Esri Certificate: ArcGIS Desktop Associates : training resources

The following training resources are available to help you prepare for your exam, but are not required. Please utilize this list of preparation resources with the list of skills measured topics to identify appropriate training options for possible knowledge gaps found.

Esri Certified ArcGIS Desktop Associates are adept at applying basic GIS and ArcGIS concepts and processes to workflows and are skilled at using ArcGIS for Desktop to visualize, manage, and analyze geospatial data.

This certification is targeted for ArcGIS 10.1 Desktop users with the equivalent of two or more years experience using ArcGIS.

• Exam price: $225 USD
• Exam time limit: 2 hours and 30 minutes
• Number of questions: 95
• Certification code: EADA101
• Exam type: Multiple choice, multiple select
• Published: October 2012
• Level of change: Minor

Please note that completing the recommended training courses does not guarantee you will achieve the requirements for a specific Certification exam.

Preparation Resources [PDF - 102 KB]

ArcGIS Desktop 10 Tutorial

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Table of Contents 

ARCGIS DESKTOP 10.X TRAINING ............................................................................. 1
INTRODUCTION TO ARCGIS ........................................................................................ 1
WHAT IS GIS .................................................................................................................. 6
1 GETTING TO KNOW ARC MAP ................................................................................. 7
Exercise 1.1: Open and Save a map document...........................................................................7
Launch ArcMap .......................................................................................................................... 7
Open an existing map document ................................................................................................. 8
Save the map document to a new location ..................................................................................9
Exercise 1.2: Working with map layers ....................................................................................10
Turn a layer on and off .............................................................................................................. 10
Add and remove map layers ..................................................................................................... 11
Change a layer’s display order .................................................................................................. 13
Change a layer’s color .............................................................................................................. 14
Exercise 1.3: navigate in a map document ................................................................................16
Zoom to full, previous and next extent. .................................................................................... 16
Zoom In ..................................................................................................................................... 17
Pan and zoom in/out with scroll wheel ..................................................................................... 17
Use Bookmarks ......................................................................................................................... 18
Exercise 1.4: The measuring Tool ............................................................................................. 19
Change measurement units ....................................................................................................... 19
Measure the width and length of you home reservation ...........................................................19
Exercise 1.5: Work with feature attributes .............................................................................. 21
Use the Identify tool.................................................................................................................. 21
Use advanced Identify tool capabilities .................................................................................... 22
The Attribute table .................................................................................................................... 23
Select features on the map and see selected records ................................................................. 24
Labeling features in the map with attribute values ................................................................... 25
Viewing statistics for an attribute field .....................................................................................27
Create Layer from selected features ......................................................................................... 27
Find features.............................................................................................................................28
Select by attribute / Select by location ...................................................................................... 29
2 MAP DESIGN ............................................................................................................ 33
Tutorial 2.1: Create choropleth maps .......................................................................................33
Start a new map document ........................................................................................................ 33
Add a layer ................................................................................................................................34
Setting extent used by the full extent ........................................................................................ 34
Create a layer for reservations in Minnesota. ...........................................................................35
Create unique symbols for Minnesota reservations. ................................................................. 36
Using the Layout View ............................................................................................................. 38
Inserting Map Elements ............................................................................................................39
Using the draw toolbar .............................................................................................................. 41
Creating an Inset map ...............................................................................................................42
Export map to pdf and jpg format ............................................................................................. 44
Change page and print setup ..................................................................................................... 46
3 CREATING A PROJECT GEO-DATABASE ............................................................. 48
3.1 Online Sources for GIS / Remote sensing data ............................................................ 48
3.2 Importing GIS data from other formats ....................................................................... 48
Creating a file based Geo-database ........................................................................................... 49
Importing shape-files and feature classes from other Geo-databases ....................................... 51
3.3 Map Projections .............................................................................................................. 53
Changing data frame coordinate system / projection on the fly ............................................... 54
Choosing the coordinate system for your project. .................................................................... 57
Projecting GIS data into the coordinate system of your choice ................................................ 59
3.4 Converting  xy data from excel tables to a feature class ............................................. 61
4. EDITING DATA ...................................................................................................... 64
4.1 Georeference Raster data ............................................................................................... 64
4.2 Digitizing .......................................................................................................................... 69
Create feature classes ................................................................................................................ 69
Digitize tree locations on Haskell campus ................................................................................ 70
Digitize roads and pathways on the Haskell campus. ...............................................................73
Create coded value domain in geo-database for land-cover classes ......................................... 76
Digitize land cover changes from 1966 to 2008 around Lawrence ..........................................80
4.3 Edit the attribute table ................................................................................................... 83
5 GEO-PROCESSING TOOLS ................................................................................. 85
5.1 Raster to vector conversion ............................................................................................ 85
5.2 Buffer ............................................................................................................................... 87
Create a buffer polygon feature class ........................................................................................ 87
Use Select by location buffer function ......................................................................................89
Use Select by attribute to create further filter ........................................................................... 91
5.3 Table Join ........................................................................................................................ 94
5.4 Merge ............................................................................................................................... 97
5.5 Union ................................................................................................................................ 98
5.6 Clip ................................................................................................................................. 102
5.7 Spatial join ..................................................................................................................... 103
6. IMAGE PROCESSING / REMOTE SENSING ..................................................... 105
6.1 Introduction to Remote Sensing .................................................................................. 105
Remote Sensing: Observing the Earth (NASA)...................................................................... 105
NASA / USGS | Landsat: A Space Age Water Gauge ........................................................... 105
Remote Sensing: What is Multispectral Mapping? ................................................................ 105
Remote sensing tutorial from Canada Centre for Remote Sensing .......................... 105
Downloading Land-Sat Imagery from USGS GLOVIS ......................................................... 105
6.2 Working with multi spectral image data in ARCGIS ............................................... 106
Loading TM data into ArcMap ............................................................................................... 106
Create color composites .......................................................................................................... 107
True color composite: ......................................................................................................... 107
False color composites: ....................................................................................................... 107
Create a Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) image in ArcMap ...................... 109
Create a vegetation layer from NDVI image. ......................................................................... 112
6.3 Digital image classifications in ArcGIS.............................................................................. 116
Unsupervised image classification .......................................................................................... 117
Supervised image classification .............................................................................................. 120
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 124
Skyplot .............................................................................................................................. 125
DATA LOGGING ............................................................................................................. 126
Importing data into the Computer ........................................................................................ 128
Importing the data into ArcGIS Desktop 10 (ArcMap 10) ................................................... 131
Differentially Correcting Data by Post-Processing ................................................................ 134

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GIS Training with QGIS - Exercise 4: Understanding Coordinate Reference Systems

1. Landsat imagery
a) From the directory Geodata\raster\landsat load one of the tiff images.
b) Check the MetaData tab in the Properties window for this raster to determine what is the
Spatial Reference System for this raster.
c) In Settings->Project Properties choose the CRS UTM33N EPSG:32633.
2. Vector layers
a) From the directory Geodata\vector\VMAP0, load all the layers.
b) From the directory Geodata\vector\naturalearthdata.com, load the only the
countries layer. Set it's symbology to no fill color (outlines only).
c) Do the vector layers appear? Why not? Right-click on one of the vectors and choose Zoom
to layer. What happens?
d) Open the Project Properties->General tab and check “Enable on the fly projection”
e) Do the vector layer overlay in the correct location now? Set transparency to 60% for both
the veg_trees and veg_cropland layers so that the Landsat image is visible beneath
them.
f) Move the mouse around the map and examine the coordinates that appear in the status bar.
3. ASTER Digital Elevation Model
a) From the Geodata\raster\ASTER directory load the ASTGDM_dem.tif digital
elevation model layer. Open the Properties window, Metadata tab and check the CRS for
this layer.
b) Switch to the Symbology tab, and select Pseudocolor for the colormap. Also move this
layer in the Table of Contents below the vector layers.
c) Now right-click on the layer and choose Zoom to layer extent. Does it appear
correctly? Why not?
d) Open the Project Properties and change the project CRS back to WGS84 (EPSG:4326).
Again right-click on the ASTGDM_dem layer and again select Zoom to layer extent.
What happens? Do the vector layers overlay correctly? Can both rasters, in different CRS,
appear together? Click the Zoom full button to examine the results. Examine the
coordinates in the status bar while moving the mouse around the map.
e) Again open the Project Properties windows and revert back to the UTM33N coordinate
reference system (EPSG:32633). Click the Zoom full button again to examine the results.
What displays? What does not?

GIS Training with QGIS - Exercise 3: Adding External data

1. Using Openoffice.org Calc to create a table of capture data
 a) Create the following columns: Trap_ID, Date, Captures, FTD.
 b) Enter trap numbers from 10-30 for three different dates in December.
• Enter random values for capture data.
• Calculate Flies/Trap/Day (FTD) as captures/14  (each trap is checked once every two
weeks)
• You should have 60 rows of data, 20 rows for each date.
 c) Use “Data Pilot” (or “Pivot Table” in Excel) to create a new table (in a new sheet)
• Trap_ID in the first column, and dates in each successive column and FTD data in the
table.
• This new table will have 4 columns (TrapID, and three columns for the three dates) and
20 rows, one for each Trap_ID.
 d) Enter a new set of column headers in the top row:
• Trap_ID in the first column, and for the date columns enter:“FTD_ddmm” (where
dd=day, mm=month)
• Remove the original column header from the pivot table
 e) Export the new table to a dbf format file (in Geodata\Exercises directory). Name the
dbf file trap_data.dbf.
 2. Merge data into a shapefile
 a) Start a new QGIS project and load the traps shapefile from Geodata\fruitfly.
 b) Use the Tool plugin: Vector-> Data Management->Join Attribute data to attach
the above dbf file to the traps GIS layer. The column “Trap_ID” from the trap_data dbf
file will connect to the Trap_ID column in the traps layer. Name the new shapefile
traps_ftd.shp
 c) Open the attribute table of traps_ftd and verify that the attribute columns of FTD data are
available for all dates.
 d) Display the traps_ftd layer with “Graduated symbol” so that higher FTD values display as
larger circles. Choose to classify into 5 categories, and switch between each of the date
columns to display FTD for each date.
 e) When you find a suitable symbology for the FTD data, save as a QGIS style file. Name the
file standard_ftd_style.qml