ArcGIS Pro® Basics (Chapters 1-6)

The first section is named ArcGIS Pro® Basics and includes Chapters 1 through 6. If you have knowledge of ArcGIS Pro® basics, skip to Chapter 7. Locating Lidar Data. In ArcGIS Pro®, maps are no longer named and saved as map documents (.mxd), they are now called projects, and additional files (geodatabases, toolboxes, etc.) are created simultaneously with a new project. So, in Chapter 1. Creating a New Project this manual introduces map templates and map scenes and the process of creating a new project. In ArcGIS Pro®, Arc Catalog is no longer a separate program but is part of the project process, so Chapter 2. Using Catalog introduces using the catalog view and catalog pane for managing data in a project. Chapter 3. Adding Vector Shapefiles provides step-by-step instructions on adding vector data (points, lines, and polygons) and provides the URL to download specific vector files to use. Chapter 4. Attribute Tables demonstrates where to find and how to use Attributes Tables using the vector files downloaded in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 provides instructions on the symbology of the same vector files, where to find the symbology tools, and choosing a symbology. Although the maps are now called projects, map documents (.mxd) created in other GIS programs, can be imported into a project, so in the final chapter of ArcGIS Pro® Basics, Chapter 6. Using an .mxd File , this manual demonstrates how to open and use a map document created in another GIS program.