Overview
As ArcGIS editing and analysis become more robust and specialized, they also become more and more complex. Many basic features become obscured in the nearly overwhelming environment of toolbars and toolboxes. Add advanced tasks such as versioning and topology to the mix, and it's enough to send unseasoned editors and analysts screaming into the night. This two-day course cuts through the haze and introduces students to the most commonly needed editing and analysis tasks. Students will learn how to find and use the basic editing functions that ArcMap offers, as well as understand more advanced concepts and learn how to make the most efficient and best use of the tools that deal with them.
The course developers and instructors regularly apply the techniques taught in this class to a large and complex data set. They know what works, what doesn't, and how to make the best use of time spent in editing and analysis; they impart that knowledge to the students in a straightforward manner with demonstrations and hands-on exercises that use real world (King County) data.
Audience
ArcGIS Essentials for Editing and Analysis is designed for GIS users who want to improve their editing and analysis techniques.
Goals
- Students will
learn basic and advanced line and polygon editing techniques.
- Students will
learn how to effectively edit annotation.
- Students will
create and use topology rules, and understand how topology rules relate to editing.
- Students will understand how versioned editing works.
- Students will perform basic customizations that can improve the editing workflow
Topics
Covered
- Polygon editing basics
- Annotation editing basics
- Line editing with COGO
- Editing with map topology
- Editing with topology
- Advanced editing techniques & data capture (includes image rectification, heads-up digitizing and importing GPS point data)
- Basic and advanced analysis techniques (including extraction, overlay and proximity techniques)
- Customization for editing
- Versioned editing
Prerequisites
and Recommendations
Students should be familiar with basic GIS theory, and the general functionality of ArcCatalog and ArcMap. | 
