Making Maps

using ArcGIS Pro

Tutorial

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In This Tutorial:

● Quick recap of data acquisition, saving your files, and opening them on ArcGIS Pro

● Marking Points using Feature Class

● Making Ped Sheds using the Buffer Tool

● Using the Select tool to customise specific parts within features

● 3D Scenes: Using Exploratory 3D Analysis Tools such as creating an elevation profile

● Creating a Print Layout

 Introduction
● ArcGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS) created by Esri.

○ Originally, ArcMap was the main component of Esri's ArcGIS suite of geospatial
programs

○ ArcGIS Pro is like the updated all-in-one-package program with a more user
friendly interface.

Last
Tutorial:
Data
This
Acquisition Tutorial
Finding
Map Info

Data Acquisition ➡ Map Making

 Downloading Data from LINZ Data Service

1. Click Download or Order 3. It will prompt you to login to

LINZ. Enter your email and create a
free account if you don’t have one.

4. Untick the box below. Then to

2. Set the option to Download and GIS. Change settings
download, click the folder name
according to below then click Accept terms and create download
once the download finishes creating.
Optional: name the file
yourself

Set Map projection to

💡Tips:
NZGD2000…
If you are downloading
individual data (like this
example) shapefile is
usually more Select Shapefile or
convenient.
Geodatabase
When downloading
multiple layers,
geodatabase often
makes file Ensure that only the data
management easier you want to download is
later.
displayed
 Use these settings when downloading from other sources as well.

Auckland Council GeoMaps

Saving your Map Files
Unzip

● The downloaded data will be a .zip file so unzip it in put everything in one file.
(To unzip, right click on the file in File Explorer and select Extract files or WinZip > Unzip to here)

Saving Location
ArcGIS draws the map based on the data so when you open the map again, the programme will still need to know where
the data is.

● Save all your files including the project file (map) and shape files etc to a USB stick or Home drive
(link on desktop on uni pcs) (alternatively, OneDrive/another cloud storage)
○ somewhere accessible & secure. Don’t save to desktop on university computers.
○ Note: OneDrive files are removed when you graduate

● If you ever move some data files, your map will not display the information when you open the map again. When
this happens, click on the red exclamation mark next to the layer and locate where the data is now (relink).
Opening the spatial data on ArcGIS Pro

● Open ArcGIS Pro and click Map (or open the map you
want to add this data to if you have already created one)
a. Remember to save the project in the right place!

● In the Insert tab click Add Folder. Click on the extracted

folder then OK.
Opening the spatial data on ArcGIS Pro - continued
4. In the Catalog panel, go into Folders, and drag the The map before the data is added
shapefile (.shp) (or Feature Class if you downloaded as
geodatabase) onto the Map or the Contents panel

Drag here if you are adding Dr

this data to a map with ag
other layers and you want it
in a specific order
(You can always click & drag
to change the order later as
well)

The map after the data is added

Marking Points
using Feature Class

Making Ped Sheds

using the Buffer Tool
Marking point/s on your map with Feature Class

● Make your new feature under Databases in

the Catalog Pane
○ The gdb file is where all your map-specific
geographic information is stored

● Feature class > Point Feature

● Edit > Create
● Click on the map (‘draw’ the point) > Finish
● Save edits
 Editing Symbology of Features
You can edit the point feature to other symbols or simply change colour/size.
The same steps are followed for other features too (e.g. building footprints).

● Double click on the symbol under the relevant layer in the Contents pane
to open the Symbology pane.
○ You can search for a preset symbol in Gallery.
■ Example A: symbol was selected from searching “door”
■ Example B: a preset symbol “Black” was used for building footprints

○ You can also manually edit settings in Properties such as:

● Size
● Colour
● Outline width
Properties in Symbology
Gallery in Symbology Remember to click Apply once you finish
Example B: editing
Example A: Possible changes on a point feature building footprints

➡ ➡
Making a pedshed using the Buffer tool
Draws a circle around from the point feature with a defined circumference

● Analysis > Tools (Geoprocessing pane opens)

● Search Buffer
● Input feature is your point feature
● Type the distance and set unit (e.g. 400 and Meters)
● Run

Planer (default) is fine for pedsheds as it draws the circle considering the surface as a flat plane.
But geodesic is more relevant for large buffers to consider the shape of the Earth.

No Dissolve (default) is fine for singular pedsheds. You may want to try different dissolve types when doing multiple.

The properties of this can also be customised

Using the Select tool
to customise specific parts
within features
Changing colours of specific or all buildings
E.g. building colours within the pedshed

Select Buildings using select tool

● Range of ways to manually select features

Or

Select by Attributes

● Allows you to select different “fields” or data within the attribute

table of a layer.
● For example, selecting the crashes involving only motorcycles
in a layer which has data about crashes involving various modes
of transport.
● Once selected, right click on the layer and go to Selection>
Make Layer from selected features- this creates a separate
layer with only the desired field/data.
Or Select by Location
Selecting in relation to another feature (e.g. Pedshed)

1. Select by location

2. Input Features = what you want to select (the buildings)

3. Selecting Features (the pedshed)

4. Try different Relationships: Intersect, have their centre in …etc

5. If it seems to be selecting wrong, try deselecting everything then try again (Map > Clear)

6. Click Ok

Make those selected a new layer (which means you can change the symbology of these specific features):

7. Right click on building layer > Selection > Make Layer from Selected Features

8. Customise Symbology

Example: Buildings within the pedshed have been selected and a new layer
has been created from that selection.

The original layer was coloured grey and the new layer black by editing in
the symbology pane.
Introduction to 3D Scenes
 ● You can also make 3D scenes on ArcGIS Pro

● WorldElevation3D should be there as default, however, it may not be detailed/accurate

so it is recommended to download Lidar data as TIFF

● Drag the .tif files onto the Elevation Surfaces layer

Remember to follow the same steps

● Use Bottom left “Joystick” to navigate

Tip: Click the arrow to Show Full Control for 3D navigation

 Exploratory 3D Analysis Tools
● Under Analysis, in Exploratory 3D Analysis,
there are various tools you can use

○ To move, resize, or delete an analysis you have

placed, click on the relevant tool again under
Exploratory 3D Analysis and click on the central
point/a point to select it

Examples

View Dome Cut and Fill Elevation Profile

See the areas that are visible from a certain See what areas need to be cut or filled to Click export graph icon to export the graph into
point (pink is where it won’t be visible) make the area flat an image (png).
Creating a Print Layout
Creating a Print Layout
1. Insert > New Layout > Select a paper
2. Place the map on the page: Insert > Map Frame > Click on relevant map >
Click and drag on the page
a. If you want, you can create margins before placing the map:
i. Right click on the ruler > Add Guides
ii. Orientation: Both
iii. Placement: Offset from edge
iv. Type length (e.g. 20 mm from edge)

3. Adjust the scale and place displayed:

a. To move around within the map: Layout > Activate
b. Scale can be typed at left bottom
Adding Basic Maps need…

Elements of a ●
●
North Arrow
Scale Bar
Map ●
●
Scale
Title
● Legend

& Annotations if needed

Under Insert of the Layout view

Customising Elements Double Click on any
elements

of your Layout

● Click and drag to move or resize

● Change what/how you display elements in your

map layout by double clicking on them
And the Element Panel will pop up

● Customise the legend:

○ To change the names of features, change it in the
Contents Panel and the legend will also update

○ Changing font for parts of the legend: click on the

relevant features on the Contents Panel,
then edit on the Element Panel
Export the Map & Final Tips
● Share > Export Layout
To export it to files such as PDF or Jpeg

* You can edit the file on Adobe Illustrator to make some edits when exported as a PDF, however, it is
recommended that you create as much as possible on ArcGIS, as it will be easy to make changes or
variations for your project (e.g. create a similar map that is more zoomed in) - it will save you a lot of
time to adjust scale etc!

● Keep in mind what kind of data you are dealing with

Just like the above, technically you could draw a scale bar on Illustrator but it’s often much easier on
ArcGIS. Similar to this, there are many ways you can create something that looks similar in the end
within ArcGIS as well…

E.g. You could draw a circle on your layout via Graphics and Text and it may essentially look
the same as
creating a pedshed using a buffer tool

However, this (often) is information which we want it to be geo-referenced accurately. And in

your projects it may be a feature/information that we want to reproduce in multiple maps so using
the buffer tool directly on the map will be much helpful.
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