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Data Management

Download Workshop Data  

1. Click Workshop_Data.zip above to download the tutorial data.
2. Open the Downloads folder.
3. Right-click Workshop_Data.zip and select Extract All....
4. In the 'Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders' window, accept the default location into the Downloads folder.
5. Uncheck Show extracted files when complete.
6. Click Extract.

Browsing Existing Data

1. In the Catalog pane, click the arrow to expand the Databases section.
2. Click the arrow to expand the PlayMapping.gdb geodatabase. You will notice there is no data in the geodatabase. Over the next few steps, we will import the data we downloaded from the Downloads folder to our Project Geodatabase.
3. In the Catalog pane, click the arrow to expand the Folders section. Again, there is no data in the folder. 

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1. In the Catalog pane, right-click Folders and selectselect Add Folder Connection.
2. In the left column, clickMy Computer. In the right column, clickC:/ > Users > gistrain.ADRICE and Navigate to your personal downloads folder and single click on Downloads. ClickClick OK.
3. In the Catalog pane, expandexpand Downloads.
4. Fully expand all folders and geodatabases in the Downloads folder.
5. Your 'Folders' directory should look like the below.You should see A, B, C. 

Adding Data to a Map

1. Right-click the HST.jpg raster and select Add To Current Map.
2. An alternative method of adding data to a map is to click and hold the item and drag and drop it into the map view.

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1. The data frame takes on the projection of the first layer added. If we add a JPG first then the data frame would be undefined as the projection for a JPG is undefined. To define a data framethe map's coordinate system, right click Map then go to Properties > Coordinate System > Geographic Coordinate Systems > North America > NAD 1927. We use a geographic coordinate system because the data given is in degrees. We know to use NAD 1927 because the degrees data acquired from BEG is in NAD 1927.
2. Right-click the HST.jpg raster and select 

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1. Add To Current Map.
2. An alternative method of adding data to a map is to click and hold the item and drag and drop it into the map view.

Georeferencing

1. Under the Map ribbon, click Add Data. Navigate to your folder. Click HST.jpg then click OK.
2. If you can see HST.jpg, skip to step 3. If you can not see the HST.jpg, under Contents, right click HST.jpg then click Zoom to Layer.
3. Under contents, click HST.jpg. On the menu ribbon, click Imagery > Georeference.
4. Click Add Control Points.
5. Click the top left corner of the HST.
6. Right click and select Input X and Y ...
7. Type X : -104.5, Y : 33 and click OK. The x value is the West coordinate in this case and it is negative because we are in the Western Hemisphere. The y value is North in this case.
8. Right click HST and click zoom to layer.
9. Repeat steps 5-8 for the bottom right corner of HST but type X : -103.5, Y : 32. 
10. Repeat steps 5-8 for the new bottom left corner of HST but type X : -104.5, Y : 32.
11. If HST looks perfectly square, skip this step. If not, repeat steps 5-8 for the top right corner and type X : -103.5, Y : 33. 
12. Now, from the Georeferencing menu, click save. Then click Close Georeference.
13. Under Contents, slowly double click HST.tiff and rename it HST. 

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