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bestrootbarrier-blog · 5 years ago

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What You Must Know About Geoweb

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If a user would like to see additional info, they may click on the complete metadata button to see FGDC compliant metadata. This profile permits the user to track down a region of interest and evaluate any nearby regions of concern that may influence the regulated community. It has been developed as the NJ-GeoWeb profile to suit the needs of a general audience, that may be interested in viewing what environmental information exists in the vicinity of a location or area of interest. The GeoWeb profile enables users to view and interact with an extremely diverse set of environmental map layers and relevant data.

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mrrolandtfranco · 7 years ago

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How To Make This Physical Map of Wyoming For Some Reason

This is a physical map of the beautiful US state of Wyoming.

And here is a quick cheat sheet of its elements:

Let’s take a closer look at this cartographic process in ArcGIS Pro, shalllllllll weeeeeee…

Imagery Layers

Just like an onion. The more layers there are, the more they’ll cry. Why are they crying, and who are they? We don’t have time to delve into the unknowably complex workings of the human heart. But we (I, anyway) definitely have time to delve into the knowably simple workings of this map.

This map begins, as do many of my weird concoctions, with a Firefly Imagery basemap. Just the basemap, though, no glowing stuff this time around. The Firefly Imagery basemap provides us with rich, desaturated, surface texture without all that bothersome hue. Great context.

In the Add Data dialog, there are lots of ways to bring content into your project. I suggest you explore what is available in the Living Atlas, a curated warehouse of great, hosted, content. I’ll make lavish use of it in this map. By choosing the Living Atlas source and searching for “Firefly” I find and add the Firefly Imagery service.

I love it.

But this is going to be a physical map, so while the Firefly Imagery provides a good textured tonal base, I want to add a cartographic Land Cover layer to paint back in some contrived hues.

When I give this layer a transparency of 65%, I get a merging of the Land Cover chroma with the Firefly texture.

The topographic relief of Wyoming is magnificent. I want to call attention to the beautiful, and variable, ruggedness of the state. So I pulled in a hillshade layer from the TopBathy set…

But the default grayscale appearance is of little use to me, so I play with colors and opacities in the Color Scheme Editor and get a color ramp that has fully transparent mid-tones so the underlying map doesn’t looked washed out; rather, it has been bumpified. More on that here.

Now it looks like this:

Yowza, those mountains are coming right at us! Now this looks like a map I could run my hand over. The bumpification hack is great, and it pairs especially well with the mist hack. Let’s pull in a simple Digital Elevation Model, also from the TopoBathy family of elevation data…

By default, it looks like the typical DEM ramp of black to white. But you can perform all sorts of color/opacity shenanigans to make it paint in a misty white only at the lowest elevations.

The result is an elevation layer that replicates a ghost-like mist that clings to lowlands and meanders up and through mountain valleys. High elevation mountains are revealed in crisp clarity as they rise above the wispy plains. This gives the map a painterly sense of forced reality. Find more self-indulgent examples here.

Vector Layers

Pretty fun right? Who’s got it better than us, seriously. So far this map is made up only of a Firefly Imagery basemap, and two deviously symbolized TopoBathy image services. Time to get all vectory on this map though.

I downloaded US Counties from the Census Bureau, and symbolized them with a thin white stroke and and underlying black gradient stroke to give a slight dropshadow effect. This inherent contrast helps them remain visible, albeit faint, over lighter and darker terrains. Plus I think it looks kind of nice. Learn more about using Symbol Layers to stack up visual layers in an item’s symbology here.

Resulting in this appropriately muted counties overlay…

Then I added lakes and rivers from the super helpful Natural Earth. Since the lakes are visible in the imagery and land cover, I gave them a null style (but still checked on) as a foothold for labels, later. Rivers are thin semitransparent blue strokes. Barely visible, really. Towns, also quite small and mostly added as a label foothold, came from a US DOT Open Data portal.

Next I added a states layer, also from Natural Earth. But in this case I only wanted to show the state of Wyoming, to set a visual focus for the map. How can you only show one state from within the states layer? A definition query! The visual query builder made it easy, even for a stooge like me. Definition queries quickly became a tireless ally of mine in this project. For what it’s worth, I also used them to show only larger-population towns in the step above.

The visual goal of this is to make the border of Wyoming look like a cool vignette, wrapping around the state and mega-framing the theme and content. I gave the symbology a few gradient strokes (make sure you give them negative offsets of half the line width, so they render inside the state (positive offset if you wanted them to render outside the state, like a dropshadow).

Ah, there’s Wyoming!

To further this goal of highlighting Wyoming, I added a second version of that states layer to serve as a sort of visual masking effect. But rather than showing only Wyoming in this case I chose to hide only Wyoming.

I gave these not-Wyoming states a semitransparent white symbology.

Which looks like this:

Now there can be no doubt. Wyoming, clearly the star of the show.

Labels

Adding labels to each of these layers is a blog post in itself. But I’ll just breeze through it with a couple of tips.

Embrace transparency. I’ve made all text semitransparent and their halo colors even more transparent. If a layer is less important, like counties, transparency can help reinforce that.

Contrast font color with halo color. I either used semitransparent gray fonts with semitransparent white halos or a semitransparent white font with a semitransparent black halo.

Use letter spacing with abandon. If you have crowded low-priority features, like towns, push the letter spacing tighter together. So long as they are readable, it’s cool. If you have a tier one feature, like the state name of Wyoming, go bonkers with letter spacing (and force all caps). In this example WYOMING has an eye-popping letter spacing of 1,600%.

Orient labels to curve along the graticule. It seems to give the labels a sense of belonging in the geographic context.

Well, there you have it. The steps of how to make this map. Maybe you don’t even want to make a map like this! But even still I think there are some helpful tidbits in here for all flavors of mapping adventures.

Show And Tell

I’ve heard Daniel Huffman, describe much more eloquently the creative, and technical, empowerment that comes with watching another map maker pull back the veil and show their process. But I have to rely on analogy. I am often fascinated by, and frankly intimidated by, many Vader-caliber maps that I see out in the wild, just swinging that lightsaber and breathing through a respirator like an unknowable machine. But when I’ve had the opportunity to chat with that maker, or watch them give a how-to talk, or read their blog post, I realize that any map is just a series of usually-doable steps, and underneath the helmet is a redeemed old gray dude with burned off eyebrows. The magic was in the steps up and putting them together just so. Anybody can do it.

Happy Mapping! John

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coolhuntingtapas-blog · 7 years ago

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SSD Hard Drive for Dell Laptop

My main computer is a Dell Studio 17 laptop from 2010 (specification attached). In my home office, I hook this up into a separate keyboard, mouse and monitor.

As a part-time university lecturer, I operate the usual software -- Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator etc -- and some specialist software like ArcMap, part of the ArcGIS package.

I don't have any problems with anything, but I am concerned about longevity and component failure. Should I be considering replacing the hard disk now? If this is the case, would it be much better to pay extra to go down the SSD path? However, if other components are very likely to fail, could I be better off replacing the whole thing today?

Either path will obviously entail transferring a large amount of data essential to my research and teaching. I really do have back-ups: I'm more concerned with ease of transport so that apps retain their paths and settings to data if possible. This is particularly vital in ArcMap, in which a map file will contain dozens of links to information spread over many different folders. Rebuilding these links could be very time consuming.

Just in case this makes it into your pillar, can I say for the record that I don't have any curiosity about Macs or Linux. Neal

The Dell Studio 17 has been a solid desktop replacement laptop with loads of power but not much portability.

Of course, hard drives are becoming more likely to fail after five to 10 years, but a lot of them fail within three years and no doubt some last more than a decade: there's no easy way to inform. Motherboard batteries also often fail after five decades. For example, hinges break, particularly in the event that you lift a notebook by its display, and electricity cables fray.

The pros and cons of SSDs

SSDs create your PC start up faster, and apps feel much more responsive. Programs can load data straight from an SSD without having to wait for a hard disk to spin up to speed, or even to get your read/write head to detect the right sector on the platter.

SSDs have no moving parts, so they are impervious to the shocks that could damage hard drives when laptops have been bumped round or even dropped. They also have less power, which prolongs battery life.

However, SSDs are still much more expensive than HDs for the same amount of storage. SSDs will also be prone to fail, though I believe that, today, they are less likely to fail than HDs.

(1) Connect the SSD for your laptop via an eSATA or USB cable or an external caddy. (2) "Clone" the present HD to the SSD, then unplug it from the laptop. (3) Close down the laptop, and get rid of the battery. (4) Unscrew the back of the laptop and then swap the SSD to your HD. (5) Restart the notebook.

Before doing any of that, check that your notebook's BIOS can encourage an SSD through AHCI, and find out whether the hard drive is SATA I, II or III. Later variants of SATA are faster but backward compatible. By way of example, a SATA II notebook should work with a 6Gbps SATA III drive, but it is going to only run at the rate of a less costly 3Gbps SATA II drive.

There is plenty of disk cloning software around. Some disc generates provide free software with their drives, and a few suppliers sell cloning kits. However, many backup programs will do the job, including Acronis True Image, EaseUS To Do and CloneZilla. The thing to remember is that you must make a disk-to-disk clone, not merely copy the Windows partition. It's also a good idea to produce a Windows start-up/repair DVD if anything goes wrong.

The procedure should be marginally easier for you since the Dell Studio 17 includes two drive bays, and you should be free. If so, you may install the SSD prior to cloning the hard disk.

Is it worthwhile?

Since you're using your notebook mostly as a desktop computer, you will not receive all the benefits of an SSD, for example extra battery life. However, the main problem is the cost.

For cloning to work, the SSD must be larger than the HD. Your Studio 17 has a 500GB drive with 50GB free, so you'll need a 500GB or larger SSD. Prices vary from approximately #100 to #200, but you could get a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO from Amazon.co.uk for #119, or even a vital BX100 for #146.86. (I haven't checked those for compatibility with your Studio 17.)

There should be plenty of choices, but #120 is quite much to spend on an older laptop.

1 solution would be to eliminate more than half your data so that you can clone the HD into a 120GB or 240GB SSD -- you can get these from approximately #35 to50. If you have 250GB of films, this could be simple. If your HD is filled with ArcMap documents, then it is likely not an attractive option.

Purchase a New PC?

Your Dell Studio 17 includes a 2.40GHz Intel Core i5-520M processor, which is from the very first generation of Core chips. It had been quickly in its day, but today it's lower mid-range. I reckon it'd rank around 290-300 in Notebookcheck's Comparison of Mobile Processors. Newer Core-i5 as well as Core-i3 chips ought to be noticeably faster.

Therefore, by way of instance, you could get an HP Envy 17 using a 17.3in screen, Core i5-6500U processor, 12GB of memory, 1TB hard disk and Windows 10 for #899.95. Also, the Nvidia GeForce 940M would be a massive update in your present ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 card.

There are cheaper versions of the Envy 17 around, based on specification and source. For example, you can get one with 8GB of memory for #699.97. Additionally, the old model using a Core i5-5200U and Windows 8.1 is more affordable at #749.99. Shop around.

Frankly, I'd stick with what you have got. You can keep running your Dell Studio 17 until it's too slow to do everything you want or the display or motherboard fails. If the hard drive fails, you can replace it with a comparable HD for #35 to40, or even an SSD. They'll probably be even more affordable by then.

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My main computer is a Dell Studio 17 laptop from 2010 (specification attached). In my home office, I hook it up to a separate keyboard, mouse and monitor.

As a part-time university lecturer, I run the usual software – Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator etc – plus some specialist software such as ArcMap, part of the ArcGIS suite.

I have no problems with anything, but I am concerned about longevity and component failure. Should I be thinking of replacing the hard drive now? If so, would it be better to pay extra to go down the SSD route? However, if other components are likely to fail, would I be better off replacing the whole thing now?

Either route will obviously entail transferring a large amount of data crucial to my teaching and research. I do have back-ups: I am more concerned with ease of transfer so that programs retain their settings and paths to data if possible. This is especially important in ArcMap, where a map file may contain dozens of links to data spread over many different folders. Rebuilding these links would be very time consuming.

Just in case this makes it into your column, can I state for the record I have no interest in Macs or Linux. Neal

The Dell Studio 17 was a solid desktop replacement laptop with plenty of power but not much portability. It’s already running Microsoft Windows 10 with 8GB of memory, so there’s no urgent need to upgrade or replace it.

Of course, hard drives do become increasingly likely to fail after five to 10 years, but many fail within three years and no doubt some last more than a decade: there’s no easy way to tell. Motherboard batteries also tend to fail after five years. Otherwise, many common problems are mechanical ones. For example, hinges break, especially if you lift a laptop by its screen, and power cables fray.

The pros and cons of SSDs

It’s often worth replacing a spinning-platter HD (hard drive) with a chip-based SSD (solid-state drive). SSDs make your PC start up faster, and programs feel much more responsive. Programs can load data straight from an SSD without having to wait for a hard drive to spin up to speed, or for the read/write head to find the right sector on the platter.

SSDs have no moving parts, so they are impervious to the shocks that can damage hard drives when laptops are bumped around or even dropped. They also consume less power, which prolongs battery life.

However, SSDs are still much more expensive than HDs for the same amount of storage. SSDs are also prone to fail, though I believe that, today, they are less likely to fail than HDs.

Installing an SSD

In principle, SSDs are easy to install, as follows. (1) Connect the SSD to your laptop via an eSATA or USB cable or an external caddy. (2) “Clone” the current HD to the SSD, then unplug it from the laptop. (3) Close down the laptop, and remove the battery. (4) Unscrew the back of the laptop and swap the SSD for the HD. (5) Restart the laptop.

Before doing any of that, check that your laptop’s BIOS can support an SSD via AHCI, and find out whether the hard drive is SATA I, II or III. Later versions of SATA are faster but backwards compatible. For example, a SATA II laptop should work with a 6Gbps SATA III drive, but it will only run at the speed of a cheaper 3Gbps SATA II drive.

There is plenty of disk cloning software around. Some disk manufactures offer free software with their drives, and some suppliers sell cloning kits. (Crucial’s kitincludes a special USB cable.) However, many back-up programs will do the job, including Acronis True Image, EaseUS To Do and CloneZilla. The thing to remember is that you must make a disk-to-disk clone, not just copy the Windows partition. It’s also a good idea to make a Windows start-up/repair DVD in case anything goes wrong.

The process should be somewhat easier for you because the Dell Studio 17 has two drive bays, and one should be free. If so, you can install the SSD before cloning the hard drive.

Is it worth it?

Since you’re using your laptop mostly as a desktop, you will not get all the benefits of an SSD, such as extra battery life. However, the main problem is the cost.

For cloning to work, the SSD must be bigger than the HD. Your Studio 17 has a 500GB drive with 50GB free, so you will need a 500GB or larger SSD. Prices range from roughly £100 to £200, but you could get a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO from Amazon.co.uk for £119, or a Crucial BX100 for £146.86. (I have not checked these for compatibility with your Studio 17.)

There should be plenty of options, but even £120 is quite a lot to spend on an old laptop.

One solution would be to remove more than half your data so that you can clone the HD to a 120GB or 240GB SSD – you can get these from around £35 to £50. If you have 250GB of movies, this would be easy. If your HD is full of ArcMap files, it’s probably not an attractive option.

Buy a new PC?

Your Dell Studio 17 has a 2.40GHz Intel Core i5-520M processor, which is from the first generation of Core chips. It was fast in its day, but now it’s lower mid-range. I reckon it would rank around 290-300 in Notebookcheck’s Comparison of Mobile Processors. Newer Core-i5 and even Core-i3 chips should be noticeably quicker.

So, for example, you could get an HP Envy 17 with a 17.3in screen, Core i5-6500U processor, 12GB of memory, 1TB hard drive and Windows 10 for £899.95. This is faster, has more memory, and twice the hard drive space of your Studio 17. Also, the Nvidia GeForce 940M would be a massive upgrade on your current ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 graphics card.

There are cheaper versions of the Envy 17 around, depending on specification and source. For example, you can get one with 8GB of memory for £699.97. Also, the old model with a Core i5-5200U and Windows 8.1 is cheaper at £749.99. Shop around.

Frankly, I’d stick with what you’ve got. You can keep running your Dell Studio 17 until it’s too slow to do what you want or the screen or motherboard fails. If the hard drive fails, you can replace it with a similar HD for £35 to £40, or an SSD. They’ll probably be even cheaper by then.

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pratikbarot-blog · 7 years ago

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Android Integration

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mrrolandtfranco · 7 years ago

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Depicting journeys in Story Map Cascade

Whenever I return from a vacation I can’t resist the urge to document it in the form of a story map. Last summer my family and I spent a week on the Isle of Arran in western Scotland. It took me a while to get around to it, but recently I pored over the hundreds of photographs I had taken during the memorable trip, and put a selection of them together into a “Walking the Isle of Arran” Story Map using our Cascade app.

This time, though, I decided to experiment a bit, and depicted each of the five hikes we took during the week in a distinctive style by using the features and functions of Story Map Cascade. I hope you’ll find these storytelling techniques useful in creating your own narratives.

For the “Machrie Hike“, a leisurely walk up a broad valley liberally sprinkled with stone circles and standing monoliths, I used the standard “narrative” format, where users scroll through text and a variety of media. Rather than use interactive web maps or scenes, I modified a screen grab of an Ordnance Survey map to show our route as a series of static images.

We on the Story Maps team like static maps. It’s easy to assume that all maps within Story Maps should be interactive, but static maps can be very effective in depicting exactly what we, as authors, want our users to know—without the distraction of pan and zoom controls, pop-ups, and so on.

TIP: In order to have the maps appear at the ideal size on the page, I added some empty white space to the left and right of the map images. I saved and uploaded several versions with differing amounts of padding until I had the effect I was looking for. Be sure to test your story on a variety of screen sizes to make sure it’s effective, especially on tablets and smartphones.

The second outing to Kildonan featured some beautiful scenery, so I wanted to maximize the impact of my photographs. I chose to use an immersive section, where the background images lock into place and fade from one to the next as floating caption boxes provide narrative text and (static) maps.

Hike number three, to King’s Cave, also uses an immersive section, but in a very different way. In this case I created a web scene on ArcGIS Online, saving “slides” representing the locations and, in some cases, the orientation of the photographs they accompany. I then put the outing’s photos and narrative text in the floating caption panels. The effect of the zooming web scene is kind of cool, but be careful—all that zooming around can be slightly nauseating. Toward the end of the story I deliberately pushed the nausea limit to demonstrate the downside of flying indiscriminately from place to place in a web scene.

TIP: It’s also important to remember that web scenes aren’t viewable on most tablets and mobile devices. We’ve anticipated this issue by incorporating an “alternate media” function in the Cascade builder. When you choose a web scene to use in Cascade, the builder adds a “Mobile” option…

Click it and you’ll see a “Change image” button that enables you to upload a static image that will appear in place of the web scene for those viewing the story on small devices. I did screen grabs of the scene’s slides to replace the web scene. Take a look at the story on a tablet or smartphone, and you’ll see the images–without the swooping transitions.

Another useful feature of the mobile controls is the ability to determine which part of the image is visible on small screens. This is especially important for mobile, where most users don’t bother to rotate the screen from vertical to horizontal. Sliding the blue button around gives you a real-time preview of how your image will appear on smartphone screens.

The fourth hike, a rainy-day outing to Loch Iorsa, also used an immersive section, but this time I used a web map instead of a 3D web scene. I used the “Add Map Notes” function in the ArcGIS Online map viewer to create a multi-purpose map of the Isle of Arran (here’s the rather odd-looking web map). I created separate layers for each stage in the hike, and then used the layer controls within the builder to turn on and off the route lines. This enabled me to visually tie each photo in the floating captions to its appropriate spot along the route. Producing the map is a bit tedious (I hand-drew the route segments), but I think the result is pretty effective.

You’ll notice that at one point I swapped in a full-screen photo, which added a nice touch of drama to the sequence.

For the final hike, a memorable trek to Fairy Dell near Arran’s northern tip, I mixed and matched most of the techniques I’ve just outlined (although I didn’t use a web scene). I used a combination of narrative and immersive sections, plus small static maps and a larger, dynamic map. Photos are displayed in immersive backgrounds, floating panels, and narrative galleries.

This ability to be creative, and to combine various storytelling devices, is one of the reasons I enjoy creating story maps—especially Cascade stories. As you become more familiar with Cascade, and our other storytelling apps, you’ll have fun discovering new ways to combine maps, images, and app functions to create awesome effects.

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mrrolandtfranco · 7 years ago

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My Road to Pro: A guide to getting up and running with ArcGIS Pro in a ‘Redlands Minute’

Learning any new software can be a daunting task, especially in a field as technical as GIS – “With great power comes…. a certain level of complication.” After years of practice perfecting your workflows in ArcMap, initially hearing about Esri’s latest in GIS tech, ArcGIS Pro, may not have piqued your interest. However, over the past few years as more and more people have started using and evangelizing this new and improved desktop GIS, you may have found yourself, like many others, with a slightly altered opinion!

This blog post is meant for anyone wanting to get a jump start on their ‘migration to ArcGIS Pro.’ As you will soon realize upon embarking on this journey, ArcGIS Pro is intuitive and really easy to learn. Its context-driven UI (User Interface) is designed to streamline workflows and lower learning curves. Esri has also created a ton of tutorials and other training materials to enable you to take advantage of the benefits of Pro in no time.

Below is a summary of the steps I took to make the transition to ArcGIS Pro and some advice and resources I have accumulated over that time.

My Background

When I began my internship here at Esri, on the ArcGIS Pro team, I had never actually used Pro before! As counterintuitive as that may seem, it was by design. As a Civil and Environmental Engineering student, I had quite a bit of experience with ArcMap – running geoprocessing tools and making, at least for a non-cartographer, relatively aesthetic maps. The team wanted me to come in and experience ‘the migration’ from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro first-hand in order to gain insight on how to best help others make the transition.

You may not have the time to set a game plan on how to most efficiently convert your workflows but its ok, I did it for you! My experience was a little different because I didn’t have to postpone current work that clients depend on in order to learn the new program. However, I firmly believe that it is possible to set aside a couple hours a day (or week) to learn ArcGIS Pro and begin using this amazing software every day! You’d be surprised at how fast you can get into the groove of things if you do it the right way.

It’s all About the Mindset!!

As I stated above, before my internship I had done all of my coursework in ArcMap (and had my own struggles there), but I was super excited to start exploring this new and cutting edge software! I couldn’t wait to begin.

A good attitude goes a long way when learning any new skill. If you are excited about the prospect of using Esri’s new technology to enable your work to reach new heights, you’ll make quick work of mastering Pro.

At a Glance

Right when you open ArcGIS Pro, it looks like progress! It looks like a program that is technologically advanced and ready to greatly improve the quality of your work and optimize your workflows. And even though the UI is fairly different than ArcMap, it is familiar and intuitive with its context-driven tab and pane format, similar to other modern software that we all use and depend on. (I personally like the ‘Dark’ theme, which can be accessed through Options->General->Personalize)

Not letting the new layout scare you and damper your spirits is important! Don’t think too hard about it; let ArcGIS Pro do some of the thinking for you. Like I said, it really is intuitive and easy to figure out.

Find the Balance

The method that I chose to ‘make the migration’ was a mixture of doing some basic tutorials and trial and error. My strategy with the basic tutorials was to quickly familiarize myself with the new layout and simple workflows, then use my own knowledge of ArcMap and general GIS to do the rest of the work. This to me seemed like the fastest way to get back to full GIS mode in ArcGIS Pro.

The hardest thing is finding a balance of the two. If you spend more time than you need on tutorials when you could have managed quicker on your own, you’re wasting time. On the other hand, spinning your wheels trying to figure out Pro all on your own isn’t effective either. That being said, I believe there is still great value in learning through experience – trial and error.

Taking a minute to evaluate your own ArcMap/GIS skills and general aptitude for technology and then making a plan on how to balance your learning will save you a lot of time and effort on your road to Pro.

Start Simple

When you are first making the migration to Pro, especially if your main job is GIS and your employment depends upon your efficiency, start with the basics. Most professionals that use GIS at least semi-regularly deal with a range of workflows. Some may be extremely complicated geoprocessing, and others simple data visualization.

Choose a few of your more simple workflows and replicate them in Pro. In no time you will quickly realize the power of Pro and transitioning to your more complicated workflows will be even easier.

Resources

The ‘Get Started‘ tab from the ArcGIS Pro reference site is basically a one stop shop if you are using Pro for the first time.

Within the tab, I’d like to highlight:

About ArcGIS Pro (a quick overview of terminology and the UI)

For ArcMap users (includes adding mxds and common workflows)

ArcGIS Pro quick-start tutorials (I recommend going through at least a few of these. Most tutorials have a summary video at the beginning. Watching these short videos can often be enough to learn the material contained within the tutorial. Watch the videos in 1.5x and 2x the speed to go through them even faster!)

Frequently asked questions

The site offers even more than what is listed here. Take a few minutes to look through the learning tools and find out what would be most useful to your work specifically.

Besides these listed above, here are some other useful resources:

ArcGIS Pro Terminology Guide

Google it! There are a bunch of resources out there on GeoNet, the ArcGIS Pro reference site, and other sites. Googling is often the quickest way to find an answer to a specific question.

Learn ArcGIS (a good resource to learn the whole ArcGIS platform, of which ArcGIS Pro is a very important and well-integrated part.)

Esri Training Catalog (a great place to do even more tutorials of varying technicality – from Getting Started with ArcGIS Pro and Going Pro: ArcGIS Pro Essentials for ArcMap Users to Performing Line of Sight Analysis and Go Deeper with Data Analytics Using ArcGIS Pro and R)

Instructor-led courses (in person or web courses), such as Migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro, can also be found in the Esri Training catalog. If you are having a hard time following/learning from other tutorials or you really enjoy an interactive classroom type learning environment, Instructor-led courses are a great option. These classes go step-by-step through similar tutorials and workflows with an experienced GIS Instructor (either in person or online). You can ask them questions if you are stuck on a certain part or if you want deeper understanding for certain concepts. You can also network with other’s like yourself who are migrating to Pro and using the software in their particular field of work.

For Your Consideration

I would advise anyone to do at least one ‘ArcGIS Pro quick-start tutorial‘ before learning Pro with a ‘trial and error’ plan. Due to the new Project->Maps organization, even the most basic task, ‘adding a basemap,’ is different. Doing one of the tutorials will insure that you don’t frustrate yourself with the simplest tasks.

ArcGIS Pro is available to anyone on current maintenance.

Mxds are readable by ArcGIS Pro but aprx files are not compatible with ArcMap. A good workaround for this is sharing a web map to AGOL, which is super easy to do in ArcGIS Pro, so your ‘non-Pro’ colleges and clients can still view your maps.

95% of the ArcMap tools are in ArcGIS Pro already (get the full list here). However, there are a lot of new and exciting tools in ArcGIS Pro that are not in ArcMap.

The ArcGIS Pro ‘Catalog View‘ is very similar to ‘ArcCatalog.’ With multiple instances of Pro and the ability to drag panes and views to other monitors you can already get a more traditional Catalog feel. Esri has been making improvements to the catalog pane and catalog view and will continue to do so to fulfill the traditional ArcCatalog workflow requirements.

The Going Pro: ArcGIS Pro Essentials for ArcMap Users live training seminar is also a great and free resource for quickly gaining your bearings in Pro.

With the 2.0 release of ArcGIS Pro we are even more confident that most, if not all, of your workflows are not only possible in ArcGIS Pro, but will be better and easier. Make sure to stay current with your version of Pro in order to get the best performance and functionality. Check the ‘ArcGIS Pro Roadmap‘ for functionality that will soon be implemented.

If you are considering starting the migration to ArcGIS Pro or transferring even more of your workflows, do it! And if you run into any problems that you can’t figure out, leave a comment below, or contact Esri Technical Support.

There are so many new possibilities enabled by ArcGIS Pro’s awesome technology. Continue to explore them and let us know about the cool things you are doing via any of our social media channels and the comments below.

You’ll be a ‘Pro’ in no time – Happy Mapping!

-Tylor the ArcGIS Pro Intern

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mrrolandtfranco · 8 years ago

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Collector and Trimble Catalyst at City of Centenial

Since its incorporation in 2001, Centennial, Colorado aimed to be a small government, partnering with other agencies and the private sector for most its services. Working as an extension of the city, CH2M provides public works services to more than 106,000 residents – delivering a broad range of services from traffic engineering to snow removal – while being flexible to the city and citizen’s needs.

To adapt to these changing needs, CH2M has assisted the City with the implementation of ArcGIS Online. The ArcGIS Online maps and applications aid numerous Public Works disciplines. Collector for ArcGIS provides a simple, easy to use tool to update the City’s data in the field from mobile devices. Although successful, with high adoption across Public Works departments, there was one key ingredient that was at times missing. Location accuracy. Many off-the-shelf mobile devices that were being used cannot provide reliably accurate location data.

As a participant in the Esri Early Adopter Program for Collector and Catalyst, CH2M saw an opportunity to help Centennial with a remarkable new product, the Trimble Catalyst GNSS receiver.

Trimble Catalyst is an exciting new technology that features a subscription-based software GNSS receiver. Using the Catalyst DA1 antenna with your Android phone or tablet’s USB port you can achieve high accuracy whenever and wherever you need it.

CH2M approached John Londo, from the City of Centennial Colorado to participate in CH2M’s beta testing program for the Trimble Catalyst GNSS receiver and DA1 digital antenna within Esri’s Collector App.

When asked about the opportunity to preview this game-changing technology. “I am excited about this product for its ease of use, the ability to use the product alongside Collector, and its low-price point. To improve their accuracy for such a small cost would be a big improvement to the work they are doing as well as a value add to the project”.

John tested out the Catalyst GNSS receiver with Collector at Centennial’s Civic Center Park by collecting light poles, hardscape – edge of pavement and retaining walls, and electric junction boxes.

“My experience was very positive and even after only an hour or two worth of testing I would recommend this product for use by all of the projects I work on. The interaction is smooth and seems as though they were created for the sole purpose of working together. I think all of my projects would be excited to have this product on site and with the cost being so affordable it’s an easy sell.”

Collector for ArcGIS and Trimble Catalyst will be showcased this following week at Esri’s 2017 International Users Conference. Please stop by the Esri Showcase as well as Trimble’s Showcase area to learn more about this amazing new offering!

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New Aspect-Slope Raster Function Now Available

By Aileen Buckley, PhD, Esri research cartographer

In 2008, I wrote a blog post about how to make and symbolize an aspect-slope map. This type of map simultaneously displays the aspect (direction) and slope (steepness) of a continuous surface (figure 1), such as terrain represented in a digital elevation model (DEM). In these maps, colors represent different aspect classes and simulate relief shading, which gives a three-dimensional impression of the terrain in a natural, aesthetic, and intuitive manner. Lighter colors (such as yellow) on northwest-facing slopes and darker colors (like blue) on southeasterly slopes give the impression of illumination from an imaginary light source at the upper-left corner of the map. This produces a pattern of light and shadows that allows us to better see the form of the underlying terrain surface.

The workflow we originally introduced is greatly streamlined when you use a newly available aspect-slope raster function, which can be downloaded from Esri’s GitHub repository for raster functions. This function makes it much faster and easier to create an aspect-slope map from raster elevation data, and it does not require a new output dataset to be created (although you can save the raster layer file if you want). With the new aspect-slope raster function, the data is processed and displayed all in one step. The function currently works with ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS for Server (called ArcGIS Enterprise in version 10.5).

Figure 1. The aspect-slope map of the Crater Lake area in Oregon, USA.

The aspect-slope raster function generates a map that categorizes aspect (surface direction) into eight classes that are symbolized using an orderly progression of color hues (what we normally think of simply as color, such as red, orange, and yellow) and slope (steepness) into three classes that are shown using color saturation (brilliance of color). Flat and near-flat areas are shown in gray. The aspect-slope map legend in figure 2 illustrates these colors.

Figure 2. Aspect-slope map legend.

The coloring is based on the Hal Moellering and Jon Kimerling MKS-ASPECT scheme described in a 1990 Cartography and Geographic Information Systems article (see the references below). With this scheme, the color hues, while remaining visually distinct, are arranged to simulate relief shading (a three-dimensional appearance) because northwesterly facing slopes appear to be more illuminated (lighter in color) than the southeasterly slopes are. In an article from the AutoCarto 11 Symposia proceedings, Cynthia Brewer and Ken Marlow modified the MKS-ASPECT scheme by adding three slope classes and using color lightness in both the aspect and slope progressions to further enhance the perception of relief shading, which is crucial for visualizing the form of a continuous terrain surface.

This excellent choice of colors might be more obvious to you on the map of Crater Lake than in the legend. In figure 3, notice that the conical cinder cones (inside the flat area of Crater Lake) are shown with the same aspect colors as in the legend, and the brightest colors are used because these cinder cones have steep slopes. If you squint, you should also be able to see a 3D effect that makes the cinder cones appear conical in shape and higher than the flatter area around them. The northwestern interior escarpment of the large crater that forms the lake basin also appears as though it is in shadow, while the southeastern interior escarpment appears illuminated.

Figure 3. Craters, escarpments, and other landscape features shown with the aspect-slope colors.

Try it yourself!

Here is a link to the Aspect-slope Python raster function documentation for creating an aspect-slope map in ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS for Server. These instructions also contain a workaround for using an aspect-slope map in ArcGIS Pro.

If you want to try this out for yourself, download the Aspect-Slope_Map.zip file, which contains the aspect-slope raster function and a map document for the map shown in figure 4. The map document also contains a data frame with the aspect-slope map legend. The polygons to make the legend are in the file geodatabase that is included in the download. The colors used for the legend are in the style file that is included in the download. You can use these resources to make the aspect-slope legend for your own maps.

Figure 4. The aspect-slope map that you can download to try out this workflow.

Try this out today!

For additional details about aspect and slope, the aspect-slope color scheme, DEM data, and raster functions, read on!

About Aspect and Slope

According to Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation, Eighth Edition, aspect can be defined as “the downslope direction of the maximum vertical change in the surface determined over a given horizontal distance.” Think of this as the direction that the surface is facing. Slope is “the vertical change in the elevation of the land surface (rise), determined over a given horizontal distance (run).” You can also think of this as the amount of steepness (or rise or fall) of the ground surface. Aspect and slope maps, or combined aspect-slope maps, are usually made with raster data that represents an elevation surface (that is, a DEM, as in figure 5), but they can also be made for continuous surfaces of other data, such as population density or other statistics.

Figure 5. A DEM for the Crater Lake area.

About the Aspect-Slope Color Scheme

The cell values in the aspect-slope raster reflect a combination of both aspect and slope. The cells have values that range from 11 to 48. Cells with values below 21 are flat and are shown with a gray color. Other cells have values ranging from 21 to 48, as shown in figure 6.

Figure 6. Cell values and their corresponding colors on the aspect-slope map

Cells with values in the 20s have lower slopes (from 5 to 20%), values in the 30s have higher slopes (from 20 to 40%), and values in the 40s have the highest slopes (greater than 40%). Cells with values that end in 1 have north-facing slopes, values that end in 2 have northeast-facing slopes, and so on.

About DEM Data

You no longer have to find DEM data on your own, because Esri has created a multi-scale terrain dataset for the world that can be accessed from ArcGIS Online. This layer provides data as floating point elevation values suitable for use in analysis and with raster functions. The ground heights are based on multiple sources, and numeric values represent ground surface heights based on a digital terrain model (DTM).

To add this layer in ArcMap, choose the Add Data From ArcGIS Online option and search for Terrain (figure 6). (Note: In ArcGIS Pro, on the Portal tab of the Project pane, add data from the Living Atlas of the World and select Terrain.)

Figure 7. Adding the Terrain layer in ArcMap.

About Raster Functions

Raster functions are used with image and raster data to process and display the data. With raster functions, this processing is not permanently applied to the data—instead, it is applied on the fly as the images or rasters are accessed. This is similar to creating a layer file and defining the symbology for a raster dataset, such as defining a color ramp to be used with a DEM. The difference is that you have to save the layer file as a separate file, but you do not have to save the result after you apply a raster function. If you save and open the map document again, the raster function will still be applied (provided you have not moved it from its original file location).

If you want to save the results as a stand-alone layer that can be added to other maps or shared with others, you will need to save the raster with function in ArcMap. To do that, you can use any of the following options:

Export the raster to an existing mosaic dataset.

Save the raster layer file.

Export the raster to any of the supported raster dataset file formats, such as an Esri grid, and the functions will be permanently applied.

As an aside, in working with this new raster function, I came to realize that the colors in the original blog post were wrong (they were “preliminary colors in use before the map was exported to the Macintosh environment for color-scheme work in HVC,” as noted in the Brewer article). These have been corrected in the original blog post, and they are correct in the new aspect-slope raster function.

References:

Brewer, Cynthia A., and Ken A. Marlow. 1993. “Color Representation of Aspect and Slope Simultaneously”, Proceedings of the AutoCarto 11 Symposia, Baltimore, Maryland, October 30–November 1. It is also available online at http://ift.tt/2nsqcEJ. Also at http://ift.tt/2nyb0Yp.

Moellering, H., and A. J. Kimerling. 1990. “A New Digital Slope-Aspect Display Process,” Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, 17(2): 151–159.

Thanks to our colleagues at the Esri R&D Center, Sharjah—Abhijit Doshi, technical manager – raster solutions; Cristelle D’Souza, product engineer; and Angad Kundra, student at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus—for creating the aspect-slope raster function and making it available to everyone!

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