Mastering ArcView GIS: Course Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Customizing ArcView

• Benefiting from existing scripts
• Modifying the ArcView interface
• ArcView is event-driven
• The events
• The Customize dialog box
  
• Exercise: Simplifying the ArcView GUI
• Open the Customize dialog box
• Hide and delete controls
• Change the look of a button
• Change a tool’s icon
• Modify the tool tip and help strings

Chapter 2 - Avenue & application development

• Object programming fundamentals
• Characteristics & properties of objects
• Identifying objects and sending requests
• Object request syntax
• variable syntax
• Internal development process
• Contracting out the application
• Script editor
• Help system
• Using sample scripts
  
• Exercise: Adding new controls & functionality
• Write a script that changes the name of the application
• Create a script that runs when the project is started
• Prompt the user to input his/her name
• Create and use a variable
• Create a script that runs when the project is closed
• Combine two existing scripts into one and tie it to a tool

Chapter 3 - Managing ArcView Projects 

• Making ArcView projects portable
• Speeding up ArcView GIS
• Protecting your  projects
  
• Exercise: Create a portable project

Chapter 4 - Integrating Geographic Data  

• Geographic data formats
• Spatial data formats and utilities
  • ESRI's GIS data formats
  • U.S. Government GIS data formats
  • ArcView 3.2 import utilities
  • ArcView 3.2 export utilities
    
  • Exercise: Integrating event and route data
  • Exercise: Geocoding and the Point Dispersion extension
• GIS data sources
• Projections and datums
  • Coordinate systems
  • Map projections
  • Projection parameters
  • Changing the datum
  • Aligning themes in a view
  • ArcView 3.2 projection wizard
    
  • Exercise: Integrating spatial data
    • Converting data sources to shapefile
    • Utilization of the CAD extension
    • Utilization of the projection wizard
    • Updating areas and perimeters with sample script
      
• Advanced data preparations
  • Changing a theme's geometry
  • Setting up an image catalog
  • Georeferencing an image
  • Warping, rubber-sheeting versus projecting an image
  • Advanced digitization considerations
    
  • Exercise: Advanced data preparation
    • Set up an image catalog/library
    • Convert a polygon theme to a line theme for analysis purposes
      

Chapter 5 - Data Suitability & Metadata

• Spatial accuracy (absolute/relative)
• Completeness & timeliness
• Attribute accuracy
• Projection and NAD
• Other format issues
• Other editing capabilities
• Documentation
• Cost

Chapter 6 - Integrating Tabular Data

• Overview
• INFO's database structure
• Accessing SQL databases
• SQL Query Expressions
• Exercise: Connecting to a MS Access database
  • Connecting to a MS Access database
  • Copying selected records and fields into an ArcView table
  • Joining the new table to a theme's table
  • Symbolizing the theme based on the extracted data

Chapter 7 - Advanced Geoprocessing and Analyses 

• Theme-on-theme analysis
• Buffer wizard
• GeoProcessing wizard
  
• Exercise: Correlating Interstate miles with county population
• Exercise: Creating buffers

Chapter 8 - Enhancing Views and layouts

• High-quality views
• Legend file
• Labeler extension
• Symbology
• High-quality layouts
  
• Exercise: High-quality views and layouts
  • Automating and standardizing legends
  • Changing the style of the table of contents
  • The Callout Label tool
  • The view background color
  • The Spline tool
  • The Graticule & Measured Grids extension
  • The Legend tool extension

Chapter 9 - Writing Reports

• Visualizing the report
• Crystal Reports' elements and experts
  
• Exercise
  • Writing a simple report
  • Generating labels
  • Creating a customized

Chapter 10 - Interactive Kiosks

• Two types: desktop and Internet-based

Appendix A: Extensions grouped by functionality

Optional exercises

• The Overview utility, Shape Description dialog, and Named Extents menu choice
• The Shape Properties dialog

* The precise content of the course is subject to change without notice.

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