Getting Started with ArcGIS

Deliverable 1

Opened file tourism.mxd

Followed tutorial instructions for activating different data frames

Activated San Diego data frame, and zoomed in. Manually changed scale to 1:50000

Panned across map and centered

Activated bookmark on San Diego City to reset the map, and changed to data view from layout view.

Selected hotels on table of contents to make hotels display on map

Activated label features on hotels

Selected find tool and searched for Marriott

Used flash feature to find Marriott Suites hotel

Used Identify tool to select Marriott Hotel and Marina and to view phone number in Indentify window

Checked Major Attractions in table of contents, and viewed attributes table for Major attractions

Identified and selected Seaport Village

Selected measure tool, set distance to miles

Measured from Marriott Hotel and Marina to Seaport Village

Measured from Marriott Hotel and Marina to closest trolley stop on map

Cleared selected features

Used bookmark feature to reset map view

Unchecked major roads in the table of contents

Selected major attractions in the table of contents and selected feature label

Used identify tool on trolley stops near Qualcomm Stadium

Zoomed in on San Diego Zoo, unchecked surface streets in table of contents

Selected hyperlink for the zoo and examined the website in a new window

Saved map to H: drive

Selected layout view

Added name and date

Added data source

Exported map as jpg.

Deliverable 2

Opened youthcenter.mxd

Opened attribute table for Census Block 2000 and Youth Population layer

Viewed demographic information for AGE_5_17

Closed attribute table

Deactivated Youth Population and activated City Zones

Selected City Zones and zoomed to layer

Opened City Zones attribute table

Located LU_ABV data field

Closed table window

Selected Geoprocessing and chose Union

Added input feature City Zones

Added input feature Census Blocks 2000

Selected LearnArcGIS10\Start\YouthCenter.gdb for output feature class, and save as zones_Union

Selected zones_Union and zoomed to layer

Selected zones_Union and opened attribute table, making sure both LU_ABV and AGE_5_17 were in table

Selected selection menu and selected attributes

“create new selection in method” field

“LU_ABV”=’RES’, apply

Select zones_Union and zoomed to features

Selected select by attributes and chose select from current selection

Deleted previous expression from box

“AGE_5_17”>=75, apply

Selected full extent tool

Moved available building layer to top of list

Checked Available Buildings in table of contents

Opened selection menu and picked select by location

Selected select features from, available buildings, completely within selected features and zones_Union layer

A result of 6 building appeared on the map

Unchecked zones_Union layer

Added title

Added neatline

Adjusted zoom

Added legend, north arrow, and scale

Added name and date

Added data source

Exported map as .JPG