Welcome to ArcGIS®. Here begins the foundation for becoming a successful ArcView®, ArcEditor™, or ArcInfo™ user. This course covers fundamental GIS concepts as well as how to query a GIS database, manipulate tabular data, edit spatial and attribute data, and present data clearly and efficiently using maps and charts. Participants learn how to use ArcMap™, ArcCatalog™, and ArcToolbox™ and explore how these applications work together to provide a complete GIS software solution.

This course is for those who are new to ArcGIS and new to geographic information systems in general.

Participants should know how to use windowing software. This course provides the fundamental ArcGIS knowledge and experience needed to enroll in Introduction to ArcGIS II.

Display feature and tabular data
Work with georeferenced spatial data
Query features using logical expressions
Find features using spatial relationships
Edit spatial and attribute data
Associate tables with joins and relates
Produce maps, reports, and graphs

ArcGIS overview: Capabilities and applications; Interacting with the interface; Basic display
Spatial data concepts: Representing spatial data and descriptive information
ArcGIS data model: Geodatabases; Shapefiles; Coverages; Feature types; Attributes
GIS software: Components; Functions; Applications
Spatial coordinate systems and map projections: Georeferencing data; What map projections are; How ArcMap works with map projections
Querying data: Selecting and identifying features; Creating reports and graphs
Map displays: Creating; Symbolizing; Scaling; Adding map elements