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Acitytaskforcehasbeencreatedtofindasuitablelocationforanewyouthcenter.Theyhave
askedyoutoanalyzedataandprovidethemwithamapshowingatleastthreedifferent
buildingsthatmeettheircriteria.
Tofindthepotentialbuildingsfortheyouthcenter,youwillworkwiththeArcGIStoolsthathelp
youfindfeaturesbasedontheirattributesandspatialrelationshipswithotherfeatures.
Estimatedtimetocomplete:30minutes

Beforeyoubegin
Thedataforthisexerciseiscontainedinthefollowingfiles:
LearnArcGIS10.exe(Coursedatafile)
Start.exe(Moduledatafile)
Ifyouhavenotdownloadedoneofthesefiles,youshoulddownloadthedatanow.
Needhelp?Coursedatainstructions

Step1 StartArcMapandopenamapdocument
StartArcMap.
IntheArcMapGettingStarteddialogbox,underExistingMaps,click"Browseformore."
BrowsetoyourLearnArcGIS10\Startfolderanddoubleclickyouthcenter.mxd.
Whenthemapopens,youseefourlayersintheTableofContents,butonlyonelayer
(YouthPopulation)iscurrentlydisplayedonthemap.
Doyouseeanerrormessagewhenyoutrytoopenthemap?
Ifthemapdoesn'tfillthedisplayarea,clicktheFullExtentbutton

VIEWRESULT

Can'tfindyourdata?

Step2 Exploretaskforcedata
Theyouthcentertaskforcehasaskedyoutolocatebuildingsinareaswheretheyouth
populationisgreaterthan75percensusblock(acensusblockisthesmallest
geographicunitforwhichtheU.S.CensusBureaucollectsdata).
Examinethemap.
Thedarkestshadedareasaretheoneswherethegreatestnumberofyouthlive("youth"
isbeingdefinedaschildrenaged517).

IntheTableofContents,rightclickCensusBlocks2000andchooseOpenAttribute
Table.
Scrolltotherightandexaminethevariousdemographicfields.Stopwhenyougetto
AGE_5_17.
VIEWRESULT

Thisfieldstoresthenumberofyouthineachcensusblock.Thisistheattributethatyou
willbefocusingoninthisexercise.
Closethetablewindow.
Next,opentheattributetablefortheYouthPopulationlayer.
Scrollacrossandexamineitsattributes.
DoyouseetheAGE_5_17field?
LayersinArcMapdonotthemselvescontaindata.Alayerreferencesageographic
datasetstoredonyourcomputerornetwork.
TheYouthPopulationlayerreferencesthesamedatasetastheCensusBlocks2000layer
(adatasetnamed"census_blocks").YouthPopulationhasjustbeensymbolized(and
named)differently.
WheretheCensusBlocks2000layerusesjustonesymbolforallthefeatures,Youth
Populationuseslighttodarkshadedsymbolstorepresentthenumberofyouthineach
block.
Theabilitytocreatemultiplelayersfromonedatasourceandsymbolizethembasedon
differentattributesisapowerfulfeatureofaGIS,andyouwilllearnhowtodothisin
thenextmodule.
Closethetablewindow.
Next,youwillexploretheCityZoneslayer.
IntheTableofContents,turnoffYouthPopulationandturnonCityZones.
RightclickCityZonesandchooseZoomToLayer.
VIEWRESULT

Forthisproject,youareinterestedintheresidentialzones(displayedinblue)because
that'swherethetaskforcehastoldyouthenewyouthcenterneedstobelocated.
OpentheCityZonesattributetable.ScrolltotherightuntilyouseetheLU_ABVfield.
VIEWRESULT

Thisfieldstoreslanduseabbreviations.RESstandsforresidential.
Closethetablewindow.
Becauseyouneedtotakeintoaccountinformationstoredwiththecensusdatalayers
(numberofyouthineachblock)andtheCityZoneslayer(residentiallanduse)foryour
analysis,youwilllookattheselayersatthesametime.
TurnonCensusBlocks2000.
ClicktheZoomIntool

andzoomintothecenterofthemap.

VIEWRESULT

Thecensusblocks(outlinedinbrown)andthecityzones(outlinedinlightgray)don't
havethesameboundaries.Justfromlookingatthismap,youcan'ttellwherethereare
areasthathavearesidentiallanduseandahighyouthpopulation.
TurnoffCensusBlocks2000.TurntheYouthPopulationlayeronandoffacoupleof
times,tryingtovisuallydeterminetheareasthatmeetthetaskforcecriteria.
TheareasofinterestareshadeddarkintheYouthPopulationlayer(highyouth
population)andblueintheCityZoneslayer(residentiallanduse).Canyoutellwhere
featuresthatmeetbothcriteriaarelocated?
Inthiscase,avisualanalysisisverydifficultbecausethecensusblocksandthecity
zonesdon'tlineupwellandyoucan'tviewtheYouthPopulationandCityZoneslayers
atthesametimetheyarebothpolygonlayersandonelayeralwayscoversupthe
other.
Howcanyougettheinformationthetaskforceneeds?
AGISallowsyoutoqueryandcombinedatatoproducenewinformation.Tosolvethis
problem,youneedtocombinethecensusdataandCityZoneslayers.Onceyouhaveall
thedatayouneedinonelayer,youcanquerythenewlayertofindtheareasthatmeet
bothcriteria.
REVIEWCONCEPT

TheArcGISuniontoolisusedtocombinelayers.Youwillusethistoolnext.

Step3 UnionCityZonesandCensusBlockslayers
Inthepreviousexercise,youusedthebuffertooltocreateanewdatasetthat
representedtheareaimpactedbyatornado.Youaccessedthebuffertoolfrom
ArcToolbox.YoucanalsoquicklyaccesssometoolsfromtheArcMapGeoprocessing

menu.
FromtheGeoprocessingmenu,chooseUnion.
TheUniontooldialogboxdisplays.
Ontheright,readthedescriptionofwhattheUniontooldoes(ifnecessary,clickShow
Helptoseethedescription).
ForInputFeaturesyouneedtoselectthetwolayersyouwanttocombine.
NexttotheInputFeaturesfield,clickthedropdownarrowandchooseCityZones.
ClicktheInputFeaturesdownarrowagainandchooseCensusBlocks2000.
Note:YoucoulduseYouthPopulationinsteadofCensusBlocks2000sinceboth
layersreferencethesamedatayourresultswillbethesamenomatterwhichone
youuse.
ClicktheBrowsebuttonnexttoOutputFeatureClassandnavigateto
LearnArcGIS10\Start\YouthCenter.gdb.
ForName,enterzones_Union,thenclickSave.
VIEWRESULT

Theuniontoolhasalltheinformationitneedstorun.ClickOK.
Afteramoment,theunionoutputlayerdisplaysintheTableofContentsandonthe
map.
Rightclickzones_UnionandchooseZoomToLayer.
VIEWRESULT

Tomakesurethedatafrombothlayersisinthenewlayer,youwillopenitsattribute
tableandexamineit.
Rightclickzones_UnionandchooseOpenAttributeTable.Scrolltotherightand
examinethefields.
BoththeLU_ABVandAGE_5_17fieldsarethere.
Closethetablewindow.
Nowthatyouhaveconfirmationthatboththecityzoneandyouthpopulationdataarein
onelayer,youcanquerythatlayertogettheinformationyouneed.

Step4 Selectfeaturesbycityzoningandyouthpopulationattributes

FromtheSelectionmenu,chooseSelectByAttributes.
TheSelectByAttributesdialogboxopens.
ForLayer,clickthedownarrowandchoosezones_Unionifitisnotalreadyselected.
IntheMethodfield,"Createanewselection,"shouldbeselected.
Inthelistofattributefieldnames,scrolldownanddoubleclick"LU_ABV".
Thefieldisaddedtotheexpressionboxnearthebottomofthedialogbox.
Clicktheequalssignbutton

ClickGetUniqueValues.IntheUniqueValueslist,doubleclick'RES'.
VIEWRESULT

ClickApply.
Ifnecessary,movetheSelectByAttributesdialogboxsothatyoucanseethemap.
Manyfeaturesareselected.
IntheTableofContents,rightclickzones_Union,pointtoSelection,thenclickZoomTo
SelectedFeatures.
VIEWRESULT

Theselectedfeaturesmeetoneofyourcriteria.Next,youneedtofindtheareasthat
alsohaveayouthpopulationover75.
IntheSelectByAttributesdialogbox,intheMethoddropdownlist,choose"Selectfrom
currentselection."
Intheexpressionbox,highlighttheexpressionyoucreatedpreviouslyanddeleteit.
Youaregoingtocreateanewexpression.
Inthelistoffieldnames,scrolldownanddoubleclick"AGE_5_17".Clickthegreater
thanorequaltosignbutton

Intheexpressionbox,type75.
VIEWRESULT

ClickApply.ClosetheSelectByAttributesdialogbox.
ClicktheFullExtentbutton

andlookatthemap.

Youcanseethatthenumberofselectedfeatureshasbeenreducedconsiderably.
VIEWRESULT

Theselectedfeaturesaretheareasthatmatchthetaskforcecriteriaforthenewyouth
center.Next,youwillseewhetherthereareanyavailablebuildingsinthoseareas.

Step5 Selectavailablebuildingsbylocation
Ifnecessary,intheTableofContents,dragtheAvailableBuildingslayerabovethe
zones_Unionlayer.TurnonAvailableBuildings.
VIEWRESULT

Thesearethebuildingsthatthecitycaneitherleaseorbuyfortheyouthcenter.
YouaregoingtouseArcGIStoselectalltheavailablebuildingsthatarelocatedwithin
theextentoftheselectedfeatures.
REVIEWCONCEPT

FromtheSelectionmenu,chooseSelectByLocation.
Youneedtomakeselectionsthatwillformthesentence:
IwanttoselectfeaturesfromtheAvailableBuildingslayerthatare
completelywithinselectedfeaturesinthezones_Unionlayer.
Trytomaketheselectionsonyourown.Makesuretochecktheboxnextto"Use
selectedfeatures."
ChecktheViewResultgraphicbelowtomakesureyourselectionsarecorrect.
VIEWRESULT

ClickApply,thenclosetheSelectByLocationdialogbox.
Lookatthemap.
AneasywaytoseehowmanyfeaturesareselectedonthemapistousetheTableof
ContentsSelectionview.
AtthetopoftheTableofContents,clicktheListBySelectionbutton

VIEWRESULT

Sixbuildingsmeetthecriteria.
ClicktheTableofContentsListByDrawingOrderbutton

Turnoffthezones_Unionlayer.
Afterdoingallthiswork,itisagoodideatosaveyourresultsasanewdatasetthatcan
beusedlater.

Step6 Exportselectedfeatures
RightclickAvailableBuildings,pointtoData,thenclickExportData.
IntheExportDatadialogbox,clicktheBrowsebutton
Start\YouthCenter.gdb.

andnavigateto

ForName,enterselected_buildings,thenclickSave.
VIEWRESULT

ClickOKandclickYestoaddthedataasalayertothemap.
TurnofftheAvailableBuildingslayer.
Clickthesymbolfortheselected_buildingslayerandchangeitssymbolsizeto6.You
canalsochangethesymbolcolorifyoulike.
Next,rightclickselected_buildingsandchooseLabelFeatures.
Finally,rightclickselected_buildingsandchooseZoomToLayer.
VIEWRESULT

Younowhavetheinformationrequestedbytheyouthcentertaskforce.Thelastthing
youneedtodoisexportthemapinaconvenientformattoshareyourresultswiththe
taskforce.

Step7 Exportthemap
FromtheFilemenu,chooseExportMap.
IntheExportMapdialogbox,navigatetoyourLearnArcGIS10\Startfolder.
IntheSaveastypedropdownlistatthebottomofthedialogbox,choosePDF.
Forthefilename,enterPotential_Youth_Center_Locations.
VIEWRESULT

ClickSave.

Step8 ExitArcMap
FromtheFilemenu,chooseExit.ClickNowhenaskedifyouwanttosaveyourchanges.
Ifyoulike,useyourfilebrowsertonavigatetothePDFmapandviewit.

Congratulations,youjustusedArcMaptocompleteaGISanalysisprojectinashort
periodoftime.Youweregivendataandaskedtofindfeaturesthatmetspecificcriteria.
Theuniontoolallowedyoutocombinedataindifferentlayers.Afterthedatawas
combined,youusedqueriestoselectfeaturesthatmetalltheprojectcriteria.You
concludedyouranalysisbysavingyourresultsasnewdataandquicklycreatinga
digitalmapthatyoucansharewiththeyouthcentertaskforce.
NowthatyouhaveseenhowusefulGISandArcGISarefordisplayingdataandgetting
information,youarereadyfortherestofthecourse.Intheupcomingmodules,youwill
learnmoreabouthowArcGIScanbeusedtosolverealworldproblems.

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