ArcExplorer™—Java™ Edition for Education

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Contents
Title Pages Content

Intro to AEJEE 1-8 • Contents

• Installation
• Software capacities
• Interface
• Projects included with the software
• Redistribution rights

Getting Started 9-16 • Opening projects

with AEJEE: • Layers
Lesson 1 • Zoom and pan
• Identify
• Features and attributes
• Tables and sorting
• Selection and queries

Getting Started 17-24 • Classification

with AEJEE: • Symbolization
Lesson 2 • Histograms
• Naming layers
• Labeling
• MapTips

Getting Started 25-32 • Map projection

with AEJEE: • Scale
Lesson 3 • Measuring distance
• Overview map
• Exporting an image
• Layouts

Getting Started 33-40 • Integrating image data

with AEJEE: • Saving projects
Lesson 4 • Adding data
• Event (XY) themes
• Hot links
• Buffer
• Catalog

Getting Started 41-46 • Scale dependence

with AEJEE: • Using data live from ArcIMS servers
Lesson 5

Getting Started 47-50 • Transportable projects

with AEJEE: • Geo-registering images with ArcView 9
Lesson 6

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Installing ArcExplorer—Java Edition for Education
AEJEE is a stand-alone package of software that includes a Java Runtime Engine in the
installation. AEJEE is a free tool designed for use particularly in education environments.

1. Check the system specifications

a. Windows: Win2000 or WinXP, 100 MB hard drive space, Internet connection;
recommend Pentium III or faster processor and more than 64 MB RAM
b. Macintosh: MacOS 10.3 or above,100 MB hard drive space, Internet connection;
recommend G4 or faster processor and more than 64 MB RAM
c. On both platforms, AEJEE will install the necessary Java Runtime Engine.

2. Download AEJEE from www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/download-education.html

There are separate downloadable installers for Windows and for Macintosh. These are
large downloads, so be prudent in downloading. Use your file compression software to
uncompress the downloaded installer, placing it in a folder where you can find it. Before
installing, be sure you are logged in to the computer with administrative privileges.

3. WINDOWS INSTALLATION:
a. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the uncompressed installation file,"install.exe".
b. Double-click the installer and follow the instructions. AEJEE defaults to install in
C:\ESRI\AEJEE. If you change this folder, you will need to change the AEJEE
project files before they can work. We recommend installing in the default directory.

4. MACINTOSH INSTALLATION:
a. Using Finder, navigate to the uncompressed installation file "Install".
b. Double-click the installer and follow the instructions. AEJEE defaults to install in
/ESRI/AEJEE. If you change this folder, you will need to change the AEJEE project
files before they can work. We recommend installing in the default directory.

5. Getting Started with AEJEE

a. Introduce yourself to AEJEE by walking thru the lessons in this packet. Look for
more lessons at www.esri.com/arclessons (choose "By Software - ArcExplorer").
b. Learn more about GIS in schools and the geographic inquiry process from the
documents "Exploring Common Ground" and "Geographic Inquiry", downloadable
from www.esri.com/industries/k-12/education/literature.html
c. An excellent brief introduction to principles of cartography can be downloaded from
www.esri.com/industries/k-12/download/docs/intrcart.pdf

6. Introduce GIS to your students.

a. Show students what GIS is and how it is used in the real world using these sources:
1. www.gis.com
2. www.esri.com/mapmuseum
3. www.gisday.com
4. www.geographynetwork.com
5. www.esri.com/communityatlas
b. Take students through "Getting Started with AEJEE" lessons

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Main Capacities of AEJEE
Display GIS data
• Shapefiles plus various image formats
• Use data stored on local sources (hard drive, CD, LAN)
• Use data distributed over Internet via ArcIMS servers
• Pan and zoom
• Set a specific scale
• Set scale dependency for data
• Measure distance
• Change projection of decimal degree data
• Hot Link to files of various types
• Set an overview map for context
• Print or export (.BMP, .JPG, .PNG) map or layout

Display attributes of GIS features

• Identify individual features
• Label all features
• Dynamic MapTips
• Display full table (including sort by alpha or numeric)

Classify GIS feature data (points, lines, polygons)

• Single symbol
• Unique values
• Graduated
o Quantile, equal interval, custom classes
o Ramp or customize colors
o Show histogram and statistics

Select particular GIS features interactively

• Find by attribute
• Logical query
• Buffer
• Select using buffer

Create point shapefiles from XY tables

• .TXT, .CSV, or .DBF files

Store projects
• Open existing projects
• Create and save new projects
• Data paths can be edited with simple text editor

Create custom layouts

• Maps with legend and scale bar
• Annotate with text and graphics
• Multiple data frames

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AEJEE looks and works the same across platforms.

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All AEJEE interfaces in "Map" view use the same set of toolbars, with about 20 buttons.

The "Layout" view (shown here in "Metal" mode) includes special tools for customizing output.

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Projects and Data for AEJEE
AEJEE is a GIS data viewer that can handle data stored on locally accessible sources (hard drive,
CD, or local network) as well as data coming from the Internet, served by ArcIMS data servers.
AEJEE users can store projects which include pointers to the source of the data.

Projects stored with this installation of AEJEE engage data from both local and Internet sources.
Projects with names including the letters "hd" use data from the hard drive. Projects with names
including "gn" use data from the Internet, coming from the Geography Network. Projects with
names including "gnhd" use data from both sources. Any project engaging data from the Internet
requires the computer to be connected to the Internet in order for the project to operate.

10grid_hd.axl = project data from hard drive only

world_gn.axl = project data from Geography Network only
us_gnhd.axl = project data from both hard drive and Geography Network

You can use the data that comes with AEJEE to create new projects. You can share those
projects with other users of AEJEE, and they will be able to see your creations because they have
the same data. You can use data from the Geography Network and other ArcIMS-based servers
to create new projects also. You can share those projects with other users of AEJEE, and they
will be able to see your creations if they also are connected to the Internet.

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Redistribution Rights for software, projects, maps, and data

Issues of copyright can be challenging to understand, but here are some guidelines that should
help users of AEJEE take best advantage of the redistribution rights available to you.

Q. 1: Can I give AEJEE to someone else?

A. 1: Users at schools may install AEJEE on any number of computers for instructional, non-
commercial use. Teachers and students may install AEJEE on home computers for school work.
You may give AEJEE to someone else to install for personal, instructional, non-commercial use,
as long as you provide the entire installer, including the license and documentation, and do not
charge for provision of the installer. For any other uses, see www.esri.com/aejee and send an
email to "[email protected]".

Q. 2: Can I make an AEJEE project, save it, and share that project?
A. 2: Yes. The project file is just a "recipe" – a set of instructions for AEJEE to find data in
certain places and treat it in certain ways. If you create a project, you are the owner, and may
share it with others. Just remember that other AEJEE users will only be able to use the project if
they have access to the same data in the same locations, either the same locations on their hard
drive or out on the Internet in a place to which they have access.

Q. 3: Can I submit a paper or multimedia project with a map I made using AEJEE?
A. 3: It depends. When you make a map, you are establishing the "look and feel" of the display.
You are defining how things will look. If you own the data that makes up the map, or if the
permissions for the data you use are such that you may create and share images, then you can
create a map and include it in a paper. Sometimes, data providers are protective of their data, and
you may not have the right to distribute maps that you create. Other times you can distribute
maps you create, but only with permission or acknowledgement of the data provider. With
AEJEE, the data included may be used in creation of maps for non-commercial educational
purposes, and may be used by students and teachers in creation of maps for hardcopy or
electronic representation, including but not limited to paper documents, multimedia
presentations, or web sites. For data included with AEJEE, use as attribution "Data used with
permission of ESRI."

Q. 4: Can I use the data that comes with AEJEE in another project with another tool?
A. 4: It depends. If you are a non-commercial educational user making maps with AEJEE and
with other GIS tools, and you want to use the data that comes with AEJEE to create some maps
with other tools, such as for a comparative analysis of the differences between AEJEE and
ArcView®, you may use the same data in other tools. But not all such external uses are permitted.
The digital data included with AEJEE may not be distributed for use in other mapping, database,
or alternative software packages without written authorization from ESRI. Send an email to
"[email protected]" with specific questions.

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Getting Started with ArcExplorer—Java Edition for Education – Lesson 1

This lesson covers the following ideas, tools, and capacities:

• Opening stored projects
• Turning layers on and off
• Changing the sequence of layers
• Zooming and panning
• Identifying
• Features
• Attributes
• Tables
• Sorting
• Selection
• Selecting by attribute
• Selecting by find
• Selecting by legend symbol
• Selecting by geography
• Selecting by query

1. Start AEJEE. (You may need to check with your teacher or tech coordinator to
find out where AEJEE was installed and where the "startup" file is located.)

2. Begin by opening a project that has been already created for you. Click the
"Open…" button or choose the menu item "FILE/OPEN".

3. Use the window to navigate to where AEJEE data and projects are stored. By
default, this is in [harddrive]/ESRI/AEJEE/DATA. (You may need to
check with your teacher or tech coordinator to verify the location.)

4. Find the file "10grid_hd.axl". Click the file name and click "Open".

5. Look at the AEJEE window for a minute. Compare what you see with the
graphics from the "Intro to AEJEE" document. The column at left is called the
"Table of Contents" (or "TOC"), and the map space is called the "View". Right
now, the View shows a grey box, and the TOC shows two layers, called
"studyarea" and "polygons".

6. In the TOC, notice that the "studyarea" layer is turned on, indicated by a
black check mark. Notice that the "polygons" layer is turned off. Click the
check box for the "polygons" layer to turn it on, and notice that it displays in
the View. Turn off the "studyarea" layer, then turn it on again, and notice
that the map doesn't really change. The map builds from the bottom to the top of
the TOC. Whichever layers are on top and turned on in the TOC will be on top
and turned on in the View. Keep the "polygons" layer turned on.

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 7. Let's see how to move around the map. Look for the "Zoom In" tool
and click it. Click once anywhere in the View. The map will zoom in a
little bit, centered on where you clicked. You can do it again, and again,
and again, zooming in a little bit each time.

8. "Oops! I messed up! I want to see everything!" Easy to do. Look for the
"Zoom to Full Extent" button and click it. No matter where you
might be, clicking the "Zoom to Full Extent" button zooms the
View back to fit everything that is included in the TOC.

9. Now use the "Zoom In" tool with a "click-hold-drag diagonally"

process, creating a red box around the area into which you want to zoom.
Let go, and you'll zoom into the space you just outlined.

10. Move your mouse along the "Zoom-Pan Toolbar" to see what
each of the other tools does, and try them out. You'll be using
these tools constantly. When you're finished, click the "Zoom to
Full Extent" button again.

11. In the TOC, right-click on the "polygons" layer Macintosh

to see a context menu for the layer. Slide the users note: on
mouse to "Move Layer", then to a single button
"Move to Bottom", and left-click. The mouse, you can
"polygons" layer will go to the bottom of the use the
set of layers in the TOC, and the map will re- "CTRL" key
draw. Try it again, this time choosing to move the plus the mouse
"polygons" layer up. The "polygons" layer to perform
will move up one level in the TOC, which in this "right-click"
case means it will jump back up to the top of the activities.
list.

12. Each of the features in the "polygons" layer NOTE: The power of any map
has a set of information attached to it. You can is that it is a simplified version
see this by choosing the "Identify" tool and of the real world. The power of
clicking, one by one, on different features in GIS begins with the process of
the "polygons" layer. (How many pieces of matching geographic features
information does each feature have?) Close the (represented by points, lines,
"Identify Results" window when areas, and images) with
you're done. characteristics about each
feature.

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13. You can see the entire set of information NOTE: In the GIS world,
about all the features in the "polygons" characteristics of features are
layer by right-clicking the name called "attributes". In a table,
"polygons" to open the context menu, all the features of that data set
and scrolling down to choose "Attribute will have a similar set of
Table". In the window "Attributes attributes; tables make it easy
of polygons", notice that you can scroll to organize and explore the
left and right, and up and down, to see all information. It's OK if some
the information about the features. (How pieces of information about the
many pieces of information does each features don't make sense right
feature have? Which columns were not away, but it is helpful to see if
shown when using the "Identify" tool?) you can figure out what they
mean.

14. Our study area covers a grid that is 10 squares by 10 squares, or 100 total
squares. How many of each type of landform are there? We could count on the
map, square by square, or count in the table, looking row by row for all the ones
of a certain type, but that's what a computer is particularly good at. In the
"Attributes of polygons" window, right-click the column header
"Landform" and choose "Sort Ascending". The table shuffles into
alphabetical order based on Landform. Click and drag across the items identified
as "Hills", turning those rows bright blue. At the bottom of the window, how
many does it say have been "selected"?

15. Having selected some records in the table, see NOTE: In GIS, the map and
what happens in the map. The "Hill" squares its tables are tied together.
now have a yellow hatch pattern on top, Select features in a table and
indicating they are "selected." They were they will be selected in the
selected in the table, but are also selected in map; select them in the map
the map. Let's see if it works the other way, and they will be selected in the
first by clearing the selection. Close the table associated table.
and click the "Clear All Selection"
button.

16. Look in the View and notice that there are only three green squares
(wetland). In the TOC, click on the green box symbol for "Wetland".
Notice that they have become selected on the map, covered with the
yellow hatch pattern. Now, open the table for "polygons" and see
which rows are colored blue, and how many there are.

17. You can also select features one by one using the "Find"
tool. In the View, click the binoculars, highlight the
"polygons" layer, and type "Wetland" (with a capital 'W')
in the left box. Click the "Find" button at the bottom.
Three entries appear on the right. Move the "Find" box to
the side and click, one by one, on the three listed choices.

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18. You can also select in the map using your mouse. Click the
"Select Features" tool and choose "Rectangle". Drag a
box in the map and see how many polygons you select. You can
try it again, dragging a different sized box. Notice that when you
select any part of a feature, that entire feature is selected. Try this
with the Circle tool, and notice that it selects whole squares,
not just the circled area. Same with the Line tool. When you
use the Polygon tool and "click-click-click-doubleclick" to
draw an irregularly shaped area, you select whole features again.
Each time, looking at the Attributes table will show you how
many features were selected. When you're finished, close the
table and click the "Clear All Selection" button.

19. The final step in learning about selections is to explore the "Query Builder".
Queries let you ask questions, using the power of the computer to highlight
answers in the map. Suppose you wanted to find the mountainous areas with
elevation greater than 80. You could use the "Identify" tool and look at the
elevation of each mountainous region. Or you could open the attribute table for
"polygons" and select by landform, then sort by elevation. Building a query
uses the power of the computer to do the work for you.

20. In the TOC, click once on the name NOTE: Be sure to highlight (or "make
"polygons" to highlight that active") the layer on which you want
name; this tells the computer the the computer to focus. Confusion in
layer about which you want to ask a building queries often starts when the
question. computer is focused on the "wrong layer."

21. Click the "Query Builder" Macintosh users note: Sometimes, in

button and look at the resulting windows such as the Query Builder, a
window. single click only focuses the computer on
the portion of the window in which you
wish to operate. In windows such as these,
it is important to see if each click is
accomplishing what you wish. A good
rule of thumb is "Click once, first; if that
doesn't do the job, click a second time; if
that still doesn't do the job, double-click."

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22. To build the first part of your query, go
through five steps shown here:
1. In the "Select a Field"
window, click "Landform".
Notice that it begins building a
statement in the empty box below.
2. In the "operations" zone, click "=".
3. In the "Values" window, click
"Mountains".
4. Verify what you are asking the
computer to do, saying aloud the
phrase "Please computer select for
me all those features in the
highlighted layer for which…" and
add the sentence you have built
…(LANDFORM = 'Mountains')
5. If the sentence makes sense to you,
click the "Execute" button.
If the results don't look like the bottom
part of the window shown here, click the
"Clear" button and try steps 1-5 again.

23. OK! You're partway done. You can see that there are 12 features in the
"polygons" layer that are mountainous, but we really wanted to find out the
mountains areas over elevation 80. We need to modify our query.

24. Click the "Clear" button to erase any

previous query and results, then use the
same steps 1-4 as above. Complete the
query by adding steps 5-10 here:
5. After completing the first phrase,
click the "and" button.
6. In the "Select a Field"
window, click "Elevation".
7. In the "operations" zone, click ">".
8. In "Values", click "80".
9. Verify again by saying aloud the
phrase "Please computer select for
me all those features in the
highlighted layer for which…" and
add the sentence you have built
…(LANDFORM = 'Mountains'
and ELEVATION > 80)
10. Click the "Execute" button.
If the results don't look right, click the
"Clear" button and try it again.

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25. After isolating the three sections of
mountains that meet the two criteria,
select the three records by dragging the
mouse across them. Once selected, click
the "Zoom" button in order to zoom to the
selected records on the map.

26. You should see NOTE: Creating

that only three these "compound
squares are queries" and seeing
mountainous the resulting map is
regions with just one way that
elevation over 80. GIS users can tap
There are into large data files
definitely other to explore
mountainous relationships and
squares, but only discover patterns.
these squares
match both
criteria.

27. REVIEW: In this lesson, we have covered the following ideas, tools, and
capacities:
• Opening stored projects
• Turning layers on and off
• Changing the sequence of layers
• Zooming and panning
• Identifying
• Features
• Attributes
• Tables
• Sorting
• Selection
• Selecting by attribute
• Selecting by find
• Selecting by legend symbol
• Selecting by geography
• Selecting by query

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28. SELF CHECK: Now it's time to see if you can use these concepts and
skills in a new project. First, create a new AEJEE window by choosing
the menu item "Window/New Window". You can move this second
window around on the screen as you need to.

29. Navigate to and open the project "us_hd.axl".

30. How many states had less than 1 million acres of cropland in 1997? __ What is the name of
the northernmost state with less than one million ("<1m") acres of cropland in 1997? __

31. Zoom in to northern Texas. Turn on the counties layer. Turn off the top "states" layer.
Of the five northernmost counties in Texas, which one had the most acres of cropland in
1997? __ (Hint: Look for "CROP_ACR97")

32. "POP00_SQMI" means population per square mile in 2000. Only four counties had over
20,000. Name the four counties __, and describe two different ways to find the answer. __

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 FOR THE TEACHER:

30-A Twelve states had less than one million acres. The best way to see this is to click
the grey symbol under "states: CropAcres97" in the TOC, then open the
attributes table. Notice that Alaska and Hawaii are both listed in the table, even
though not shown in the map as it opens up. Therefore, the northernmost state
meeting the criterion is not Maine, as appears on the map when it opens, but
Alaska, as noted when you click the "Zoom to Full Extent" button.

31-A When you zoom in to northern Texas and turn on the counties layer, you'll see
there are three colors in a row. Five counties make up those three colors. You
may need to turn off the topmost "states" layer in order to use the
"Identify" tool properly. One by one, click on a county in northernmost
Texas, scroll to the bottom of the Identify Results window, and look for the field
"CROP_ACR97". You do not need to close the Identify Results window, but can
click your way from county to county until you discover that Sherman County
had 354991 acres of cropland in 1997.

32-A This can be answered either with a query (POP00_SQMI > 20000) or by
opening the Attribute table and sorting the field POP00_SQMI in descending
fashion. Either way, you should find that only New York, Kings, Bronx, and
Queens counties exceeded 20,000 people per square mile in 2000.

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Getting Started with ArcExplorer—Java Edition for Education – Lesson 2

This lesson covers the following ideas, tools, and capacities:

• Classification
• Symbolization
• Histogram
• Naming layers
• Labeling features
• MapTips

1. Start AEJEE. Choose to open an NOTE: The power of a map is that it

existing project by clicking the is a model, a simplified version of
"Open…" button or choose the menu reality, which allows the viewer to see
item "FILE/OPEN". Navigate to particular patterns. In order for maps
where AEJEE data and projects are to do this well, characteristics of the
stored and choose us_hd.axl. Click real world must be represented in a
the file and click "Open". manner that is easy for the viewer to
understand. Classifying (or grouping)
and symbolizing the information so
2. Set your map so only the layer called that a viewer can make sense of it
"states: CropAcres97" is turned easily is a key challenge in making
on. It has been set up to show each any map. In GIS, the map making
state in one of five categories, process goes hand-in-hand with the
according to how many acres of map viewing process; GIS users get to
cropland it had in 1997. The darkest experiment with different strategies for
looking states had the most (over 20 display. GIS users follow a path like
million acres), and the lightest states this:
had the fewest acres of cropland.
• Think about a topic or a place ...
3. Right-click on "states: • Ask a question about it ...
CropAcres97" and scroll • Make a map ...
down to choose • Explore the patterns that appear ...
"Properties". This provides • Enhance the data or modify the
access to the window where you analysis ...
can control how the layer is • Ask a new question …
displayed. • Repeat ...

GIS allows the user to modify the data

being examined as well as the manner
of representation. Later lessons will
deal with adding data; this lesson
focuses on the process of classification
and symbolization.

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4. All the elements of the current
window focus on classification and
symbolization, because the
"Symbols" tab at the top is in
front. Notice that the layer is
currently drawn with a
"Graduated Symbols" method,
using the field "CROP_ACR97".
The layer has been broken into five
classes, colored from light gray to
deep green, and classified manually
in nice round numbers, with labels
that are a little easier to read than
the raw numbers.

5. First, let's adjust the color scheme. Suppose that, instead

of light gray to deep green, you want a palette from light
yellow to dark brown. Go to the "Color" portion of the
window and click the pull-down next to "Light
gray".

6. Since there is not a light yellow choice already available in the list of colors,
you'll have to choose a "Custom" color. In the Color Chooser window, click the
light yellow, then click "OK". Back in the symbols editor, your symbols have
already changed a little bit. Now, click on the pull-down next to the "End" color
(currently dark green), then scroll up and choose dark brown. The colors will
ramp from light yellow to brown. Click "OK" to apply your new color scheme.

7. Customizing the colors is good, but we need to do more.. Bring up the

"Properties" window for "states: CropAcres97" again.

8. Let's move to classification. Click the pull-down for

"Classified by" and notice the three choices. The
current selection, "Manual", means that the user sets the
break points individually. The manual method allowed us to
have nice round numbers, but, under the "Records" column,
you can see that different classes have different numbers of
records.

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 9. Suppose we want to have an even number of records in each
class. Choose "Quantile." This will break the total
universe of records (here, 50 states plus DC) into the number
of groups identified in the "Classes" window.

10. Now, the 51 records are broken as evenly

as possible, even if some of the break
points between classes might be close
together, and the ranges of values in classes
might not be even. For instance, the span
covered by the lightest color is under 1
million; the second and third spans cover
about 3.5 million each; the fourth covers
almost 10 million, and the last covers over
20 million. Click "OK" and see how the
map changes.

11. It might be interesting to see how the map looks when the
classes all cover a similar span. (Examples of equal interval
groups would include "0-7, 7-14, 14-21" and "5-10, 10-15,
15-20".) Choose to classify by "Equal Interval" and
see the results.

12. Now you can see that each class covers a

span of similar size, but the number of
records in a class varies widely. Click "OK"
and see how the map changes.

13. It's important to note here that we NOTE: Whether a map is "right" or
did not change WHAT was being "wrong" is a judgment call. Making maps
mapped, only HOW it was being involves communicating, and can be
mapped. The equal interval map influenced by many things. Sometimes,
looks very different from the other people who want to emphasize a specific
two. It's not necessarily "wrong", view of a topic can make their map in a
nor "right", just "different." certain way. It is important to remember
that all maps are models – simplified
representations of reality. The decisions
made by the mapmaker can influence how
the map viewer interprets the data.

14. What if you don't want five classes? What if you want four, or six? Try
changing the number of classes and seeing how that affects the map in
"Equal Interval" and "Quantile" fashion.

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15. Set the number of classes back to five, and
choose "Manual". As soon as you select
manual, a new window opens for "Class
Breaks and Histogram".

16. The colors show the range of values, and

the vertical bars show the records within
each value. (The bars and numbers visible
will depend on the classification style used
just before clicking "Manual".) Move the
mouse on top of a line separating color
bands in the histogram and notice where
the mouse arrow becomes a crosshair. By
carefully clicking on the line separating
color bands, you can drag the "breakpoint"
up or down. As you drag, the break number
will show the change. However, this
method can leave you with breakpoints that
are hard to use. Instead, let's use the
number boxes at left to set breakpoints.

17. Click the "Select Break" pull-down. The two extreme numbers
represent the top and bottom of the range and cannot be changed. We can
only change the middle four numbers. Let's use the same breakpoints that
we had at the start of the lesson: 1 million, 5 million, 10 million, and 20
million. We'll have to choose them one by one, smallest to largest, and
type the new number into the box for "Current:"

18. • In the "Select Break" pull-down, choose the second smallest

number (here "7532329"). Highlight the number in the "Current"
window by dragging your mouse across it, and erase it. Type
"1000000" and press the Return key on your keyboard. Notice that the
pattern in the histogram shifts.
• In the "Select Break" pull-down, choose the third smallest
number. Replace it with "5000000", and press the Return key.
• In the "Select Break" pull-down, choose the next number.
Replace it with "10000000", and press the Return key.
• Finally, in the pull-down, choose the next to largest. Replace it with
"20000000", and press the Return key. Click "OK"

19. We now have nice, round numbers, but

they're a little hard to read. You can't
change the data in the "Range" column,
but you can click in the "Label" column
and change the text to your liking.

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20. Change the "Label" cells to read "<1M",
"1 – 5 M", "5 – 10 M", "10 – 20 M", and
"20 – 38 M". Click "OK".

21. So far, we've only been looking at farming data. Let's look at something
different … like information about the people, from the 2000 Census.

22. In the Symbol window, click the "Field"

pull-down. Notice that "CROP_ACR97" is
almost at the bottom of the list. Click on
the "up/slider/down" buttons at the right of
the window and scroll up to find
"MED_AGE", about halfway up the list.
("Median age" means half the people are
younger than this and half the people are
older than this.) Click it to choose it, and
choose "Equal Interval" as the
classification method.

23. The legend automatically uses the existing

color scheme. Try some new colors, such
as deep green to light gray, or bright green
to deep purple, or cyan to navy. Click "OK"
and see how things look on the map. Do
colors stand out? Is it easy to tell the
difference between the colors, and know
what one state is? If you cover the legend,
can you tell which states are the high and
low numbers?

24. The map looks OK now, but the name in the legend is
wrong. In the TOC, right-click on "states:
CropAcres97" and rename it to "states:
MedianAge2000".

25. Now let's see what other choices for symbol schemes
are available. We have explored using "Graduated
Symbols", where numerical values get "ranked" and
symbols are assigned accordingly. Now, let's try
"Unique Symbols", used where values vary but
don't have a "rank" associated with these differences.
Click the symbology pull-down and choose "Unique
Symbols".

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26. Under "Field for NOTE: For qualitative data, such as
values", choose name, where there is no ranking implied,
"STATE_NAME". A cartographers typically choose a
random color scheme randomized color scheme. For
is applied by default. quantitative data, such as population or
Click "OK" and see temperature, cartographers typically
how you like the map. choose a graduated color scheme. The
(And be sure to key in each case is to help the viewer
change the layer name understand the data. See the "Intro to
to just "states".) Cartography" document referenced in
the "Intro to AEJEE" for more guidance.

27. If the "Random" colors are just a bit too bright and garish for
you, open the Properties window again and replace "Random"
with "Pastels". Or try either of the other options. Notice that
each method results in states having a somewhat random color
applied.

28. What if everything is fine but you need to change the color for a
single state? Easy! In the "Symbols" window, click the color
symbol for a specific state. In the color palette that appears, click
the new color, then click "OK" and "OK" again to apply changes.

29. The map looks interesting but it would be nice to have the two-
letter postal codes appear on top of each state, to assist in
identification. Open the "Properties" window for "states".
At the top, click the "Labels" tab. Notice that the current listing
for "Label features using:" reads "<None>". Change
that to "STATE_ABBR". Leave the Font as is, but change the size
to 12. Click the "Effects" button and choose "Glow". Click
"OK", and "OK" again to apply changes.

30. Finally, just in case you'd like a little more information about
the state you're looking at, you can set "MapTips". This
displays the contents of one field from one layer beneath the
cursor as it moves around the map. In the Advanced toolbar,
click the "MapTips" button. In the "Layers" column,
choose the topmost "states" layer. In the "Fields"
column, choose "STATE_NAME". Click "Set MapTips",
then click "OK". Move your mouse slowly around the map,
and see the changes. What would happen if you had chosen a
population field? How many pieces of information can you
display in a useful manner at one time?

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31. REVIEW: In this lesson, we have covered the following ideas, tools,
and capacities:
• Classification
• Symbolization
• Histogram
• Naming layers
• Labeling features

32. SELF CHECK: Now it's time to see if you can

use these concepts and skills on a new layer of
data. Turn off the bottom-most "states" layer,
and turn on the topmost "states" layer and the
"counties: CropAcres97" layer. Collapse
the symbols of all the layers except for the
counties by clicking the "+/-" box at the left of
each layer. Your starting map should look like the
one shown here.

33. Create a map of Median Age by county, using

classes, symbology, and layer name as shown here.
How many counties had a median age over 42.0?
___

34. Create a county map using population per square mile in 2000
("POP00_SQMI"). If you classify by quantiles into five classes, what is
the range of the class with the narrowest range of values?

35. "Household size" looks at the number of people living in a single housing
unit (apartment, townhome, house, etc.). Create a map of average
household size ("AVE_HH_SZ") by county, using three classes divided in
quantiles. Name three states that seem to have a large portion of the state
showing large household size ___, and three states that seem to have a
large portion of the state showing small household size ___.

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 FOR THE TEACHER:

32-A The key in setting up this map is to be sure to turn off the states layer at
the bottom and turn on the states layer near the top of the TOC. Most of
the work will be with the layer of counties, but you'll need to do some
with the states.

33-A Creating a similar map requires changing the county mapping scheme
("MED_AGE" field, Manual classification method, cyan to purple
colors) and noticing that 338 counties fall into the top class. Then the
student needs to change the county layer name and set the "states" layer
to provide labels using "STATE_ABBR".

34-A This requires the student to change the county field to "POP00_SQMI"
and change the method to "Quantile" and ensure there are five classes.
Then the student needs to look at the ranges, and do the fairly simple
mathematical comparison. The lowest class, "0.0-11.7", has the
narrowest range of values.

35-A Answers here will

vary because the
students are being
asked to interpret.
States that seem to
have mostly higher
counts might include
AK, HI, NJ, UT,
MS, CA. States that
seem to include
mostly lower counts
might include ME,
KS, ND, MT, IA.

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Getting Started with ArcExplorer—Java Edition for Education – Lesson 3

This lesson covers the following ideas, tools, and capacities:

• Map projection
• Scale
• Measuring distance
• Overview map
• Exporting an image
• Layouts

1. Start AEJEE. Choose to open an existing NOTE: One of the biggest

project by clicking the "Open…" button or challenges facing cartographers is
choose the menu item "FILE/OPEN". that of representing a spherical
Navigate to where AEJEE data and projects surface on a flat piece of paper or
are stored and choose world_hd.axl. computer screen. Even if the earth
Click the file and click "Open". were perfectly spherical (which it
is not), showing a 3D object in a
2D space would involve distortion
2. The map opens showing of distance, area, shape, or
the world in what is direction, or some combination
called a "geographic" or thereof. Whole courses of study
"lat-long" display. Look exist to deal with coordinate
at the Status Bar at the systems, projections, and datums;
bottom of the screen and it is worthwhile exploring these.
move your mouse This lesson uses these definitions:
around the map. It will
show the location of the • coordinate system = reference
mouse using latitude and system of points, lines, and/or
longitude, expressed as surfaces, and rules defining
decimal degrees. positions of points in space
(e.g. geographic, or Cartesian).
3. This "decimal degree" display can be GIS data are typically stored
accomplished because the data are stored in with reference to a specific
a decimal degree coordinate system. AEJEE coordinate system.
can also "project on the fly" any feature data • projection = mathematical
(shapefiles of points, lines, and polygons) formulas by which a curved
that are stored in decimal degree. Let's try. surface is portrayed on a flat
surface (e.g. conformal, equal
area, or azimuthal)
4. Create a new AEJEE
window by choosing the • datum = collection of defined
menu item "Window/ positions of the earth surface,
giving a frame of reference for
New Window". Open
measuring (e.g. North
the project
American Datum of 1983, or
"world_hd2.axl"
"NAD83")

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 5. The data in the two projects are exactly the same; only the projection is different.
AEJEE projects (the .axl files you open) store information about the projection
used at the time of saving.

6. It's quite easy to change the projection. NOTE: Whenever you work with
Bring the first map window (with the multiple map windows in AEJEE,
rectangular display) to the front. it's crucial to make sure the correct
Choose the menu item map window is in front when you
"Tools/Projection". begin an operation.

7. It can look a little intimidating at

first, but AEJEE contains a large
number of pre-defined, standard
coordinate systems. Usually, all you
need to do is select the one you
want. Notice that the "Standard"
tab is currently selected. If you click
"Custom", you can modify various
parameters. For now, return to
"Standard" and notice that the
current projection is highlighted at
the bottom. From the list, click the
"+" next to "World
Projections" to spill it open.
Open "World Projections
(Sphere)", and scroll down to
choose "Orthographic". For
now, ignore the information that
appears at right, and just click "OK".

8. Your two map displays should now be identical, so close the window showing
"world_hd2.axl".

9. Try a few other world projections, using the same process. Try in order these
several types: Robinson, Sinusoidal, Peters, Mercator, and Bonne. (If your map
ever seems to "disappear", right-click the "country" layer and choose "Zoom
to Layer".) Which projection do you like best? Why?

10. Now let's try a custom projection. First, set the projection to "Eckert IV", a nice
"equal area" projection. Click "Apply" rather than "OK", so the "Select
Coordinate System" window stays open. Suppose we want to remain in
this projection but, instead of an Atlantic-centered map, which breaks the world
at the 180th meridian, we'd like to have a map centered on the Pacific ocean. We
can do this by customizing the projection.

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11. In the "Select
Coordinate System"
window, click the "Custom"
tab near the top. Notice that you
can click back and forth
between "Custom" and
"Standard" if you want to
refer to information. For now, in
the "Custom" window, set
your pull-downs to match the
picture here. Setting the central
meridian at 150 means the "left
and right edges" of the map will
be at 30 degrees west. Click
"OK", then "Zoom to Full
Extent".

12. One more adjustment to make NOTE: "Scale" can be

back in the map. Having a challenging concept
adjusted the projection, the to handle. It may be
scale bar may provide an easiest to think of the
incorrect reading like "1:1". If map's scale as it is
so, we need to adjust the units. represented here – a
Under the menu item ratio, or fraction. In a
"View/Map Units", choose map with a scale of
"meters", because the 1:300,000,000, one
projected space is expecting "unit of measure" (any
the data to be presented as size) on the map
meters. Now your map should represents 300,000,000
give you an appropriate scale. of those same units in
real life. The visible
number is the
13. Now that the map is set as you "denominator" in a
like, suppose you'd like to have fraction. Making that
the scale be a nice round visible number larger
number, perhaps creates a smaller
1:300,000,000. It's easy to fraction, and a "smaller
set the scale. Choose the menu scale map;" a smaller
item "View/Zoom To denominator means a
Scale". Click in the box that "larger scale map". See
appears and type the desired the "introduction to
number (you can use commas cartography" document
or leave them out, as you referenced in the "Intro
prefer), and click "Zoom". The to AEJEE" for more
map scale will adjust as you guidance.
have indicated.

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14. Having set the projection and established a scale, let's explore
measuring distances. In the "Advanced" toolbar, click the
"Measure" tool. A series of choices appears. While the others
may be useful for different maps, for now choose "Miles". This
will give us measurements in miles.

15. Click on the northern edge of Alaska and

draw a straight line to the southern tip of
South America. As you move, a trio of
lines appears, and a new box appears
listing several numbers. The blue line is a
"geodesic" line, or great circle route.
The magenta line is a "rhumb" line, or
line of constant angle from start to finish.
The red line (with black numbers) is the
"segment" and "total" length as
drawn on the map. If the numbers seem
confused, remember that the map is
projected, and the shortest distance on a
sphere is a great circle. Clear the
measurements (click the measure icon on
the toolbar and choose "Clear
Measure Totals") and try another
measurement, from northern Alaska to the
southern tip of Africa. Then try it from
Seattle to northern Japan.

16. Change the projection to "Peters" (use "Standard" tab), zoom out to the world,
and try those three measurements again. Notice how the projection capacity and
measuring tool combine to show the challenge of representing a sphere in 2D.

17. Sometimes, while zooming around a map, it is helpful to have an

overview of where you are on the map. AEJEE allows you to set an
overview map space and use in the overview map any layer from the
TOC. From the menu bar choose the menu item "View/Overview
Map". A new space will appear at the bottom of the TOC, separated
from the rest of the TOC. In the TOC, right-click "world30" and
choose "Use in Overview Map". This layer is displayed in the
overview, with a red border around the area currently displayed in
the map. Do the same again with the "country" layer. Finally, in
the main map, zoom in around one continent and see what happens
in the overview map.

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18. The overview map isn’t just a handy reference. It can also be
a quick way to wander around the map. Zoom in to a small
region on the main map, and notice the red area highlighted
in the overview map. Now, with your mouse, drag the
highlighted area in the overview map to a different part of
the overview map. What happens to the main map? This can
be a very useful way to compare regions in a map.

19. When the map shows just what you want, you may want to print the
map, or export it as a graphic. If you're connected to a printer, try using
the menu item "File/Print". You can print the contents of the view
– just the main map. (See the "Intro to AEJEE" document for a
discussion of distribution rights.)

20. You can also export the contents of the main map
by choosing "File/Export to Image". The
export window allows you to choose the size of
the image, by changing one dimension (width or
height) and clicking "Update". When you're
ready, choose "Export" and select the
destination (such as "/ESRI/AEJEE") and the file
type (such as JPG or PNG). You can then
incorporate it in a printed or electronic document.
(See the "Intro to AEJEE" document about
distribution rights.

21. But what if you want to set up your NOTE: Once you have "the right
exported image to include a legend, a scale map", designing an attractive and
bar, and perhaps some additional graphics functional layout is a matter of
on the map? You need to create a "layout". graphic design and communication
First, create the map you'd like to export. skills. It is critical to be familiar
Try something basic, like the map above. with standard practices in graphics
Then, from the menu bar, choose software before working with
"View/Layout View". layouts.

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22. Refer to the "Intro to AEJEE"
document for an overview of the
layout interface. Click the "Zoom
to whole page" button to see
a miniature of the entire page.

23. The layout opens with only one element -- a map element. Right-click the map
graphic element and choose "Properties". Click the "Frame" tab, and set a
border using a solid line, width "2". Leave everything else unchanged and click
"OK". Be sure the map element leaves enough empty space on the page for the
other elements. If there is not enough empty space, re-size the map element by
left-clicking it once to select it, then use the graphic handles to re-size.

24. In the layout, click the map element once to select it. Now click the "Add map
legend" button. A small graphic with handles will appear on the page. Drag the
legend to some empty space in the page. Right-click the legend element and
choose "Properties". Under the "Frame" tab, set a solid line border of width "2",
and set a "Gap X" and "Gap Y" of "6" points. Leave the rest unchanged and
click "OK".

25. In the layout, click the map element once to select it. Now click the "Add map
scale bar" button. Choose the "Alternating Scale Bar" and click
"OK". A small graphic with handles will appear on the page; drag it to some
empty space on the page. It's likely that the scale did not appear in nice round
numbers, so right-click the scale and choose "Properties". In the "Scale
and Units" tab, set "When resizing..." to "Adjust number of
divisions", then set "Units/Label Position" to "below bar".
Leave the rest of the scale par properties unchanged and click "OK". Back on the
layout, your scale bar should adjust to nice round numbers, based on the
"Division value" shown in the "Scale Bar Property" window.

26. In the layout, click the map element once to select it. Now click the "Add
overview map" button. Another small graphic appears on the page, showing
a miniature of the overview map you had set up. Drag this to some empty space
on the page.

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27. In the layout, click the map element once to select it. The zoom tools below the
layout control the area of the main map, just like they did before you switched
into "Layout" view. Suppose you want to zoom out from the area being shown in
the map just a little bit. Click the "Zoom Out" magnifying glass and click once
in the center of the map. The map will zoom out a bit, but still occupy the same
space on the page. Because the scale bar and the overview map are tied to the
main map, the scale bar and the overview map will each adjust a little bit.

28. Next, you want to add a couple of text elements to the page. Let's start with a
title. Click an empty space on the layout to de-select any elements that might be
selected. Click the "Add Text" button. A small graphic window containing the
word "Text" appears on the page. (Look closely; it may be hard to find.) Drag
the text box to an empty space on the page. Right-click the text graphic element
and choose "Properties". Change the text from "Text" to "My First AEJEE
Layout". Click the "Change Properties..." button and choose a simple
font like Arial, set the size to 36, choose "Bold", and click "OK". Back on the
layout, it should be easier to see; move it to the top of the page. In similar
fashion, create a text box indicating the map's author.

29. Finally, let's add a simple graphic, highlighting some feature in the map. Click
the "New Line" tool below the map. Click and drag a line (click to start,
double-click to stop) from a feature you want to label to some empty space
where you can put a label. Graphic handles will appear on the box bounding the
line, so right-click it, choose "Properties", and make the line a red dashed
line of width "2". Create a text box to provide the desired info about that feature.

30. Ready to export your layout? From

the menu bar, choose "File/
Export to image". A dialog
box appears, asking for the desired
dots per inch; 72-300 is a
reasonable number for printing and
creating electronic files. Enter the
number and click "OK". An export
preview appears, in which you can
adjust the output size. Finally,
choose "Export", set the
destination folder and file type,
and export your image.

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31. REVIEW: In this lesson, we have covered the following ideas, tools, and
capacities:
• Map projection
• Scale
• Measuring distance
• Overview
• Exporting an image
• Layouts

32. SELF CHECK: Now it's time to see

if you can use these concepts and
skills on a new set of data. Create a
new AEJEE window ("Window/
New Window") and open the
project "world_hd2.axl", which
you have seen before. Change the
map to a Pacific-centered Mollweide
map projection, use "POP_CNTRY"
as the classification field, and create
a layout like the one below.

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Getting Started with ArcExplorer—Java Edition for Education – Lesson 4

This lesson covers the following ideas, tools, and capacities:

• Integrating image data
• Saving projects
• Adding data
• Event (XY) themes
• Hot links
• Buffer
• Catalog

1. Start AEJEE. Choose to open an existing project by NOTE: One of the

clicking the "Open…" button or choose the menu item exciting opportunities
"FILE/OPEN". Navigate to where AEJEE data and for map makers is
projects are stored and choose dc_hd.axl. Click the integrating image data
file and click "Open". (such as satellite
images or aerial photos)
with "vector" data
2. The map opens with an (features such as points,
image showing the lines, polygons). It can
Washington DC region. be challenging to make
The TOC shows other sure that the resources
layers are on, but they are in formats that can
seem invisible. But work together, that the
when you right-click on GIS and image data
"tgr11001cty00" carry "metadata" (data
and choose "Zoom to about the data), and that
layer", the image the user can understand
disappears and the and make use of the
other layers appear. metadata. AEJEE
Right-click on cannot project image
"wash.tif" and data, but its ability to
zoom to it, and they project vector data that
shift back. are stored in a decimal
degree coordinate
system means it can
3. When you make either
work with many image
the image or the other
data sets … if the user
layers visible, and move
knows the data about
the mouse around the
the image. Metadata are
map, the locator numbers
vital!
in the status bar are
wildly different.

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4. The satellite image is stored in a coordinate system called "Universal
Transverse Mercator", in "Zone 18", using the "North America 1983" datum.
This can be abbreviated as "UTM 18, NAD83". By setting the view's projection
to match this, we can integrate features stored in decimal degree.

5. Change the projection of the view to "UTM Zone

18N", in the "Universal Transverse
Mercator" folder. Then zoom again to
"wash.tif". The image and the features now
line up! The shapefiles in the TOC are data stored
in decimal degree, and can project on the fly to
match image data.

6. Now that we've made an important change to the project, it's time to save the
project, but under a new name so we don't overwrite the old one. From the
menu bar, choose "File/Save As…". Navigate to where the AEJEE
projects are stored (typically /ESRI/AEJEE/DATA), and name this
"dc_hd2.axl". Having renamed this and preserved the original, you can
either continue renaming to save each version of your work, or just save the
latest version.

7. Atop the image are some shapefiles that came NOTE: The shapefiles came
originally from the U.S. Census Bureau, and from the ESRI TIGER Data
the names look a little unusual here. Every website (www.esri.com/tiger).
county (or equivalent) in the U.S. has a From here, GIS users can
specific 5-digit code, and Washington DC is download data about any
known as "11001". Let’s start by giving those county in the U.S. See
layers more understandable names. Change www.esri.com/industries/k-
"tgr11001wat" to "waters", 12/atlas/tiger.html for a tutorial
"tgr11001lkh" to "streams", and about accessing the data.
"tgr11001cty00" to "DC boundary".

8. Now let's add another layer to our map. Click the "Add Data…" button
and navigate to where the AEJEE data about DC are stored (typically
"/ESRI/AEJEE/DATA/WASHDC"). Several files are visible there, and
some are already in the project. Click "tgr11001lka.shp" and click
"OK".

9. The new line feature comes in at the top of the TOC. Zooming in, you can tell
that these are roads, so rename this layer to "roads". Then open the
"Properties" and change the symbol to a black line, single width. You've
made some pretty significant changes to your project, so you should save (or
"save as") again.

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10. The whole satellite image is interesting, but we want to zoom in to the bluish
area at the heart of Washington DC, just north of the junction of the two main
rivers – the Potomac and the Anacostia. Zoom to a scale of about 1:60,000, or
closer. You should be able to see the red east-west stripe that is the Mall.

11. We want to add some point data for interesting sites, gathered with a global
positioning system (GPS). First we need to create a data table to bring into
AEJEE. Open up a simple text editor, such as NotePad (PC) or TextEdit
(Mac). Create a document that looks exactly like this:

site,lat,long,name,HOTLINK
1,38.889,-77.035,Washington Monument,http://www.nps.gov/wamo
2,38.889,-77.050,Lincoln Memorial,c:/ESRI/AEJEE/DATA/WASHDC/linc.jpg
3,38.898,-77.036,White House,c:/ESRI/AEJEE/DATA/WASHDC/whse.txt
4,38.889,-77.009,Capitol,c:/ESRI/AEJEE/DATA/WASHDC/cap.pdf

NOTE: For Macintosh users, change the three characters "c:/" in items #2,
#3, and #4 above to "file:///".

Make sure you have only these five lines, and no extra spaces or characters
that are not shown above. (Notice the latitudes are identical except for the
White House, and the longitudes are all negative. Also, note that "HOTLINK"
must be capitalized.) Save this as a simple text file called "dcgps.csv" (for
"Comma Separated Values") in the folder
"/ESRI/AEJEE/DATA/WASHDC". (CAUTION: Make sure your computer
does not add ".txt" at the end of the file name.) Exit your text editor and return
to AEJEE.

12. The file "dcgps.csv" is now a set of data that isn't quite ready to use in
AEJEE. It needs to be converted from a simple text file to a true GIS data set -
- a shapefile (which is actually a combination of files). AEJEE cannot create
shapefiles of lines or polygons, but can convert simple XY data tables of
points (or "events") into a point shapefile. From the menu bar, choose
"View/Add Event Theme"

13. Navigate to the file "dcgps.csv" and select it. For the "X
field", choose "long" (longitude); for the "Y field",
choose "lat" (latitude). AEJEE is going to convert the table
into a shapefile, so it has to store the data, and the default is to
use the folder where the table is; this is a good storage spot.
After conversion, AEJEE will add the data to the TOC using
symbols shown at the bottom; because your map already has a
lot of information, you'll want to choose a symbology that will
stand out – large dots with a noticeable color. When you're
ready, click "OK".

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14. Now, you have a NOTE: Hot links in
new data set AEJEE launch
visible in your whatever application
project! Zoom to is the default viewer
the theme or of a given file type.
adjust the scale The HOTLINK field
to optimize the must contain an
display. You "absolute path" to a
could even label given document; if
the new features. the path is erroneous
or there is no default
application for a file
15. Because your coordinates were stored in decimal type, AEJEE will
degree, and the view is already projected, the points perform no action
appear in their proper location. Use the identify tool to when called upon to
review the attributes of the point features, especially the access a hot link
"HOTLINK" field. document. Also,
because some
15. Click the "Hot Link" button and then click the programs take time
White House (northernmost dot). It should call up a to open and appear,
very short text file about the White House. Then click it is useful if you
on the Capitol (easternmost dot), which should call have these programs
up a PDF file in your PDF viewer. Then click on the already running in
Lincoln Memorial (westernmost dot), which should the background
call up a small image in your default JPG viewer. before clicking the
Finally, click on the Washington Monument (central hot link.
dot); this will open your web browser and, if you are
connected live to the internet, bring up a Web page.

16. Suppose that we now want to see NOTE: Selecting

something about distance from a features according to
single feature, like the White distance from another
House. Click on the "Select feature is a key power of
Features" tool and choose GIS. Users often need to
"Rectangle". Click and drag a know what's near, or not
box around the symbol for the within a certain distance.
White House. A yellow dot For law enforcement,
appears, indicating the White habitat protection,
House has been selected. Then marketing, and myriad
click the "Buffer" tool. other purposes, "distance
from a feature" is crucial.

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17. Choose as a distance 1 mile, and click "OK". Around the White
House will appear a lightly shaded circle with a radius of 1 mile.
(It may help to turn off the "wash.tif" image, and then turn it
on again.) Which of the three other features is not within a mile of
the White House?

18. Erase the 1-mile buffer by clicking the "Clear All

Selection" button. Use the "Select" tool to select the White
House again. Click on the "Buffer" tool and choose as a
distance 0.5 miles, and this time ask AEJEE to select features
from the layer "roads", then click "OK". The yellow road
segments are all within a half-mile of the White House.

19. Save your project as "dc_hd3.axl".

20. The last portion of this lesson deals with a special capacity built
into AEJEE. Suppose you want to explore the data available for
AEJEE. You could add it all, bit by bit, but that can be extremely
tedious. It would be a lot easier if there were a neat little tool for
browsing data. There is … the Catalog. From the menu bar,
choose "Tools/Catalog".

21. Using a "tree hierarchy" and the ability to

"spill open" or "close up" folders one at a
time, the Catalog allows you to see
quickly what data sets might be available
for use. Navigate to the folder
/ESRI/AEJEE/DATA/WASHDC.

22. In the left column, click the item "dcgps.shp". What does it say on the right?
Notice the right side has a "Contents" tab and a "Preview" tab. Click
"Preview", and set the tab at the bottom of the "Preview" window to
"Geography". Under the "View" menu, choose "Toolbars/Pan-Zoom";
these tools should look familiar. Click with the "Identify" tool on one of the
dots. Change the tab at the bottom of the "Preview" window from
"Geography" to "Table". Compare what you see in the "Preview"
window for some of the other features.

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23. Finally, locate the polygon shapefile "tgr11001lpy.shp" in the left
column. (The icon in the left column shows that it is a set of polygons, rather
than lines or points.) After previewing it in the right column, drag the icon from
the left column into the TOC. These new polygons will drop in below the roads.
Close the Catalog.

24. REVIEW: In this lesson, we have covered the following ideas, tools, and
capacities:
• Integrating image data
• Saving projects
• Adding data
• Event (XY) themes
• Hot links
• Buffer
• Catalog

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25. SELF CHECK: Now it's time to see if you can use these concepts and skills on
a new set of data. Create a brand new AEJEE project, saved as
"dc_selfcheck.axl", consisting of these layers:

* "dcurban.jpg" (stored in UTM1983 Zone 18)

* "dcgps.shp" labeled in the TOC as "Points 1-4", shown as red stars

* "dcgps2.csv" built as a new text file, converted to a shapefile, shown as

blue stars, and containing these three lines:
site,lat,long,name,HOTLINK
5,38.905,-77.037,National Geographic,http://www.nationalgeographic.com
6,38.889,-76.971,RFK Stadium,http://www.dcsec.com/rfk_stadium

* "tgr11001lka.shp" labeled in the TOC as "roads", shown as black lines

* "tgr11001cty00.shp" labeled as DC Boundary, shown as a grey

polygon

Then, find out which items from "dcgps.shp" are within one mile of the
National Geographic.

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 FOR THE TEACHER:

25-A This project is a comprehensive task. The students need to:

• create and save a project
• add layers
• project the view into UTM1983 Zone 18
• build a data table with hot links and convert it into a shapefile
• set the layer names and display characteristics
• select a feature and create a buffer

The final results should look something like this:

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Getting Started with ArcExplorer—Java Edition for Education – Lesson 5

This lesson covers the following ideas, tools, and capacities:

• Scale dependency
• Accessing data from ArcIMS servers

In order to do this lesson successfully, you must be connected live to the

Internet, because the lesson will use data from the Geography Network.

1. Start AEJEE. This lesson will build a project from scratch, so there is no project
to open.

2. Start building the project by adding in two layers from the data folder
/ESRI/AEJEE/DATA/USA. Add the layers "counties.shp" and
"states.shp". Move the "states" layer to the bottom of the TOC. Add the
"states.shp" layer again, so that there is one "counties" layer
sandwiched between two "states" layers.

3. Save your new project. Choose the menu item "File/Save", and navigate to
where AEJEE data and projects are stored. Label this as
"XYZ_us_gnhd.axl", but replace "XYZ" with your initials.

4. Set the top "states" symbol to be an empty box (Style: "Transparent

fill") with a black outline of width "2". Click "OK". Back in the map, the
states have become almost invisible because the counties are too numerous.

5. We can set the counties to appear only when it makes sense for them to show,
using "scale dependency". Zoom in so the states of TX, OK, and NM pretty
much fill your map space. Note the scale shown in the status bar. This is roughly
the scale at which we want county outlines to turn on. (Using a small map space,
no wider than the toolbar, this is about 1:20,000,000; if your map occupies a lot
of computer screen space, a different scale might work better for you.)

6. Right-click the "counties" layer and choose

"Properties". Under the "General" tab, click the button
for "Only show layer when zoomed…" and, in the
box for "In closer than 1:", type "20,000,000". Click
"OK".

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 7. Click the "Zoom to Full NOTE: Scale dependency is a
Extent" button … and the counties powerful capacity to use when you
disappear! Zoom in little bit at a time, have data sets of different resolution.
approaching the 1:20,000,000 scale, GIS data providers who distribute data
and then past that mark, to see the live online often rely on this.
effect.

8. Now it's time to add some NOTE: Serving data live over
more data … from the the Internet is a powerful new
Internet! Click the "Add capacity. Data can be updated
Data…" button. In the at any time. Viewers can often
"Content Chooser" rely on experts preparing
window's "Look In:" appropriate packages in
box, choose "Internet appropriate presentations. The
Servers". Geography Network is one
such framework, presenting a
large storehouse of data, much
9. Double-click the "Add of it available to be used for
Internet Server" free. It helps to understand
icon. The "ArcIMS more about the GN, and a good
Connection" set of lessons is available from
window appears, with a http://gis.esri.com/indus
tries/education/arclesson
default pointing to the s/search_results.cfm?id=2
Geography Network. 36
Click "OK".

10. A large, scrollable list of data sources will appear. Scroll

through the list and look at the choices. Some of the
names may be a little hard to distinguish right away, so
we'll work with some specific choices. Look for
"Atlas_Precipitation", click it, and click "OK".
After a few seconds, a new window appears, with an
"image data" icon and "Atlas_Precipitation".
Click it, and click "OK".

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11. The new layer comes in at the bottom of the TOC. The
checkbox next to the name begins pulsing green,
indicating it is pulling data across the Internet. While it is
preparing to draw, notice that all data sets come in with
their legend "collapsed", and that some have a black
check mark while others have an outlined red check
mark. GN data sets often use scale dependency. The
black-checked layers are set to display at this scale, while
the layers with an outlined red check are on but not at the
right scale for display. This is why you may see layers
with similar names right next to each other, such as
"Land" here; the four layers have a different resolution
and are set to display at appropriate scale.

12. Problem: Your "counties" layer and your bottom "states" layers are both
opaque, and covering the data you have added. Right-click on the bottom
"states" layer and send it to the bottom of the TOC. Change the symbology
of the "counties" layer to be "Transparent fill" (like you did with the
top "states" layer) with black border of width "1", and click "OK".

13. Fabulous! You have a great map, with important

reference data from your hard drive integrating
with valuable data from the Internet! You can spill
open the legend next to "Average Annual
Precipitation" and see what the colors mean. Zoom
out to see the 50 states (notice that not all data sets
cover all areas equally), and save your project.

14. There's one last tweak to make for this project. It would help if the map were
projected, instead of being "decimal degree". The data coming from the GN is a
special kind of image – it can be projected on the fly, back at its source.

15. Choose "Tools/Projection". Under

"Systems", choose "Regional
Projections", then "Albers Equal
Area", and "United States". Click "OK".
Notice how your base layer of states draws
immediately to show where you are. Without
waiting for the rest to appear, use your "Zoom
In" tool to zoom in around the 48 conterminous
states. When the rest of the data appear, notice that
everything has projected into the proper display.
Save your map!

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16. Now we need a world project. Choose "Window/New
Window". Start by adding some data from the Geography
Network. Click the "Add Data…" button. Since you were last
inside the "Atlas_Precipitation" folder, you need to
click the "up" arrow to get back to the main choices. Find
"ESRI_Relief", click it and click "OK". Once again, you're
presented with just one icon for "image data" and the name
"ESRI_Relief". Click it and click "OK".

17. When the new map appears, choose to save your project. Navigate to
/ESRI/AEJEE/DATA and save the project as "XYZ_world_gn.axl",
replacing 'XYZ' with your initials.

18. The new map is pretty, but lacks references. AEJEE only carries a little bit of
world data with it, so we'll add more rich data from the Geography Network.
Click "Add Data…" again, and navigate up to find and add "ESRI_World"

19. The new data comes in at the bottom of the TOC with a huge volume of layers,
most of which are turned off when zoomed all the way out. But the real problem
is that the "Relief" layer is on top and opaque. Turning it off allows seeing the
layer underneath, but removes the nice view of landforms. What we really need
to do is make the top layer "see-through".

20. Right-click "ESRI_Relief" and open up the

Properties. Notice that the window offers much less
control than is available for a data set coming from the hard
drive. (This is true even for a "rich" data layer like
"ESRI_World".) All you can do here is set a scale
dependency and "Transparency". Set the slider bar to
about 65% and click "OK". Try several different levels of
transparency and zoom levels to see what works best for
your map. (Notice as you zoom and pan that the map will
draw quickly what it can, then pause for a few seconds as it
retrieves more data. Wait for the "pulsing green boxes" to
indicate the data have all been retrieved.) When you're
finished, zoom to full extent and save the project.

21. The last test is to see if these maps can reproject without any other data sets in
the view. From the menu bar of your world map, choose
"Tools/Projection". Spill open "World Projections", then "World
Projections (Sphere)". Choose "Eckert IV", and click "OK". The
command will go back to the server to prepare the data for AEJEE in a
projected format and send it back for display … perfectly!

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22. REVIEW: In this lesson, we have covered the following ideas, tools, and
capacities:
• Scale dependency
• Accessing data from ArcIMS servers

23. SELF CHECK: Now it's time to see if you can use these concepts and skills on
a different set of data.

24. Create a new window and open the project "dc_hd.axl". From the
Geography Network, add the data set "Census_Density" (population
density at varying scales, from the 2000 Census), and set this as the bottommost
layer. Alter the projection so that all layers work together. When zoomed to the
layer "wash.tif", which data set is visible – Density by State, County, Tract,
Place, Block Group, or Block? At what scale does "Density by Block"
appear?

25. Create a new window and add from the Geography Network a data set that you
have not yet used. Write a brief synopsis of what is included in that data set.

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 FOR THE TEACHER:

24-A Remember that the "wash.tif" image is stored in "UTM 1983 Zone 18",
and that the view must be projected into this for the image to work with the
other files. The scale of data that appears when zoomed to the layer
"wash.tif" will depend on how large the map space is; a large map space
will yield a larger scale map, and population data at finer resolution, while a
small map space will yield a smaller map scale and population data at coarser
resolution. Block data appear when zoomed closer than 1:50,000.

25-A Answers here will vary according to the data explored. Good layers to
investigate abound!

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Getting Started with ArcExplorer—Java Edition for Education – Lesson 6

This lesson covers the following ideas, tools, and capacities:

• Transportable projects
• Geo-registering images with ArcView 9
This lesson is meant primarily for teachers or people who are preparing projects and data
for use by students. The second part requires access to ArcView 9.

1. AEJEE is able to save and open "projects" -- combinations of data presented in a particular
fashion. Saving projects allows you to work on them again and again, and also to share
them with others. But the project file (such as "dc_hd.axl") is simply an ASCII textfile
recipe file, showing AEJEE where to find data and how to display it. In order for a project
to work properly, the prescribed data sets need to be available in the prescribed location.
Let's look at an example.

2. Open up either WordPad for Windows or TextEdit for Macintosh. Choose FILE/OPEN and
navigate to the folder /ESRI/AEJEE/DATA, and select the file "world_hd.axl".

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3. You can see the document lists aspects of the project in a format that looks like the source
code for an HTML file. In fact, ArcXML is very much like HTML. Look after the big long
paragraphs for the section from "<FOLDERS>" to "</FOLDERS>":

<FOLDERS>
<FOLDER name="ws-0" type="shapefile">
<ATTRIBUTE name="directory"
value="/ESRI/AEJEE/data/world"/>
</FOLDER>
</FOLDERS>

This shows that all the data in this project are stored in one folder, and shows the path
starting from the root level of the hard drive. If you want to change the location of the
folder, all you need to do is go in to the project and change this line, then re-save the
project file as a text file.

4. When you save an AEJEE project on a Macintosh, this is how the data get stored. Both
Macintosh and Windows versions of AEJEE can read this project just fine. However, if
you re-save the above project on a Windows computer, it stores the data like this:

<FOLDERS>
<FOLDER name="ws-0" type="shapefile">
<ATTRIBUTE name="directory" value="C:\ESRI\AEJEE\data\world"/>
</FOLDER>
</FOLDERS>

It may not look very different, but close inspection will reveal two key differences in the
"value" portion. First, the hard drive has a drive letter and colon. Second, the PC saves with
backslashes instead of forward slashes. These changes are enough to prevent Macintosh
computers from reading the PC projects. But you can make them readable by both
versions. Just open up the project, find the "FOLDERS" section, remove the "C:"
references, and change the "\" characters to "/", then re-save.

5. An additional challenge appears when creating hot links for use by both platforms. As
demonstrated in Lesson 4, both platforms of AEJEE expect files to be in an "absolute
location". However, the PC version expects a drive letter (such as "C:/") for any local files,
while the Mac version does not use drive letters but needs "file:///". It may be easiest to
prepare the data files for the version needed by specific users. If the data are to be prepared
and shared with the general public, make a choice and document it for the user, indicating
how they may need to change the data.

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 GEO-REGISTERED IMAGES

6. The project "dc_hd.axl" engaged an image from the hard drive. The image has been
"geographically registered" -- it knows the portion of the earth that it represents. The image
itself is several megabytes in size, but it is the presence of two tiny files that provide the
spatial intelligence. Navigate into the folder /ESRI/AEJEE/data/washdc and look for the
files "wash.tif" (the big image file) plus "wash.tfw" (a world file, showing the coordinates
for the image) and "wash.prj" (a projection file, showing the projection in which the image
was stored).

7. As you saw in the earlier lessons, AEJEE can project decimal degree features (points, lines,
polygons) to match up with images. But images need to have these two files in place in
order to display in an accurate location. AEJEE cannot create the world files for images,
nor the PRJ files -- you need full GIS software to do this. ArcView is an example of a GIS
software package that can do this.

8. ArcView 3 and ArcView 9 can use images with world files; most images available for use
in GIS packages contain a world file. World files are listed as "TFW" for "TIF" images,
"JGW" for "JPG" images, "SDW" for "SID" images, and so forth. The world file is
designed the same in each case, and AEJEE can use these world files.

9. ArcView 3 does not pay significant attention to PRJ files for images. ArcView 9 is able to
write out projection information for images, but it creates the file in a format that isn't quite
right for AEJEE. Once again, you can use a text editor to change the data presented by
ArcView 9 so that it is more useful for AEJEE.

10. In your file manager, set the properties for any world files to "read only", in order to
protect them, or create a duplicate copy before attempting the following process.

11. In ArcView 9, engage the "Define Projection" toolbox. Input the image, choose the
coordinate system, and click "OK". The toolbox will create an ".XML" file. Exit
ArcView 9.

12. Open the ".XML" file with TextEdit (Mac) or WordPad or NotePad (PC). Look halfway
down for the section of text immediately following the path to the image and name. (The
data of interest is outlined here in red.)

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13. Omit all the text preceding "PROJCS" and following the double bracket after "UNIT"

14. Change all the ' marks to " marks. Then save the file as the .PRJ file (in this case,
"wash.prj"), in the same folder with the image. Now AEJEE can match features with the
images!

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