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  1. In a web browser, go to the University of Pittsburgh Comparative Archaeology Database at http://www.cadb.pitt.edu/.
  2. Click Datasets by Goegraphic Region >>.
  3. Scroll down to the CENTRAL AMERICA section.
  4. Click the dataset assigned to your project group: Río Tonosí Valley, San Ramón de Alajuela, Masaya, OR Volcán Barú. (NOTE: The demonstration was performed using Upper Térraba.)
  5. Scroll down to THE DATASET section.
  6. Under the Spatial Information section, there is a paragraph describing the coordinate system used in the AutoCAD files. Record this information, if available, as shown below.

     

    Info
    Project SiteCoordinate System Description
    MasayaUTM Zone 16 P (units are meters) based on the WGS84 datum
    San Ramón de AlajuelaNone listed
    Río Tonosí ValleyUTM Zone 17 N (units are in meters) based on the WGS84 datum
    Upper TérrabaCosta Rica national mapping grid system: CRTM05
    Volcán BarúNone listed
  7. Under the Spatial Information section, click the link containing your collection lots.

    Info
    Project SiteLink to Spatial Collection Lot Data
    MasayaCollection lots
    San Ramón de AlajuelaSpatial Information
    Río Tonosí ValleySurvey collection lots
    Upper TérrabaCollection lots
    Volcán BarúSites Map
  8. Scroll to the bottom of the webpage and click the DXF file link to download.
  9. On the browser, click the back button to return to your main dataset webpage.
  10. Under the Numeric Data section, click ?
  11. Scroll to the bottom and click the XLS file link to download

PREPARING TABULAR DATA

Each table You will need to format each data table you anticipate should meet the following criteria:

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CREATING A NEW ARCGIS PRO PROJECT

  1. From the Start menu, open the ArcGIS Pro application.
  2. After creating your project, go back to your NetID folder through Windows and drag all desired DXF and XLS files into the project folder.

PROCESSING GIS DATA

Importing CAD (.dxf or .dwg) data into a file geodatabase

  1. If the Geoprocessing pane is not already openOn the ribbon, click the Analysis tab on the ribbon.
  2. In the Geoprocessing group, click the Tools button to open the Geoprocessing pane on the right.
  3. In the Geoprocessing pane, search "cad" and click the CAD to Geodatabase tool.
  4. For 'Input CAD Datasets', click the Browse... button and navigate to and select the .dxf file and click OK.
  5. For 'Output Geodatabase', leave the default project geodatabase with your site name.
  6. For 'Dataset', leave the default name, which should be a combination of the original CAD file name and the name of the tool "CADToGeodatabase".
  7. For Spatial Reference, click the Select coordinate system button and navigate to the coordinate system indicated In the ANTH 355 Reference in Google Drive.
  8. Click Run.

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  1. Return to the Catalog pane and add the lot polygon layer, as indicated in the Google sheet to your map. Your annotation point layer should already have been added to your map.
  2. Return to the Geoprocessing pane, search "join" and click the Spatial Join tool.
  3. For 'Target Features', use the drop-down menu to select your lots polygon layer.
  4. For 'Join Features', use the drop-down menu to select your Annotation (containing the lot IDs) point layer.
  5. For 'Output Feature Class', rename the feature class "LotsWithIDs".
  6. Leave the rest of the defaults and click Run.

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  1. remove original lots, polygon, annotation

Add new field

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  2. Figure out whether to do this in class or outside meetings or follow written instructions
  3. TxtMemoClean

    TxtMemo.strip()

     

  4. After join, show sort missing and reverse join to see which don't have it, or symbolize by join count (we don't have time for data cleaning)

  5. Export with join

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To add map frames:

  1. On the ribbon, in click the Insert tab, click the Map Frame button and select the Map with a scale (e.g. 1:50,000).
  2. Click and hold the mouse button to draw a box on the page.

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  1. On the ribbon, click the contextual Map Frame Format tab.
  2. In the Size & Position group, type 7.5 x 9.5 for Width and Height.
  3. Type 0.5 x 0.5 for X and Y for the positioning from the bottom left corner of the page.

Insert a second map framframe

How to activate map

  1. Right-click on Map Frame and Activate.
  2. Pan and zoom as desired.
  3. Click red X to close activation.

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  1. Ensure that the inset map is selected in the Layout View.
  2. On the ribbon, click the Extent Indicator button and click Map Frame.

To convert 

Click Dynamic text, click Service Layer Credits, drag a box

  1. Basemaps Credit in sources section of report, but take off map.

To insert a title:

  1. Insert tab, Text group, Rectangle text button.
  2. Drag box in white space at top
  3. Type in title (e.g. "Appendix A: Total Sherds)
  4. At the top of the Element pane, click the Text Symbol tab.
  5. Expand the Appearance section to change font, something liek 24 pt.
  6. Right-click text box > Align > Align to page
  7. Right-click text box > Align > Align to center

Insert LegendTo insert a legend:

  1. Update layer name if necessary
  2. In the Element pane, leftmost Options button.
  3. Click Show properties... button
  4. Uncheck Headings.
  5. Click back arrow.
  6. Click the Display button at top of Element pane.
  7. Select a border and background color using the checkerboard drop-down boxes.
  8. Set the XY gap 

Insert To insert a scale bar.:

  1. In Element page, Change map units to Kilometers, if desirable.
  2. Drag scale bar width, until number listed is rounded.
  3. Divisions 1 and Subdivisions 2

To change north on mapthe orientation of the map and add a north arrow:

  1. Activate data frame
  2. On ribbon, on View tab, click Navigator button.
  3. In Navigator circle interface, click up arrow to show full controls.
  4. Drag inner circle to rotate the map view.
  5. Cancel activation
  6. Insert north arrow.

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Second layout

Two frames stacked 7.5" x 4.5" tall with two different variables, how to link data frames

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Rename Frames "Top Frame and bottom frame" and show what is selected on map is which frame is highlighted in Contents pane.

  1. Activate top frame and zoom in.
  2. Close activation
  3. RIght-click on bottom frame and do properties
  4. Click the Display Options button.
  5. Use the Constraint drop-down to select Linked map frame extent
  6. Show Map frame drop-down.
  7. On the ribbon, go to Share tab.
  8. Click Layout in the Export group.
  9. Export PDF, change DPI to 600 for printing.
  10. Click Browse button for file path Name field.
  11. Click Export to save PDF.
  12. Combining PDF files.

 

 

To create a new full page map for appendix. Letter size 9.5x11 with 0.5" margins.

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Main frame and an inset index map

 

SPATIAL STATISTICS

Directional distribution

    1. Weighted by Quebradas sherds
    2. Repeat with 3 other eras

Kernal density

To the layperson, when we say we would like to create a hotspot map, we are typically actually talking about a kernal density map. 

Optimized hot spot

Cluster outlier