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This guide was created by the staff of the GIS/Data Center at Rice University and is to be used for individual educational purposes only. The steps outlined in this guide require access to ArcGIS Pro software and data that is available both online and at Fondren Library.

The following text styles are used throughout the guide:

Explanatory text appears in a regular font.

  1. Instruction text is numbered.
  2. Required actions are underlined.
  3. Objects of the actions are in bold.

Folder and file names are in italics.

Names of Programs, Windows, Panes, Views, or Buttons are Capitalized.

'Names of windows or entry fields are in single quotation marks.'

"Text to be typed appears in double quotation marks."

 

The following step-by-step instructions and screenshots are based on the Windows 10 operating system with the Windows Classic desktop theme and ArcGIS Pro 2.1.3 software. If your personal system configuration varies, you may experience minor differences from the instructions and screenshots.

Obtaining the Tutorial Data

There are two ways of obtaining the tutorial data. 

Option 1 is best if you are completing this tutorial in one of our short courses or from the GIS/Data Center and Option 2 is best if you are completing the tutorial from your own computer.

Before beginning the tutorial, you will copy all of the required tutorial data onto your Desktop. Follow the applicable set of instructions below depending on the particular computer you are using.

OPTION 1: Accessing tutorial data from Fondren Library using the gistrain profile

If you are completing this tutorial from a public computer in Fondren Library and are logged on using the gistrain profile, follow the instructions below:

  1. On the Desktop, click the File Explorer icon  located on the Windows Taskbar at the bottom left corner of the screen.
  2. In the 'File Explorer' window, click This PC on left side panel and then navigate to gisdata (\\file-rnas.rice.edu) (Z:) DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE IT IS Z: IN COLLABORATION SPACE > Short_Courses > HIST207 > HIST207_GDC4 
  3. To create a personal copy of the tutorial data, drag the Digitizing folder onto the Desktop. 
  4. Close all windows.

OPTION 2: Accessing tutorial data online using a personal computer - upload when Digitizing folder is finalized/transferred to O:

If you are completing this tutorial from a personal computer, you will need to download the tutorial data online by following the instructions below:

Tutorial Data Download

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  1. ClickDigitizing.zip above to download the tutorial data.
  2. Open the Downloads folder.
  3. Right-click Digitizing.zip and selectExtract All....
  4. In the 'Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders' window, accept the default location into the Downloads folder and clickExtract.
  5. Drag the unzipped Digitizing folder onto your Desktop.
  6. Closeall windows.

Exercise 1a: Creating new points

Opening an Existing Map Document

In this exercise, you will use an aerial photograph to create a new point feature representing a park ranger station in Zion National Park. Once the feature is created, you will then add attribute values to the point.


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