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Once you have downloaded the Bus Stops and Bus Routes data from Houston METRO and the SuperNeighborhoods and Freeways data from COHGIS, you should historic sites and historic districts data from COHGIS Open Data Portal and the major rivers data from H-GAC, you will be able to find the data files in your Downloads folder. You will see that all 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:

  1. On the Desktop, click the File Explorer icon located on the Windows Taskbar on the bottom left corner of the screen. 
  2. Navigate to Open the Downloads folder.
  3. Ensure that you see the following zipped folders in your Downloads folder.

 

Census_2010_By_SuperNeighborhood

Major_Roads

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  2. Select all three folders.
  3. Right-click any of the selected folders and select 7-Zip > Extract here.

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Your data should now be 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

  1. From the Start menu, launch ArcGIS Pro.
  2. When ArcGIS Pro opens, under the Create a new project section, click the Blank project template.
  3. In the 'Create a New Project' window, for Name, type "Intro".
  4. For Location, click the Browse... button to the right.
  5. 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.



  6. ClickOK once again.
  7. Maximize the ArcGIS Pro application window.
  8. In the 

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