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The COHGIS (City of Houston GIS) Open Data Portal website provides over 100 data sets with data such as including administrative boundaries, amenity locations, transportation routes, and permit locations. For this tutorial, we will download population and housing data from the 2010 census, which has been aggregated to To obtain this data:to super neighborhood boundaries.
- Using a web browser, search for "houston gis" and select the result as shown below or or go directly to: https://cohgis-mycity.opendata.arcgis.com/.
Whenever you see a URL that ends in opendata.arcgis.com, you will know
- If you are looking for specific data, you can enter a term in the search box, but if you would like to see the full data catalog, click the Search button without entering a search term. You can then browse through the full list of data or filter by topic on the left side.
In particularthis case, we are looking for census data by super neighborhood. To learn more about super neighborhoods, visit the City of Houston Super Neighbhorhoods webpage.
- In the 'Find' box, type "super neighborhood" and press Enter.In
- Click Census 2010 By SuperNeighborhood, as shown below.
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The HCAD (Harris County Appraisal District) Public Data is another great online source that provides similar data such as highways, utilities, and water districts and is available at: http://pdata.hcad.org/GIS/index.html
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- Using a web browser, search for "houston metro gis" and select the result as shown below or go directly to: https://www.ridemetro.org/Pages/NewsDownloads.aspx.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the webpage until you see the Downloads subheading. Click on Downloads.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the webpage until you see 4 links at the bottom of the page. Click on METRO GIS Data Layers. The data file should automatically begin downloading.
HCAD
Though it is not used in this course, the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) Public Data is another great online source that provides similar data such as highways, utilities, and water districts and is available at: http://pdata.hcad.org/GIS/index.html
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- When ArcGIS Pro opens, under the Create a new project section, click the Blank project template.
- In the 'Create a New Project' window, for Name, type "Intro".
- For Location, click the Browse... button to the right.
- In the 'Select a folder to store the project.' window, click Computer in the left column and click Desktop in the right column and click OK.
- Click OK once again.
- Maximize the ArcGIS Pro application window.
- In the
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