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If you are doing an architecture project that focuses on Houston, most of the data you will need is outlined below, along with instructions for managing data and exporting to CAD, Illustrator, and Rhino. If your project is not about Houston, please talk to a staff member to get your data. For international data, Metro Extracts is a good place to find data.

Getting Started

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 in the GDC Lab (All Options). NOTE: this section is not currently in GIS/Data Center Guides! Also, the Getting Started is not adjusted for ArcGIS Pro.

 

Next, you will need to add a couple of mandatory files to your map to get started.

To assign your data frame to the StatePlane Texas S Central Projection, you will first add the Freeways file.
  1. In ArcGIS Pro, in the Catalog Pane, right click on the Folders and choose "Add folder connection." Navigate to O:\Cataloged\Local\HarrisHouston\CityOfHouston then choose COHGIS and add it as a new folder connection.
  2. In the catalog pane, expand the COHGIS folder and expand the Route database. Drag the file Freeways to your map window.

Then, you should add the Streets Basemap file so you can identify the area you wish to focus on.

  1. In ArcGIS Pro, go to the Map pane and click Basemap.
  2. Select Streets. 

 


Now you can use the basemap to find your area of interest.

Obtaining Data

There is a wide variety of Houston data you can use for your project. These include:

 Roads, Pavement, Building Footprints, Contour Lines, Land Parcels, and Aerial Imagery.


All of these can be found on this Wiki page under Common GIS Data>Houston. If you need data not listed here, please ask a GDC staff member for assistance. 

Managing Data

After obtaining your data, you can process them in many ways. For the following basic processing steps, follow the guide instructions:

Clipping, Merging, Joining Tables, Symbolizing, and/or Adding a Legend.


Instructions for all of these processing methods can be found on this Wiki page under Common GIS Methods>Managing Data. If you need to process your data in another way, please ask a GDC staff member for assistance. 



















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