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For your project, you will be using ArcGIS Pro, the latest program from the ArcGIS Suite. If you do not have much experience in our lab, use this guide for Getting Started with ArcGIS Pro.
Obtaining Data
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OpenStreetMap offers regularly-updated extracts of continents, countries, and selected cities. Check the International Data section for instructions.
For architecture projects, the following features from the Geofabrik data are useful:
- gis_osm_water_a_free includes polyline of waterways
- gis_osm_roads_free includes roads
- gis_osm_buildings_a_free includes building footprints
- gis_osm_landuse_a_free includes zoning / land use information
- gis_osm_places_a_free includes polygons of subdivisions
Processing Data
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After obtaining your data, you can process them in many ways. For the following basic processing steps, follow the guide instructions: