Lab 1
Using ArcGIS Online
In the upper right corner, click Sign In, be sure to sign in to your account linked with PCC that you set up.
Remember your username and password, you will use these throughout the semester.
Choose Map from the top menu. This is a pretty user-friendly interface, which walks you through most steps.
When the Map Viewer opens, you will see
Untitled Map in the upper left corner, and under it, on the left side is the
Table of Contents.
Add – Adds new data into the map from many sources
Layers – Shows the data that you have on your map already
Tables – Shows data tables, attribute tables, kind of like excel sheets
Click
Basemap.
The default Basemap, Topographic, is nice, try a few and see what you like. There are situations where one basemap will be more appropriate than others. You can change this again later based on the map we create in the next steps.
Let’s add in some of our own data. Right-click on your zipped Lab_01AGOL folder that you downloaded from Canvas, and choose Extract All. It is a good idea now, to create a folder maybe on your desktop, or in your documents, called GEOG11, and just store all of your data from this class in that folder. Set that GEOG11 folder as the destination to extract to.
Now, in your extracted Lab_01AGOL folder, open the Data subfolder, and find the
PCC_DistrictOutline.shp.zip file. Leave it zipped up, because ArcGIS online wants shapefiles uploaded as complete, zipped up folders. This lets you use data from Desktop GIS programs (like ArcGIS Pro) in AGOL.
-Back in ArcGIS Online, click Add in the ArcGIS online map window. Choose Add Layer from File, and drag in your
PCC_DistrictOutline.shp.zip file. Click
Next.
–You may get an error in creating this feature because the name already exists, if so, add your initials to the end, to give it a unique filename.
-You can leave the other information as is for now. Click
Create and add to map.
It worked! This is just an outline of Pasadena City College’s district, and there aren’t any other attributes to show.
Now under Layers, you should see your PCC District Outline feature. Click the three dots to the right
°°°, then
Show properties, now
drag the
Transparency to 50%.
-Under
Edit layer style >
Style options > click the color bar under
Symbol Style, then change the
Fill color to a light gray, then change the outline to Orange. Click
Done.
-Now in the PCC DistrictOutline that you just added to see the options. Click the
°°° for More Options.
-Choose Rename, and change the name to Pasadena City College District.
Add the Schools zip file from your Lab 1 folder in the same way that you added PCC_DistrictOutline (Add Layer, from file, choose Schools.zip, Import.
-Now go to the
Properties for Schools and choose Edit layer style, try a few dot appearances.
Can you figure out how to show a Heat Map? If you don’t have that option, your account probably is not connected to our organization properly.
-Let’s add PCC’s location to the map for more reference. Click
Done on Schools, if you have not.
On the right toolbar, click the magnifying glass icon to search for a location
-Type in Pasadena City College, or try the address 1570 E Colorado Blvd.
Notice how it zooms in on campus, and even has the building names.
-In the search result pop-up, click
Add to new sketch. Then in the window on the right, click
Pop-up, then
Title, and add a title:
Pasadena City College
-Then in
Text,
Edit text, add in: the year established, the number of students, and a link to the Official Website. You can find this information on the Wikipedia entry for Pasadena City College. Then click
OK.
-Then
Add content, add in an appropriate image URL that you find on the internet, which you feel represents PCC.
-Click Done, to finish editing your point.
-You can then go back to change the map symbol for PCC, and close that side bar.
Now zoom out so that you can see the whole district.
Let’s save the map for now. On the dark gray left bar, click the
Save and open, then Save As, name it PCC Map, add the tag Pasadena City College. Then choose Save.
Again on the dark gray left bar, click
Share map and check the bubble so that
Everyone can view it. Copy and paste the link into the text submission on Canvas under Lab 1.
Click that URL to see what your map looks like.
