Exercise 4 Editing and Data Management - USFWS .Exercise 4 – Editing and Data Management in ArcGIS

Exercise4EditingandDataManagementinArcGISPro

AswithArcGISDesktop,ArcGISProallowsyoutocreateandmodifyyourgeographicdata.EditinginArcGISProismorestreamlined,andintuitivethanitisinArcGISDesktop.TheArcGISProcontextualtabsusingMicrosoftribbontechnologytakessomeoftheguessworkoutofyoureditingworkflows.ThesetabscontainmanyofthecommoneditingtoolsfromArcMapinoneribbonratherthanmultipleeditingtoolbars.

ArcGISProalsoprovidescontextualmenusthatcanbeusedwhileeditingsimilartotheworkflowsyouhaveusedinArcGISDesktop.InthisexerciseyouaregoingtoexploretheeditingenvironmentinArcGISPro.YouwilluseArcGISProtocreateandmodifyfeaturesandattributes,modifyageodatabasetableschemaandcreateattributebehaviorpropertiesinageodatabase.

Topicscovered:

ArcGISProeditingenvironment EditingFeatures Snapping Creatinganewfeatureclass CreatingDomainsandSubtypes EditingAttributes Creatingandmodifyingfeatures

Exercise2A:DesigningaschemaInArcGISPro,youcanadd,fieldstoatable,createnewfeatureclasses,domains,andusesubtypestocategorizeyourdata.InArcGISPro,environmentscalledDesignersallowyoutoperformthesetasks.TheconceptsofschemaeditingarethesameasArcMap,onlythemethodsyouwillusehavechanges.Subtypesarestillafeatureclassproperty,anddomainsarestillageodatabaseproperty,buttheyarecreatedinadifferentlocationsinArcGISPro.

Step1:BegintheprojectInthisexercise,youaregoingtomanagethedatanecessarytocreateanewfenceboundary.

1. OpenArcGISPro2. Createanew,blankprojectnamedExercise43. Savetheprojectinlocation:C:\Esri\ArcGISPro\Projects4. OntheAnalysistab,clickToolstoopentheGeoprocessingtab5. Inthesearchbox,searchforthetermCopy

6. ClicktheCopytooltocopytheExercise1()geodatabase.SettheParameters: InputData:C:\Esri\ArcGISPro\Data\Exercise1.gdb OutputDataElement:C:\Esri\ArcGISPro\OutputsExercise4A.gdb

YouwillbeimportinganMXDthatusesthisoutputworkspacesomakecertainthenameandoutputfolderarecorrect.

7. WhentheCopyfinishesclosetheGeoprocessingPane.8. OpentheProjectPane.RightclickFolders,andthenclickAddFolderConnection.9. IntheAddFolderConnection,browsetoC:\EsriandselecttheArcGISProfolder.10. ClickSelecttoaddthefoldertoyourproject.11. IntheProjectPane,expandFolders>ArcGISPro>Outputs12. YournewExercise4Ageodatabaseshouldbepresentinthisfolder.13. RightclickontheExercise4Ageodatabaseandthenselect+AddtoProject14. IntheDatabasestaboftheProjectPane,youshouldnowseetheExercise4Ageodatabase.15. OntheArcGISProInserttab,clickImportMap,thenbrowsetoC:\Esri\ArcGISPro\Maps16. SelectExercise4A.mxd,andthenclickSelect.

Step2:CreatingaFeatureClassNowthatyouhaveimportedtheexistingmapintoArcGISPro,youwillcreateanewfeatureclassandthenmodifyitsschema.Lateryouwilladdsomefeaturesandupdateattributes.Themaintaskyouwillbeperformingistoaddanewfencetothearea.Beforecreatingfeature,youwillcreatethefeatureclass.

1. OntheAnalysistab,clicktheToolsicontoopentheGeoprocessingPane.

2. SearchforCreateFeatureClasstool.3. ClicktheCreateFeatureClasstoolandcreateanewfeatureclass

usingthefollowingparameters: FeatureClassLocation:C:\Esri\ArcGISPro\Outputs\Exercise4A.gdb FeatureClassName:TempFences GeometryType:Polyline TemplateFeatureClass:ExistingFences CoordinateSystem:Projected>World>WGS1984WebMercator(auxiliarysphere)

Thenewfeatureclasshasbeenaddedtothegeodatabaseandtothemapasanewlayer.Thenewlayeriscurrentlyemptybutcontainstheattributesfromthefencelayer.Next,youaregoingtomodifytheschematoremoveunnecessaryfields.

4. OpentheFieldDesignerfortheTempFenceslayer(fromtheProjectpane,rightclicktheTempFencesfeatureclassintheExercise4A.gdb,thenclickDesign>Fields.

5. IntheFields:TempFencespanel,selecttheNotes,Data_Source,FENCE,andCODEfields.6. ClicktheDeletebuttonontheFieldstab.

7. ThefieldsarenowmarkedfordeletionbuttheyarenotactuallyremovedfromthetableuntilyouSavetheMapDocument.

8. OntheFieldstab,clicktheSavebutton.9. OntheFieldstab,clickNewFieldtoaddafieldnamedFENCE_MATERIALasashortinteger.

10. AddanotherFieldnamedTYPEasastring100charactersinLength.

11. Finally,addonemorefieldnamedDESCRIPTIONasastring100charactersinlength.

12. OntheFieldstab,clickSavetoaddthenewfieldstothetable.ClosetheFields:TempFences

tab.

Youhavenowsuccessfullycreatedafeatureclass,deletedandaddedadditionalfieldstothetable.Yourtable shouldlooksimilarto thegraphicbelow:

Step3:ApplyingaDomaintoanewFeatureClassYouwanttocreateandapplyanattributedomaintotheTempFencesfeatureclasstoaidindataentry.Youwillcreatethedomain,thenapplyittothefeatureclass.DomainsarethepropertyofaGeodatabasesoyouwillstartwithyourExercise4A.gdb.ThisgeodatabasealreadycontainsnumerousdomainsthatwerecreatedwiththeUSGSNHDdatathatiscontainintheExercisegeodatabase.

1. IntheProjectpane,rightclicktheExercise4AgeodatabasethenclickDesign>Domains.2. OntheDomainstab,clickNewDomain.

3. NametheDomainFENCE_TYPES,andusetheFieldtypeText.

4. IntheCodeValueportionortheDomains:Exercise4ATab,enterthefollowingcode/valuepairs: 1Boundary 2Cliff 3Road 4Stream 5Unknown 6Parking 7Entrance

5. ClickSaveontheDomainstabtosavethedomainyoucreated.ClosetheDomains:Exercise4A

tab.6. Next,rightclicktheExercise4A.gdbgeodatabaseintheProjectpane,thenclickRefresh.7. RightclicktheTempFenceFeatureClass,andthenclickDesign>Fields.8. UndertheDomaincolumnontheFields:TempFencestab,assigntheFENCE_TYPESdomainto

theTYPEField.

9. ClickSaveontheFieldstabtosavetheDomainAssignment.

Inthenextstep,youwillcreateasubtypethatwillcategorizetheTempFenceslayerbytheirmaterial.

Step4:Creatingsubtypes1. RightclicktheTempFencesfeatureclassintheProjecttab,andthenselectDesign>Fields2. ClickSubtypesbuttonontheFieldstab.,thenclickCreate/Manage

3. CreateanewsubtypefortheFence_MaterialfieldusingthefollowingvaluesintheManageSubtypesdialog:

4. ClickOKontheManageSubtypesdialogwindow,thenclickSaveontheSubtypestabtoapplythechanges.

5. ClosetheSubtypesandFieldsDesignertabs.6. Ifnecessary,removetheTempFenceslayer,andthenaddittothemapagain.

ThetempFenceslayernowdisplayswiththesubtypesasatemplateintheContentspane.ThetempFenceslayerdoesnotcontainanyfeatures,butwhenyouedityoucanchosewhatsubtypetoadd.Anyfeatureyouaddwillautomaticallyinheritdefaultvaluesfromthesubtype.

7. BesuretoSaveyourprojectandkeepArcGISProopen.

EditingfeaturesandattributesWhenyouareeditinginArcMap,theinterfacetendstogetclutteredwithnumeroustoolbarsthatarerequiredforediting.InArcGISPro,thesameeditingoptionsthatexistinArcMapareavailableinamoreorganized,cleanerribboninterface.AlleditingoperationsareperformedontheEdittab,incontextmenusandontoolbars,andinvariouseditingspecificpanes.

FeaturetemplatesinArcGISProsetthepropertiesthatcontrolthewaylayersareedited.Foreachfeaturetemplate,youcanselectadefaulttoolandsymbol,andsetthedefaultattributesforthatlayer.Whenafeatureisadded,attributeswillautomaticallyupdate.Oneormorefeaturetemplatecanbeconfiguredforthesamelayer.Generally,featuretemplatesareusedtocreatefeatureswithstandardattributesoruniquevaluesymbology.Forexample,differentfeaturetemplatescanbeusedforcreatingwetlandpolygonsonalayerthatusesuniquevaluesymbologyforwetlandtypeslikemarsh,lake,pond,riverine,emergentwetlandetc.

ArcGISProalsoprovidestemplatescalledGroupfeaturetemplates.Groupfeaturetemplatesrefertoexistingfeaturetemplates,andcancreatemultiplefeaturesononeormorelayersinasingletaskedbasedoperation.Forexampleyoucandrawawatermainfeatureandafitting,gatevalve,andmeterallatthesametime.

EditingBasicsandGroupfeaturetemplatesArcGISProallowseditingtaskswiththefollowingtraits:

TheEditribboncontainsmostfunctionality TheEditsessionisthedefaultsession,inotherwordseditingisalwaysonforalleditable

layers,youneverneedtostart/stopeditingorspecifytheedittarget. Snappingisactivatedbyabuttonatthebottomofthemapdisplay(notatoolbar).Youset

snappingoptionswiththebutton.

TheCreatepanecontainsallfeaturetemplatesandtoolsforfeaturecreation. Editscanbesavedordiscardedeithermanuallyorautomatically. Youcanusegroupfeaturetemplatestocreatefeaturesinmanylayersatonetime.

Exercise2B:EditingfeaturesandattributesNowthatyouhavemodifiedtheschemafortheTempFenceslayer,youwilluseeditingtoolstocorrectanerrorintheWetlandlayerandaddafence.ThenewfenceisintendedtohelpmanagetheareasaroundtheparkinglotattheWoodpeckertrailhead.

Inthisexercise,youwillperformthefollowingtasks:

SetSnapping. Createandmodifysimplefeatures Editattributes

Step1:EdittheWetlandslayerThewetlandslayerinyourmapwasobtainedfromdownloadablesources,forthisworkshop,wearenotfollowinganyAgencyguidelinesandsimplytreatingthiscontentashypotheticaldatathatwecaneditasweseefit.Forthisexample,thewetlandspolygonsaroundtheWoodpeckertrailareincorrectandneedtobemerged.TherearetwoFreshwaterForested/Shrubwetlandsthatshouldactuallybeconnectedinasinglefeaturethatcoverstheareabetweenthetwooriginalpolygons.

1. IntheContentspane,rightclicktheTrailslayerandthenclickZoomtoLayer.2. RightClickEdittabontheArcGISProribbonandmadesurethatMinimizetheRibbonis

unchecked(rightclickontheEdittab).ThiswillallowtheEdittabtostayopenuntilyoumovetoadifferenttab.

3. OntheContentspane,clickon theListbySelectionicon.

4. RightclicktheWetlandslayerandthenclickMakethistheonlyselectablelayer.

5. OntheEdittab,usetheSelectRectangletooltoselectthePolygonontheNorthernsideoftheWoodpeckertrail.

6. UsetheReshapetooltoextendthepolygontooverlapthewetlandpolygononthesouthernsideofthetrail.

7. DoubleclicktofinishtheReshapetoolinputandreshapethepolygon8. UsingtheSelecttoolwhilethereshapedpolygonisstillselected,selectthesouthernmost

wetlandpolygonsoboth(nowoverlapping)polygonsareselected.

9. ClicktheMergetoolontheEdittabtomergethetwoselectedpolygonsintoasinglefeature.

10. WhentheModifyFeaturespaneopens,clickMergetorunthemergeprocessonthetwopolygons.Youshouldnowhaveasinglepolygoncov