Preface
ArcGIS Pro is Esri's newest desktop GIS application with powerful tools for visualizing, maintaining, and analyzing data. ArcGIS Pro makes use of the modern ribbon interface and 64-bit processing to increase the speed and efficiency of GIS. It allows users to create amazing maps in both 2D and 3D quickly and easily.
If you want to gain a thorough understanding of how ArcGIS Pro can be used to perform various types of geospatial analysis, how to work with various data formats, and how to share your ArcGIS Pro results via ArcGIS Online, then this book is for you.
Beginning with a refresher on ArcGIS Pro and how to work with projects, this book will quickly take you through recipes on using various data formats supported within the application. You will learn the limits of each format such as Shapefiles, Geodatabase, and CAD files, and see how to convert the data to the format that best suites your needs. Next, you will learn how to link tables from outside sources to existing GIS data to expand the amount of data that can be used in ArcGIS Pro. From there, you will dive into ways to edit 2D and 3D data using ArcGIS Pro and understand how topology can be used to ensure data integrity. We will explore different analysis tools that allow us to perform both 2D and 3D analysis. Lastly, the book will show how data and maps can be shared via ArcGIS Online and used with web and mobile applications. This book will also introduce you to ArcGIS Arcade, Esri's new expression language, which is supported across the entire ArcGIS platform.
Who this book is for
If you have limited experience with ArcGIS and want to learn more about how ArcGIS Pro works and the powerful tools for data maintenance, analysis, and sharing it contains, this is the book for you. It is also a great resource for those migrating from ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap and ArcCatalog) to ArcGIS Pro.
What this book covers
Chapter 1, ArcGIS Pro Capabilities and Terminology, reviews basic ArcGIS Pro functionality and terms.
Chapter 2, Creating and Storing Data, examines ArcGIS Pro's ability to use different storage data formats.
Chapter 3, Linking Data together, explains how to link external data to your GIS for use in analysis and display.
Chapter 4, Editing Spatial and Tabular Data, explores various tools for creating and editing new features in your GIS databases.
Chapter 5, Validating and Editing Data with Topologies, shows how to use topologies to improve the accuracy of your data and increase editing efficiency.
Chapter 6, Projections and Coordinate System Basics, explains the importance of coordinate systems in GIS and how to move your data from one to another.
Chapter 7, Converting Data, steps you through various methods you can use to convert GIS data from one storage format to another.
Chapter 8, Proximity Analysis, explores different tools for determining how far or near features in a map are from one another.
Chapter 9, Spatial Statistics and Hot Spots, shows how you can locate clusters, spot patterns, and determine the spatial center of a collection of features.
Chapter 10, 3D Maps and 3D Analyst, shows how you can use ArcGIS Pro and the 3D analyst extension to perform 3D analysis such as calculating sight lines and volumes.
Chapter 11, Introducing Arcade, shows how you can create labeling and symbology expressions using the new Arcade expression language.
Chapter 12, Introducing ArcGIS Online, steps you through connecting to your ArcGIS Online account and how to access content that others have published to create a web map.
Chapter 13, Publishing Your Own Content to ArcGIS Online, takes you through the process of publishing your own content to ArcGIS Online so that others in your organization can access it.
Chapter 14, Creating Web Apps Using ArcGIS Online, shows you how you can create your own web GIS applications without having to be a programmer.
To get the most out of this book
- This book assumes that the reader has at least some knowledge of ArcGIS Pro. It is recommended that you have read and worked through the exercises in the Learning ArcGIS Pro book by Packt Publishing or have previous real-world experience using ArcGIS Pro or ArcMap.
- You will need to have ArcGIS Pro 2.1 or later installed with a Standard or higher license along with a license for the 3D Analyst extension for ArcGIS Pro in order to complete all the recipes in this book. If you are limited to a basic license or don't have a 3D Analyst license, you will still be able to complete the majority of the recipes, just not all of them.
- You will need a username and a login password for ArcGIS Online with at least Publisher-level permissions.
- You will need to download and install the sample data files as instructed in the Download the example code files section.
- If you do not have a license for ArcGIS Pro, 3D Analyst extension, or ArcGIS Online, you can request a trial license from Esri at http://www.esri.com/arcgis/trial.
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Conventions used
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CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Navigate to C:\Student\ArcGISProCookbook\Chapter2\RasterVector by clicking on C:\ in the area on the left."
A block of code is set as follows:
if (cond=="Good")
{
return "<CLR green='255'>"+name+"</CLR>"
}
if (cond=="Fair")
{
return name
}
else
{
return "<BOL><CLR red='255'>"+name+"</CLR></BOL>"
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Note
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Sections
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Getting ready
This section tells you what to expect in the recipe and describes how to set up any software or any preliminary settings required for the recipe.
How to do it…
This section contains the steps required to follow the recipe.
How it works…
This section usually consists of a detailed explanation of what happened in the previous section.
There's more…
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See also
This section provides helpful links to other useful information for the recipe.
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