition of the North American Cartographic Information Society's Atlas of Design. You can connect with Adam on Twitter @awilbert or at adamwilbert.com.


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