Introduction to ArcView ArcView Basics Introduction to ArcView Chapter 2 of GIS Concepts and ArcView Methods Review Chs. 1, 4, 10

ESRI GIS Tools Professional Desktop Viewer Developer End User ARC/INFO ArcView Basics ESRI GIS Tools End User Developer ARC/INFO SDE Professional ArcView MapObjects Desktop Adapt to Industry Changes Automation of prices allows sales staff to quickly to respond to market changes Internet Map Server ArcExplorer Viewer

ArcGIS 8.x Several More Products Shapefiles Coverages Map Libraries ArcView Basics Several More Products ArcGIS 8.x Cad Client Custom Apps Database Engine Shapefiles Coverages Map Libraries ArcStorm

ArcView 8.x as part of “ArcGIS” Arc Catalog Arc Map Arc Toolbox

ArcView Basics ArcView: Very Visual

Data formats ArcInfo Coverages ArcView Shapefile Many import formats ArcView Basics Data formats ArcInfo Coverages info directory multiple files ArcView Shapefile Many import formats Output to printer, file, image etc.

ArcView Basics ArcInfo COVERAGE

ArcView Shapefile Triplet of files, *.shp, *.shx, *.dbf ArcView Basics ArcView Shapefile Triplet of files, *.shp, *.shx, *.dbf Shapefile “counties” Counties.shp - points, lines, areas Counties.shx - index file Counties.dbf - attribute file No topology stored! .zip versus .e00

ArcView and Extensions ArcView Basics ArcView and Extensions ArcView 3.x Spatial Analyst GridHandler ChartViewer Network Analyst 3D Analyst ArcView Internet Map Server/ArcIMS Support Products, e.g. Manuals, CD-ROM

ArcView Components Project: collective storage for maps, charts and tables View: display set for geographic data Theme: One attribute or data layer, part of a display Table: spreadsheet-type flat file of attributes and records

ArcView: Project, View, Theme, Table

ArcView Components (2) Extension: An extra part of ArcView for specific enhancements, e.g. Spatial Analyst, GridHandler. Layout: Full set of properties, settings, and components that generate a specific map Chart: “business graphic” display of data in a table Script: a program written in ArcView’s programming language called “Avenue”

ArcView is WIMPy!

The WIMP Interface Windows: Multiple, scroll, resize, elevator bar Icons: Represent windows, tasks, etc. Can use drag and drop, click to activate etc. Menus: Pop-up, pull-down, pull-right. Messages Pointers: Mostly the mouse. Can use digitizer, track ball etc.

ArcView: Active Window

Windows: The active window Projects, views, tables, charts, layout, and scripts all have their own windows Only one window is “active” at a time To make a window active, click on it or select it from the menus The title bar will be highlighted in color when the window is active

Icons: Buttons vs. Tools Buttons - top layer of icons Push once, something will happen Tools below buttoms Must do something with mouse to make something happen

Help Help menu on right of tool bar Help topics launches indexed user guide How to get help is a guide to help Toolbar icon of arrow with ? Gives context-sensitive help

File menu New project Open project (.apr) Close project Save as Extensions Exit

Project and View menus Properties Customize Rename and delete Add table INFO, dBASE (.dbf), ASCII Import (projects, older versions) SQL connect window

Active Theme

Legend Editor

Helpful Techniques... OVERLAY BUFFERING CLIPPING integrates 2 or more layers to create a new layer BUFFERING creates new features (polygons) from existing features CLIPPING extracts and/or deletes features from one layer that overlap with another layer

Buffering...

Clipping (cookie cutting)... ArcView Basics Clipping (cookie cutting)...

Analysis or “Geoprocessing”

Working with wizards  Explanation & guidance  Helpful graphics  Not just new users  Smart defaults! This is the Buffer wizard  One operation at a time