Created by Maria Edited as demo by Mr. Towler

How can the locations and identities of different plants in Desert Garden be made available to visitors?

Getting Started: Create Base Map Upload the image of the Balboa Park (Desert Garden) Map in Arc Map using the Add Data Tool

 On Arc Catalog, Create a new blank shapefile  In the menu bar, click: File, New, then Shapefile  Name the shapefile (Wheelchair Accessible Concrete Trail) and change the “Feature Type” to polyline  Give the shapefile a coordinate system  Edit, Select, Geographic Coordinate System, North America, NAD 84  Add the new shapefile to Arc Map that already contains the image of Desert Garden  On the Editor toolbar click on the “Editor” drop down, click “Start Editing” (Task should be “Create New Feature” and Target should be your blank shapefile [Wheelchair Accessible Concrete Trail])  With the “Draw tool” option, outline the trail that is wheelchair accessible on the image  Once the trails are outlined, click on the drop down menu “Editor”, then “Save Edits”, and finally “Stop Editing”

 right-click the layer titled “wheelchair accessible concrete trail” in the table of contents, scroll down and click “layer properties”  Click on the “symbology tab”, then on the image under “Symbol”  Knowing that I would have three trails to make in total, I decided to pick distinct colors  For the wheelchair accessible concrete trail, I decided to go with the symbol labeled “Expressway” since it is a bold red line  Click Ok to close that window, and Ok again to apply the new symbology  You’ll notice that the preview under the layer title has changed

 Create another Shapefile on Arc Catalog with the same steps previously used, but name this Shapefile “Decomposed Granite Trail”  Click “Add Data” on your Arc Map file and add the new shapefile  On the Editor toolbar in the “Edit” drop down, click “Start Editing” (Task should be “Create New Feature” and Target should be your blank shapefile [Decomposed Granite Trail])  With the “Draw tool” option, outline the trail that was created for the public on the image  Once the trails are outlined, click on the drop down menu “Editor”, then “Save Edits”, and finally “Stop Editing”

 right-click the layer titled “decomposed granite trail” in the table of contents, scroll down and click “layer properties”  Click on the “symbology tab”, then on the image under “Symbol”  For the decomposed granite trail, I decided to go with the symbol labeled “Freeway” since it is a bold red line  Click Ok to close that window, and Ok again to apply the new symbology  You’ll notice that the preview under the layer title has changed

 Create another Shapefile on Arc Catalog with the same steps previously used, but name this Shapefile “Wheelchair Accessible Concrete Sidewalk”  Click “Add Data” on your Arc Map file and add the new shapefile  On the Editor toolbar in the “Edit” drop down, click “Start Editing” (Task should be “Create New Feature” and Target should be your blank shapefile [Wheelchair Accessible Concrete Sidewalk])  With the “Draw tool” option, outline the sidewalk  Once the sidewalk is outlined, click on the drop down menu “Editor”, then “Save Edits”, and finally “Stop Editing”

 right-click the layer titled “Wheelchair Accessible Concrete Sidewalk” in the table of contents, scroll down and click “layer properties”  Click on the “symbology tab”, then on the image under “Symbol”  For the Wheelchair Accessible Concrete Sidewalk, I decided to go with the symbol labeled “Stacked Multi Roadway” since it is a bold blue line  Click Ok to close that window, and Ok again to apply the new symbology  You’ll notice that the preview under the layer title has changed

 The waypoints represent the various locations of the desert plants collected by the GPS unit  The waypoints were then uploaded onto the computer, and transferred onto an Excel Spreadsheet  Make a third column and label it ORDR, assigning a certain number to each coordinate to create a descending order  On ArcMap, click on the Tools Menu, and click on “Add XY Data”  Make sure to assign the appropriate coordinate system (WGS 1984.prj)  In the table of contents, right click the waypoints, click “Properties”, and change the Label Name to “Location of Plants” under the General Tab  Under the Symbology tab, change the symbol to Circle 2, and change the color to Red (to be noticeable)  Click on the Labels tab and change the Label Field to ORDR and use the Advanced Text to add a tan colored background to the number label  Click Ok to exit  Right click “Location of Plants” and click on “Label Features”  On your map, you should now see numbers next to the red circles

 In the Insert Menu at the top, scroll down to “pictures…” and locate the pictures of the desert plants  Drag the corners of the picture to resize it down to a smaller scale  Arrange the pictures around the map  Click the insert menu again and click on “Text”  Type in the scientific name and number that corresponds to the location on the map

 Click on the Insert menu again and add the following:  North Arrow  Legend  Title (Desert Garden)  Scale Bar  “Created by”

 The locations of the plants in the Desert Garden can be made available to visitors by showing a picture with an appropriate label with corresponding locations on a map of the garden from aerial view. This type of visual can be easily displayed, and easily understood for visitors to enjoy.  Any Questions?