Migrating to ArcView 8:

Course Table of Contents

• ArcView GIS 3.x and ArcView 8 comparison
• Overview of ArcView 8
• Overview of applications
• ArcCatalog
• ArcMap
• ArcToolbox
• Exercise: ArcView 8 applications sampler

• Georeferencing
• Declaring coordinate systems in ArcView 8
• Datums
• Storing coordinate information
• Source scale, resolution, and accuracy
• ArcMap and projections
• Exercise: Set map scale and projections in ArcView 8

• Data view
• Data frames, layers, and maps
• Managing the table of contents
• Scale-dependent display
• Changing symbol properties
• Classification methods (types of classification)
• Layer symbology in ArcMap
• Labeling features
• Exercise: Display data in ArcView 8

• Selection methods and layers 
• Spatial selection options
• Available selection tools
• Attribute selection
• Location selection
• Selection using features
• Exercise: Query your GIS database in ArcView 8

• Abstracting real-world entities
• Introducing feature classes
• Organizing feature classes
• Linking features and attributes
• Introducing metadata
• Shapefiles
• Coverages
• Geodatabases
• Accessing data using the Geography Network
• Exercise: Explore spatial data formats in ArcView 8

• Map and design objectives
• Issues in cartographic design
• Creating maps in ArcMap
• Layout view
• Identifying map elements
• Manipulating frames
• Creating and using map templates
• Incorporating a reference system
• Printing and plotting maps
• Exercise: Create a map in ArcView 8

• Accessing tables in ArcView 8
• Tabular data field types
• ArcInfo tabular formats
• Table manipulation
• Associating tables to feature classes
• Table relationships
• Connecting tables with joins
• Summary statistics
• Graphs
• Reports
• Exercise: Explore tabular data formats in ArcView 8
• Exercise: Create graphs and reports in ArcView 8