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- Using a web browser, search for "houston gis data" and select the result as shown below or or go directly to: https://cohgis-mycity.opendata.arcgis.com/.
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- In the 'Find' box, type "census 2010 by super neighborhood" and press Enter.
- Click Census 2010 By SuperNeighborhood, as shown below.
- In the top right, click Download > Shapefile.
H-GAC GIS Datasets
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- Using a web browser, search for "h-gac gis" and select the result as shown below or go directly to: http://www.h-gac.com/rds/gis-data/gis-datasets.aspx.
- Under the Dataset Categories section, click the Hydrologic button to filter the results by subject.
- Under the Datasets section, click Major Rivers.
- Click Download Dataset.
- Click the blue Download button.
- Back on the H-GAC portal, close the Major Rivers window, and under the Dataset Categories section, click the Water Quality button.
- Under the Datasets section, click Wastewater Outfalls.
- Click Download Dataset.
- Click the blue Download button.
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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Once you have downloaded the Super Neighborhoods from COHGIS and the Wastewater Outfalls and Major Rivers from H-GAC, you will be able to find the data files in your Downloads folder. All of the files are zipped, meaning they contain compressed files of data within them (you can tell a file is zipped when the file type column reads “Compressed (zipped) Folder”). You will need to unzip the folders to be able to see the data inside them. To do that:
- Using File Explorer, open the Downloads folder.
- Ensure that you see the following zipped folders in your Downloads folder.
- Census_2010_By_SuperNeighborhood
- Major_Rivers
- Wastewater_Outfalls
- Select all three folders.
- Right-click any of the selected folders and select 7-Zip > Extract here.
Your data is in a file folder in its decompressed format and ready to be brought into ArcGIS Pro.
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Creating a New Project in ArcGIS Pro
- From the Start menu, launch ArcGIS Pro.
- 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 "CEVE101".
- 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.
- ClickOK once again.
- Maximize the ArcGIS Pro application window.
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