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Accessing Feature Attributes
Getting Started lmeisterlin 12/26/24 Getting Started lmeisterlin 12/26/24

Accessing Feature Attributes

(ArcGIS Pro) Opening the Attribute Table; Accessing individual feature attributes interactively

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Classified Quantitative Symbology for Vector Features
Vector Symbology & Classification lmeisterlin 12/26/24 Vector Symbology & Classification lmeisterlin 12/26/24

Classified Quantitative Symbology for Vector Features

(ArcGIS Pro) Accessing classified symbology options; Graduated Colors to create a choropleth map; Graduated Symbols with point features

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Calculating Percent Difference
Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24 Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24

Calculating Percent Difference

(ArcGIS Pro) Calculate the percent difference between values in two fields of an attribute table; Example with a single expression and an example with a combination of an expression and a code block.

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Adding & Calculating Fields in an Attribute Table
Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24 Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24

Adding & Calculating Fields in an Attribute Table

(ArcGIS Pro) Accessing and using the tools to create a new attribute field and calculating field values; Links to examples of field calculation utilities.

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Calculating Proportion (& other simple calculations)
Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24 Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24

Calculating Proportion (& other simple calculations)

(ArcGIS Pro) An example of using the Calculate Field tool and its built-in simple operators; Calculating a proportion based on two existing fields; How to limit the output of a field calculation with an attribute query.

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Copying Values to a New Field
Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24 Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24

Copying Values to a New Field

(ArcGIS Pro) Copying values from one attribute table field to another, using the Calculate Field tool in ArcGIS.

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Excerpt a String from a Series or List
Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24 Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24

Excerpt a String from a Series or List

(ArcGIS Pro, Python) Writing an expression with a code block in ArcGIS, using python. Extract an element from a list in a field calculation. With examples.

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Concatenating Fields
Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24 Common Field Calculations lmeisterlin 12/26/24

Concatenating Fields

(ArcGIS Pro) Calculating attribute field values as a concatenation of existing field values.

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Querying by Attributes
Queries & Selections lmeisterlin 12/26/24 Queries & Selections lmeisterlin 12/26/24

Querying by Attributes

(ArcGIS Pro) Selecting features by qualitative and quantitative attributes; the Expression Builder dialogue; Building compound query statements

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Querying based on Spatial Relationships
Queries & Selections lmeisterlin 12/25/24 Queries & Selections lmeisterlin 12/25/24

Querying based on Spatial Relationships

(ArcGIS Pro) Selecting features by location, relative to other features; Building a spatial query statement.

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Making Interactive Measurements
Getting Started lmeisterlin 12/25/24 Getting Started lmeisterlin 12/25/24

Making Interactive Measurements

(ArcGIS Pro) Enabling snapping to features; Accessing the Measure tools; Using the Measure tool with an example

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Changing the Background of a Map View
Getting Started lmeisterlin 12/24/24 Getting Started lmeisterlin 12/24/24

Changing the Background of a Map View

(ArcGIS Pro) Specify the background color of a map view.

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More about Selections
Queries & Selections lmeisterlin 12/24/24 Queries & Selections lmeisterlin 12/24/24

More about Selections

(ArcGIS Pro) Querying selected features; using geoprocessing tools for selections

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Map Views in ArcGIS Pro
Getting Started lmeisterlin 12/23/24 Getting Started lmeisterlin 12/23/24

Map Views in ArcGIS Pro

(ArcGIS Pro) Working with multiple map views; Adding a new map view; Renaming maps; copy/paste data layers between views.

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Creating a New Layer from Selected Features
Queries & Selections lmeisterlin 12/23/24 Queries & Selections lmeisterlin 12/23/24

Creating a New Layer from Selected Features

(ArcGIS Pro) Export features via the Contents pane to create a new feature class from a selection

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the Layout View & Map Frames
Getting Started, Set up & Export a Basic Map lmeisterlin 12/22/24 Getting Started, Set up & Export a Basic Map lmeisterlin 12/22/24

the Layout View & Map Frames

(ArcGIS Pro) Creating a new layout; Adding a map frame to the layout; Activating a map frame; Map frame properties; Multiple map frames

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Adding Additional Elements to a Layout
Set up & Export a Basic Map lmeisterlin 12/21/24 Set up & Export a Basic Map lmeisterlin 12/21/24

Adding Additional Elements to a Layout

(ArcGIS Pro) Add map elements including north arrows, scale bars, and legends.

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Exporting a Map
Set up & Export a Basic Map lmeisterlin 12/20/24 Set up & Export a Basic Map lmeisterlin 12/20/24

Exporting a Map

(ArcGIS Pro) The Share Tab of the ArcGIS interface; Exporting a Layout view

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