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  1. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the location where you would like to locate your project folder (likely the E: or F: drive).
  2. Create a new folder inside your selected location and name it “HydrologyLab”HydrologyLab. Remember not to use any spaces. Note the full file path of your HydrologyLab folder.

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  1. On the Desktop, click the Start menu and select All Programs à ArcGIS à ArcGIS Pro à -> ArcGIS -> ArcGIS Pro.
  2. On the Log-In window, click Configure Your Licensing Options.

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  1. In the ‘Licensing’ window, select Single Use License for License Type, as shown on the following page, once it finishes loading and click OK.
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  2. In the ‘ArcGIS Pro’ window, select Blank.

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  1. In the ‘Create a New Project’ window, type HydrologyLab as Name and click the icon to navigate to the HydrologyLab folder created. Uncheck Create a new folder for this project. Click OK.

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  1. In the Insert tab, click ‘New Map’.

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  1. On Contents pane, clickMap name to rename it from Map to Lab1.

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Part 2: Mapping Watershed Data

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  1. In a web browser, go to www.arcgis.com.
  2. In the search box in the top right of the website, type “NFIE-Geo Regions”.
  3. Click to Open the NFIE-Geo Regions web map.
  4. On the map, click to select the Texas-Gulf region, which encompasses Houston.
  5. Click More info.
  6. In the Content section, right-click the NFIEGeo_12.gdb.zip file and select Download.

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  1. Navigate to the location where the zipped file has been downloaded.
  2. Right-click the downloaded NFIEGeo_12.gdb.zip file and select Extract All….
  3. In the ‘Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders window, click Extract.
  4. In the new extracted folder window that opens, right-click the extracted NFIEGeo_12.gdb folder and select and Copy.
  5. Navigate back to your HydrologyLab folder.
  6. Paste the NFIEGeo_12.gdb folder directly inside your HydrologyLab folder. Do NOT paste them inside the Hydrologylab.gdb geodatabase.
  7. Ensure that your HydrologyLab folder appears as shown below.

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  1. Return to ArcGIS Pro.

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  1. On the Standard toolbar, click the Basemap button.

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  1. In the ‘Basemap’ window, select the Topographic basemap.

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  1. In the Table of Contents, click and select the Subwatershed layer. Click Appearance Tab.

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  1. Under effects, type “60” to change the transparency of the layer.

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