• Use ArcGIS software and content to create high-quality maps that combine data from different sources.
• Organize, create, and edit geographic data so that it is accurate and up to date.
• Manage, symbolize, and label map layers to support visualization and data exploration.
• Design an attractive page layout for maps that will be printed.
• Apply a standard workflow to analyze GIS data and solve spatial problems.
• Share maps and analysis results so they are accessible on multiple platforms.

Download table of contents

• Understanding the workflow
• Creating maps that combine local data with ArcGIS Online content
• Publishing a map to the web

• Finding data for a project
• Storing data from different sources in a file geodatabase
• Documenting data for a project

• Setting scale ranges to improve map display
• Presenting filtered views of data using definition queries
• Creating group layers and basemap layers to organize map contents

• Understanding quantitative and qualitative data
• Symbolizing features by attribute values
• Classification methods
• Normalizing data

• Adding fields and calculating values
• Summarizing fields
• Table joins and relates

• Editing workflow
• Feature templates
• Creating new features
• Updating feature shapes and attributes
• Editing data using an ArcGIS Online template

• Labeling workflow and options
• Understanding reference scale
• Automating label placement using Maplex
• Python label expressions

• Cartographic design principles
• Adding map elements
• Creating and publishing single maps and map books

• Evaluating data quality
• Changing a dataset's coordinate system

• Analysis workflow
• Working with geoprocessing tools
• Creating models

• Options for sharing maps and layers
• Sharing analysis workflows using geoprocessing packages
• Publishing a map service

Best GIS Training will provide the following software to use during class:

• ArcGIS 10.7 for Desktop (Standard or Advanced)
• ArcGIS 10.7 for Server Workgroup (Standard)
• ArcGIS Online