6.4. GIS Book: Working with lines
To digitize lines, select the required layer in the Create Features panel (e. g. road_network). In the Construction Tools section, click Line as shown in Figure 17. To draw the … Read more
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6.3. GIS Book: Working with points
To start digitizing the points, select a point layer (e. g. buildings) in the Create Features panel. It is advisable to make sure that the Point tool is marked in … Read more
6.2. GIS Book: Shapefiles edition
To create new elements or edit existing ones within a shapefile, return to the ArcMap application and add the shapefiles generated as layers using the Add Data icon in the … Read more
6. GIS Book: Generation of vector entities
6.1. GIS Book: Creating shapefiles The ArcCatalog application (open from the Windows Start menu) is used to create new vector entities such as points, lines or polygons. On the left-hand … Read more
5. GIS Book: Georeferencing
Georeferencing is a technique of spatial positioning by means of which a digital image is assigned a reference system based on known coordinates. Some raster information is not associated with … Read more
4. GIS Book: Coordinate systems
Human beings have always felt a need to represent the Earth’s surface and the elements on it, as a result of which maps emerged (IGN & UPM-LatinGEO, 2013). Coordinate systems … Read more
3. GIS Book: ArcMap main window
ArcGIS contains a set of applications to solve real-world geographic problems through a sequence of spatial operations. ArcMap is the central application that allows you to perform the usual tasks … Read more
2. GIS Book: Data models
It might seem obvious, but before working with GIS data, it must be in digital format. Almost all the elements on the Earth’s surface can be encoded so that a … Read more
1. GIS Book: Introduction
The use of geographic information in decision-making tends to go unnoticed, but it is actually present in many of our daily activities. By unconsciously selecting the route to work, the … Read more
GIS Book: Fundamentals of GIS
Geographic information in decision making often goes unnoticed, but it is actually very present in our daily activities. Our eBook Fundamentals of GIS: Applications with ArcGIS shows the potential of … Read more