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Update 7\/12\/2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

50 points
\n<\/strong>Assign: Monday, Sept. 26
\nDue: Monday, Oct. 3<\/p>\n

ESRI and ArcGIS Pro & Online<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Environmental Systems Research Institute<\/i>\u00a0– better known as ESRI<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(pronounced “esz-ree” if you want to sound like a GIS nerd) – is a leading purveyor of GIS software.<\/p>\n

The core GIS product ESRI sold for years was ArcInfo.<\/b> ArcInfo started as a command-line-driven software package that was difficult to learn and use. ESRI developed ArcView<\/b> as a simple GIS package intended, initially, to allow users unskilled in the intricacies of ArcInfo to view ArcInfo maps: ArcView had a more user-friendly menu-driven interface. Over the years, ESRI added more GIS functions to ArcView, and ArcView version 3.2 became a very popular GIS software package, with Windows, UNIX, and Macintosh versions.<\/p>\n

More than a decade ago, the entire array of ESRI software was re-programmed only for the Windows OS, and the result is ArcGIS:<\/b> an integrated set of GIS software components, including ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and ArcToolbox. ArcMap<\/b> is where you perform GIS analysis and make maps. ArcCatalog<\/b> helps with managing data, and ArcToolbox<\/b> helps with data conversion and additional data management.<\/p>\n

Of course, change is constant. ArcGIS Pro<\/strong> is replacing ArcGIS Desktop <\/strong>and ArcGIS Onlin<\/b>e<\/b><\/a> is a developing “cloud” version of ArcGIS. In this course, we will focus on using ArcGIS Pro to process our U.S. Census data, link it to digital base maps, and create a series of population change maps.<\/p>\n

Why am I telling you all this? Because I’ve learned every frikkin’ version of ArcGIS in the last 30+ years and, once again, with the new upgrade to ArcGIS Pro, a huge amount of my technical know-how is gone in a flash. Be patient this semester!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This Lab consists of an introduction to the main components of ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online: you will leave this class knowing enough of ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online to really start causing trouble.<\/p>\n

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ArcGIS Desktop to ArcGIS Pro:<\/strong>\u00a0this is the first semester we are using ArcGIS Pro. I’ve updated the labs to reflect this change, but undoubtedly problems will occur. Please let me know of any inconsistencies, problems, or things that don’t work.<\/p>\n

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I. Learning ArcGIS Online<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ArcGIS Online<\/strong> moves some of the analytical functionality of ArcGIS to a web application, with a bunch of extra functions including ease of accessibility: you can log in and use ArcGIS Online with any internet-connected browser, and easily share what you create with other folks. Sharing includes an extensive and rapidly growing amount of data accessible via ArcGIS Online for you to view and use. ArcGIS Online continues to expand and add new features: that means the software changes incrementally and sometimes stuff (like in these labs) gets out of date really quickly.<\/p>\n

Be aware that there is a crap-ton of resources and help on ArcGIS Online available online, at the ESRI.com site, and on the internets in general.<\/p>\n

Always have this browser window available: type your question or issue or whatever after the software name:<\/p>\n

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1) \u00a0You should receive an email indicating that an ArcGIS Online account has been set up for you.<\/strong> Follow the instructions, which primarily means setting up a password for the account.<\/p>\n

2) Log into your account at\u00a0ArcGIS.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0This will work on any internet-connected computer. I have saved a link to this page as a browser bookmark. Don’t save your password on a public computer!<\/p>\n

3) Spend a few minutes poking around your account,<\/strong> including the icon in the upper-right corner which takes you to your profile. Add your basic information to My Profile<\/strong>. Also look at My Settings<\/strong>, My ESRI<\/strong>, Training<\/strong>, Community and Forums<\/strong>, ArcGIS Blog<\/strong>, and Help<\/strong>. Jot down two<\/span> comments<\/span> about what you find (for the blog entry for this Lab).<\/p>\n

4) Use some ESRI resources to learn a bit about ArcGIS Online.<\/strong> Complete a read-through of\u00a0Get Started: What Is ArcGIS Online.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>This should take about 30 minutes.\u00a0Read through the different sections of this web page (stacked along the left of the page) and jot down two comments<\/span> about what you find (for the blog entry for this Lab).<\/p>\n

5) You also have access to ESRI courses online.<\/strong> Some are free, some cost $$$. Complete a free course that introduces you to ArcGIS Online.<\/p>\n