User Manual Gis Mapping 1

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Uses Guide to AcView 3.3 o LandUse Plannes in Puttalam Distict

IUCN Sri Lanka, Country Ofce

Dilhai Weagodatenna


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Table of Content

Introducon......................................................... 1

1. Gengstarted.................................... 2

2. Geo-referencing.................................. 6

3. Digizing(CapturingtheData)............................... 10

4. Tablesandaributeinformaon.............................. 13

5. Calculangeldvalues..................................... 14

6. ModifyingtheTheme.................................. 15

7. MapScale......................................... 16

8. LabellingtheMap......................................17

9. CreangamapLayout................................... 19

10. AddingMapelementstothelayout.............................21

11. ExporngamaptoPDF,TIFF,JPEG,andotherformats.......................... 24

12. PrinngtheMap............................................ 25

13. TransferringDatafromGPS......................................... 26

14. References.................................................27

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UsersGuidetoArcView3.3forLandUsePlannersinPualamDistrict

Introducon

GeographicalInformaonSystems(GIS)isacolleconofcomputerhardware,soware,and

geographic data for capturing,managing,analyzing, anddisplaying all formsofdatawith

geographicallyreferencedinformaon.Itisthemergingofmappinganddatabasetechnology.

GISisoenusedasadecisionsupporttoolinvolvingintegraonofspaallyreferenceddata

inaproblem-solvingenvironmentaswell.Typically,GISisusedforhandlingmapsofonekind

oranother.Thesemightberepresentedasseveraldierent layerswhereeach layerholds

aparcular kindofdata.Each feature islinkedtoaposionon thegraphicalimageona

mapandarecordinanaributetable.GIScanrevealhiddenpaerns,relaonships,andtrendsthatarenotreadilyapparentinspreadsheetsorstascalpackages,oencreang

newinformaonfromexisngdataresources.ThereforeGISallowstoseepaern,distance,

area,relaonship,trend,andLocaonontheground.AndalsoGIStechnologyisoenused

fordecision-making,becausethedatacanbeeasilymodied,shared,accessed,updatedand

linkedwithphotographs,videoandaudioclips.

Currently, many government agencies as well as non-government agencies in Sri Lanka

successfullyapplyGIStechnologyasadecisionmakingtooltocoordinateresourceulizaon

plans.However,thereareoenlimitaonsinusingofthisnewtechnologyduetolackof

fundsforobtainingtherelevantsowareandexperseinthearea.

IUCN,InternaonalUnionforConservaonofNatureandNaturalResources,SriLanka

implementedtheproject,Ecologicallyandsocio-economicallysoundcoastalecosystem

rehabilitaon and conservaon in tsunami-aected countries of the Indian Ocean

withnancialassistancefromBundesministerium fr wirtschaliche Zusammenarbeit

und Entwicklung (BMZ) (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperaon and

Development) in the Pualam lagoon area in the North Western Province of Sri

Lanka. An important componentof this projectwas the capacitybuildingofState

Instuons responsible for managing the resources in the Pualam Lagoon. As

apartofthisprogramme,variousStateAgenciesinthePualamLagoonareawere

providedwithGISMapsincorporangseveraldatabasescollatedandanalysedbythe

Project.TherecipientsweretrainedontheGIStechniques.Asaconnuingcapacity

buildingexercise,itwasfeltnecessarythatausersguideforoperangGISsowarebe

provided.

This users guide was prepared drawing heavily from Arc View 3.3 help menu and

Arc View 9.2 for the sole purpose of providing simplied instrucons to the users of

GIS maps produced under the BMZ project. Copies of this Users Guide will be given

to selected users free of charge and IUCN does not have any commercial interest in

preparing and distribuon of this Guide.


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1. Geng Started

Step

DoubleclickonArcView GIS 3.3inyourDesktop(SeeFig.1.1)

Fig. .

Step

ClickOK buoninthedialogueBox(SeeFig.1.2)

Fig. .

Click OK

To start the work double click Arc

view GIS 3.3


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3UsersGuidetoArcView3.3forLandUsePlannersinPualamDistrict

Step 3

Open a new View

Tostartworkhighlight viewintheprojectwindowandclicktheNewbuon

ThedefaultnameofthenewViewisView .

TorenametheView,chooseProperes

fromtheView menu.(SeeFig.1.3)

WhentheviewwindowisopenedrenamethenewviewinNamecolumn

Fig. .3

Thebasicfeaturesofthestartupscreenare,(SeeFig.1.4)

Fig. .4

3

The New View


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UsersGuidetoArcView3.3forLandUsePlannersinPualamDistrict4

Project window

Shapelesaresavedinprojects (Shapeleisanon-topologicalformatforstoringthegeometriclocaonandaributeinformaonofgeographicfeatures.Itsavesasveles,suchas.shp,

.shx,.dbf,.sbn,sbx.).TheveProjectwindowobjectsareViews,Tables,Charts,Layouts,and

Scripts.

Menu bar

User-programmablepull-downmenus,uniquelydenedforeachProjectwindowobject.

Buon bar

User-denedacons(scripts)whichareimplementedimmediatelyonclicking.

Tool bar

User-denedacons(scripts)whichapplywhilethetoolisacvated(clickon,clicko)

Standard View Buons

Whenmovethecursorovereachbuoninstandardbaryoucanseeanexplanaonofits

funconinthestatusbar.

Theaconofsomeofimportantbuonisexplainedbellow

Save Project - Saves changes of all works to the project le.

Add Theme - Upload data from existing data sources to the view.

Edit Legend - Toggle the legend visibility for active themes in the Standard View.

Open Theme Table - Display the selected records after graphically select features in a

theme. Ensure that the theme in which you selected the features is the only active.

Query Builder - It can be built a query by double-clicking on these options with the

mouse or by typing your query directly into the query text box.

Zoom to full extent/Zoom to active theme(s) - zooms the active window to the extent

of all themes in the legend and the active window to the extent of all ACTIVE themes in

the legend

Zoom to full previous extent - Zoom the active window back to the previously zoomed

area.

Clear Selection Features - Unselect the selected features in active themes


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Identify - Show database information about a feature.

Pointer - Select shapes or points by clicking or dragging a box.

Select Feature - Selects features in the visible, active themes by clicking or dragging a

box.

Pan - Pan can drag by click-and-holding to the inside the view window in any direction.

Ruler -Measure the distance between two or more points by left clicking on both thestarting and ending point.

Label - label features with graphic text using database attributes.

Text - Create text on the display by clicking the location for the text, typing it in the box

provided, then positioning it using the arrow tool.

Draw Point - Add graphic shapes to a view by selecting a graphic shape type from thedrop down menu of layout options (i.e., points, lines, boxes).


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. Geo-referencing

Alltheelementsinamaplayerhaveaspecicgeographiclocaonandextentthatenables

themtobelocatedonorneartheearthssurface.Theabilitytoaccuratelydescribegeographic

locaonsiscricalinbothmappingandGIS.Thisprocessiscalledgeo-referencing.

Images are stored as raster data, where each cell in the image has a row and column

number.(Rasterdataisdenedbyitscoloursandpixelsandisnotdenedmathemacally.

Digital pictures are raster data) Shape les and ARC/INFO coverage are stored in real-

worldcoordinates.Inordertodisplayimageswithcoveragesorshapeles,itisnecessary

toestablishanimage-to-worldtransformaonthatconvertstheimagecoordinatestoreal-

worldcoordinates.Thistransformaoninformaonistypicallystoredwiththeimage.

Step

Select Extensions toGeo-reference

Inordertoaddimageles(JPEG,BMP,TIFF)youneedtoturnontheExtensions

fromlemenu.

SinceImagesareJPEGlesyouhavetoacvatetheImage Analysisinthe

extensionmenu.

clickOK (SeeFig.2.1)

Fig. .

. Select File

. Select Extensions 4. Click OK

3. Put a ck on Image Analysis


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Step

Adding the Raster image data such as aerial photographs, satellite images, etc. as a Theme

(Add Data into Arc View)

UsetheAdd ThemeBuontoloadtheimagethatyouneedtogeo-reference

SelectImage Analysis Data Source fromSet Data Source Types Givethepathwheretheimageisstoredfromdrivers

ClickOK toaddtheselectedle(s)toyourViewwindow.(SeeFig.2.2)

Note:WhenyouselecttheImageAnalysis,AlignToolappearintheToolBar

Fig. .

Step 3

Giving real coordinates in to the Image

ChooseAlign ToolfromToolBarandclickontheLanduseTypewhichyoucan

getRealworldcoordinates(AlignToolshouldbetherstBuonfromRightin

theToolBar)-(Land use type can be a Juncon, corner of the Lake, Corner of the

Building etc)

ThenRight clickandchooseEnter to CoordinatesfromtheDialogueBox

TypetheX, Y CoordinatesDigitsintheTo PointDialogueBoxandClickOK

GiveMinimum Four CoordinatestotheImage(SeeFig.2.3)

1. Select Add Theme buon

. Highlight the Image

. Select Image Analysis

Data Source

3. Select the Drive

4. Click the File Name

. Click OK


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Fig. .3

Step 4

Saving the Geo - referenced Image (Raster data)

ChooseSave Image AsfromThemeinMenu Bar

SelecttheTIFFfromList les of Type

SelecttheDirectorytosavetheImage

ClicktheFile NamewhereyouwanttosavetheImage

TypeNameoftheImageinFile Name BarandClickOK (SeeFig.2.4)

Fig. .4

. Select Align Tool

. Select Enter To

Coordinate

3. Type X, Y

Coordinates Digits and click ok

. Select Save Image As and give a path to save the image


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Step

Open the Saved Image to connue the work

UsetheAdd themeBuontoloadtheSaveImage.

SelecttheImage Data SourcefromDataSourceType.

ChangetheDirectorytoyourFilelocaon. ClicktheFile NametohighlighttheselectedImageandOK


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3. Digizing (Capturing the Data)

Theprocessofrepresenngananaloguesignaloranimagebyadiscretesetofitspoints

isknownasdigizing.Thisdata aerconversion isin thebinary format,which isdirectly

readablebycomputer.Thedatatobeconvertedcanbeatext,an image,audiooravideo.

Whenyoudigizeamap,youuseadigizingtabletconnectedtoyourcomputertotraceover

featuresyouareinterestedin.TheX,Ycoordinatesofthesefeaturesareautomacallyrecord

andstoreinthecomputerasspaaldata.

Step

Creang a New Theme

YouarenowreadytodigizefeaturesinArcView.

ChooseNew ThemefromtheViewMenu.

ChoosePolygonfromthelistofchoicesinFeaturetype(Point,Line,andPolygon)Alltheedinganddrawingtoolsthatyoucanusewiththemouseareavailable

usingthedigizer.Choosingthecorrecttoolisveryimportantinordertobe

producveandtodigizefeaturesaccurately.

Choosethedefaultorprovideanameandlocaonforthenewtheme.(SeeFig.

3.1and3.2)

Fig. 3.

. Click View and New Theme

. Select Type3. Click OK


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Fig. 3.

Step

Capturing data

Ifyouwanttoeditanexisngtheme,makeitacveandchooseStartEdingfromtheThememenu.Ifyoujustwanttoaddgraphicstoyourviewwithoutcreangatheme,go

aheadanddigize.

ClickathemelegendboxtomakeitAcve(themeissurroundedbyaboxand

appearsraised).AthemecanonlybeeditedwhenitisAcve.

GotoThemeandselectStart Eding.

ChoosetheDraw PolygontoolfromtheDrawingToolsdrop-downmenu.

Clickonthe"drawingtool"pull-downmenubuonandselectthedrawingtool

matchingtheshapeofthe"acve"theme(SeeFig.3.1).

Usethistooliftheacvethemeisapoint

Usethistooliftheacvethemeisaline

Usethistooliftheacvethemeisamul-

pointline

Usethistooltodrawarectangle

Usethistooltodrawacircle

. Type name of the New Theme

3. Click OK

4. Select File


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Fig. 3.3

Step 3

Drawthepolygonbyclickingforeachverce(the cursor will be a crosshair)

Doubleclickonthelastverce.

Ifyouwanttoconnuethedrawing,rightclicksandselectsPantomove.

Select Polygon

Highlight the Theme


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4. Tables and aribute informaon

Tabularinformaonisthebasisofgeographicfeatures,allowingyoutovisualize,query,and

analyseyourdata.Inthesimplestterms,tablesaremadeupofrowsandcolumns.InGIS,

rowsareknownasrecordsandcolumnsareelds.Eacheldcanstoreaspecictypeofdata

suchasanumber,date,ortext.

Step

Insert Data into a table

ClicktheOpen Theme Table buonintheViewbuonbar.

AddeldstothetablefromtheTable Menu barandselecttheAdd Fieldchoice

fromtheEditmenu.TheFieldDeniondialogboxwillappearallowingyouto

denetheeldinthetable.

AddrecordstothetablefromtheTable menu bar,selecttheAdd Recordchoice

fromtheEditmenu.Thiswilladdasinglerecordtothetable.Repeatthisaconasmanymesasneeded.

AdddatatothetablefromtheTabletoolbar,selecttheEdit tool.Thisallowsyou

toedittheemptycellsinthetable.

Toeditthevaluesinatable,FromtheTable menu,ChooseStart Eding.

SelecttheEdit toolandplacethecursorintheeldoftherecordyouwantto

edit.Typethenewvalueintotheeld.WhenusingtheEdittoolinthetable,the

followingkeyboardacceleratorsaresupportedfortheeditablecell.

Tonishedingandcommityourchanges,chooseStop EdingfromtheTable

menu.(seeFig.4.1)

Fig. 4.

Select Table

Select Edit Tool

to insert text or

digits

Select Theme


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5. Calculang eld values

Enteringvalueswiththekeyboardisnottheonlywayyoucaneditvaluesinatable.Insome

cases,youmightwanttoperformamathemacalcalculaontosetaeldvalueforasingle

recordorevenallrecords.TheArcVieweldcalculatorletsyouperformsimpleaswellas

advancedcalculaonsonallorselectedrecords.Inaddion,youcancalculatearea,length,

perimeter,andothergeometricproperesoneldsinaributetables.

Step

To calculate a value for a eld

ChooseStart EdingfromtheTablemenu.

Clickonthenameoftheeldyouwishtocalculate.Notethatthenamesofelds

youcancalculateappearinanormalfont,anythatyoucan'tareshowninitalics.

ClicktheCalculatebuon.

IntheFieldCalculatordialogthatappears,typetheexpressionforthecalculaonintheinputareaofthedialogbox.Youcanusetheeldandrequestlistitemsto

helpyouformtheexpressionbydouble-clickingoneldnamesandrequestsor

youcantypetheexpressionyourself.

PressOKtoperformthecalculaon.ArcViewdisplaystheresultsinthetable.

(SeeFig.5.1)

Typethefollowingintotheexpressionbox

Forlength:

[Shape].ReturnLength/1000000

Forarea: [Shape].ReturnArea/1000000

Forperimeter:

[Shape].ReturnLength/1000000

Note - The calculaon applies to the selected set of records. If no records are selected, the

calculaon applies to all records.

Fig. .

. Select Calculate

. Type the expression here

3. Click OK


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. Modifying the Theme

AThemeisacolleconoffeaturesdrawnonaview.AThemehasanassociatedlegendthat

denesthesymbolizaonofthefeatures.

Step

Changing Theme Properes

OpentheLegend Editorboxbydouble-clickingthethemelegendbox;orby

clickingThemeonthemenubar,thenclicking Edit Legend.

Double-clicktheSymbol boxintheLegendEditortoopentheThemeProperes

Editor.Editthethemesproperesbyusingthebuonsonthepalee.

FromFill PaleeyoucanchangethePaernoftheLegend.

FromColor PaleeyoucanchangethecoloroftheLegend.

FinishtheEdingClick Apply (seeFig.6.1).

Fig. .

. Double Click the Theme

. Double Click the Symbol

3. Select the Fill Paern

4. Click Apply


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. Map Scale

Mapscaleistherelaonshipbetweenthedimensionsofamapandthedimensionsofthe

Earth.Itisusuallyexpressedasarao,like1:63,360.Thescalerao1:63,360meansthatone

unitofdistanceonthemaprepresents63,360ofthesameunitsofdistanceontheEarth.So

ona1:63,360scalemap,oneinchonthemapequalsonemileonthegroundbecauseone

statutemilehas63,360inches.Becausethescaleraoisaconstant,itis trueforwhatever

unitsinwhichthefraconisexpressed.Soonamapwithascaleof1:24,000,onecenmeter

equals24,000cenmetersontheground,justasoneinchrepresents24,000inches.

Step

Seng Map Scale

Mapunitsaretheunitsoftheviewsdisplaysurface.Iftheviewhasnotbeenprojected,Map

unitsaretheunitsinwhichthecoordinatesofthespaaldatacontainedinyourvieware

stored.Iftheviewhasbeenprojected,Mapunitsaretheunitsintowhichthisdataisbeingprojectedintheview.ArcViewusesthemapunitssengtodeterminethecorrectscaleof

yourview.IfMapUnitsarenotsetcorrectly,thescaleArcViewdisplaysforyourviewmaybe

incorrect,andArcViewwontknowhowlargetodrawyourviewifyouspecifyascaleforyour

view

ClickViewonthemenubartopulldowntheViewmenu.ThenclickProperes

toopentheViewPropereswindow.

SelectMetersinMap UnitsandKilometersfromDistance Unit.

ThenclickOK (SeeFig.7.1).

Fig. .

. Set Map Units

3. Scale will appear here

. Click View and select

Properes


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. Labelling the Map

ArcViewhasthreewaysforyoutolabelthefeaturesinthetheme.

1. Interacvely posion and enter your own text

ChoosethetexttoolfromtheStandard tool bar.

Posionandclickthecursoronyourviewwhereyouwantyourtexttobegin.

TypeyourtextintotheTextProperesdialogandclick OK.(SeeFig.8.1)

Fig. .

2. Interacvely posion a label based on an aribute value

Makethethemethatcontainsthefeaturesyouwanttolabelacvebyclickingon

itinthetableofContents.

FromtheThememenuchooseProperes.

ChoosetheText Labels iconintheTheme Properesdialog.

Choosetheeld thatcontainsthevaluesyouwanttouseaslabelsandthenclickOK.

SelecttheLabeltool.

Clickonthefeatureyouwanttolabel.Thelabelappearswhereyouclicked.

ChoosetheStop EditfromThemeMenuandSavetheEditoftheTheme.(See

Fig.8.2)

. Select Text

3. Type of Name of the feature or place here

. Click on the Map Text


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Fig. .

3. Automacally label some or all features

Youcanlabelallfeaturesorjustselectedfeaturesforanacvetheme.

ClickonAuto-labelfromtheThememenu.

SelectAuto-labeleitherallthefeaturesoftheacvethemeoraselectedsetof

features.(SeeFig.8.3)

Fig. .3

. Select Text Labels 3. Select the eld Type

1. Select Properes

3. Click OK

. Select the Field that you

want to label

. Select Auto Label


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9. Creang a map Layout

Producing theoutput of your work is oneof theendproduct in GISwork.A layout is a

documentwhichcolleconofmapelementslaidoutandorganizedonapage.Commonmap

elementsincludeoneormoredataframeseachcontaininganorderedsetofmaplayers,a

scalebar,northarrow,maptle,descripvetext,andalegend.Layoutviewiswhereyouadd

mapsurrounds,frames,gracules,andothernishingtouchestoamap.Itcanthendraw

thoseobjectstothescreen,sendthemtoaprinter,andsendthemtooneofseveralstandard

graphicsleformats.

Step

ChooseLayoutfromViewMenu.

SelectPagePaern(e.g. Landscape, Portrait.)

ClickOK.

ClickonNewLayout.(SeeFig.9.1)

Fig. .

Step

Seng the layout page size and orientaon

Whenyouwanttocreateamapusingalayoutyouwillneedtodenesomecharacteriscs

ofthelayoutpage.Theseinclude:pagesize,pageunits,orientaon,andmargins.(SeeFig.

10.2)

Page size

ThereareanumberoflargeandsmallformatsizesprovidedbydefaultinArcView.Ifyouneedasizeotherthanthese,youcanuseacustompagesizeanddeneitswidthand

height.Thedefaultpagesizeisderivedfromyourprinter.

4. Select Layout

3. Click OK

2. Select Page Paern

. Select Layout


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Page units

Selectpageunitsfromalistofchoices.Thedefaultpageunitsareinches.

Orientaon

Choosebetweenlandscapeandportraitorientaonforthelayoutpage.Thedefault

orientaonisderivedfromyourprinter.Ifyouchangetheorientaon,anynewlayoutswill

usetheneworientaonasthedefault.

Margins

Denemarginsforthepageoruseyourprintersdefaultmargins.

Output resoluon

Denestheresoluonthelayoutisprintedandexported

Fig. .

Layout page size

Layout page Units orientaon

Layout page orientaon

Layout page margins orientaon

Layout Out put resoluon


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0. Adding Map elements to the layout

Step

Scale

Scalebarsarecontainedwithinframesinthelayout.Whenyoucreateascalebarframe,it

isassociatedwithaviewframe.Iftheviewframeislivelinked,andthescaleoftheviewis

changedbyzoominginorout,thescalebarwillupdateaccordingly.

SelectScale Bar FramefromToolBar(SecondBuonformRightwithRulerSign).

DragontheView.

SelecttheView Frame.

SelectKilometersfromUnits.

ClickOK. (SeeFig.10.1)

Fig. 0.

Step

Title

SelecttheTexttool.

Clickwhereyouwantyourtexttobegin. TypeyourtextintheText Properes dialogandclickOK (SeeFig.10.2).

. Select Scale bar frame

. Select View Frame

3. Select Map Scale


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Fig. 0.

Step 3

North Arrow

Northarrowsarecontainedwithinframesinthelayout.Whenyoucreateanortharrowframe

youselectastyleofnortharrowtoplaceonthelayout.Youcanalsochooseanangle(in

degrees)thatthenortharrowshouldberotated.

SelectNorth ArrowfromTool Bar(ThesecondBuonfromRightwithArrowsign)

DragontheView

SelectNorth Arrow Style

ClickOK (SeeFig.10.3)

Fig. 0.3

. Select the Text

. Click OK

. Select Text and type

. Click OK

. Select North Arrow


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Step 4

Legend

Legendsarecontainedwithinframesinthelayout.Legendframescontainarepresentaon

ofaviewsTableofContents.Whenyoucreatealegendframe,itisassociatedwithaview

frame.Whicheverthemesaredrawnintheviewwillbeshowninthelegend.Iftheviewframeislivelinked,andathemeisturnedonoro,thelegendupdatesaccordinglybyaddingor

removingthethemesymbolandtext.(SeeFig.10.4)

Fig. 0.4

. Select View Frame and OK

3. Click OK

. Select Legend Frame


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11. Exporng a map to PDF, TIFF, JPEG, and other formats

Youcanexportalayouttoaleinanyofanumberofsupportedoutputformats.ArcView

exports to the following formats: UNIXwindows,PlaceableWindows,Metale,Windows

Metale,WindowsBitmap,EncapsulatedPostScriptNew,EncapsulatedPostScript Old,

AdobeIllustrator,CGMBinary,CGMCharater,CGMClearText,JPEG

Step

Export the Layout as JPEG

ClickFile

SelectExport

SelectJPEGformFiletype

SelectDrive

SelectFile Name

GiveanametotheMap ClickOK (SeeFig.11.1)

Fig. .

. Click OK

. Select Path3. Select format of the

layout

4. Give a name

. Click File and Export


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12. Prinng the Map

ArcViewsupportsforgenghardcopyoutput.TheprinngtoolswithinArcViewallowyou

toprintLayoutsdirectlyfromtheviewandexporttoaleinthecomputer.

Step

ChoosePrinterFromtheFile menu,

SetOutputFormattoPrinterSpecic

ClickOK (SeeFig.12.1)

Fig. .

3. Select Set up

4. Set Printer

. Click OK

. Select Layout. Select print


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3. Transferring Data from GPS

GPS(GlobalPosioningSystem)isanelectronicsatellitebasedsystemwhichprovidessatellite-

basednavigaonsystem.TheGPStransmitssignalinformaonfromsatelliteatallmes,in

anyweatherandtoanyplaceonearth.GPSreceiversusethisinformaontocalculatethe

usersexactlocaonwhichisdisplayedontheunitsmap.

Thereisnoopon(Toolbar)totakeGPSinformaontotheArcView3.3directly.Therefore

datacanbetransferedasshapelesviaOziexploraorVantagepointsowaresonly.

Step

Transferring and exporng data from GPS to Vantagepoint

ConnectGPStothePC

ClickonimportBuon

DatawillsaveintheVantagepoint Clickonexportbuonandselectthetypethatyouwant(SeeFig.13.1)

Fig. 3. Export BuonImport Buon


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Step

Transferring and exporng data from GPS to Oziexplorer

Connect GPStothePC

ClickonMagellan andselectGet Waypoint from GPS Buon

ClickonFileandselectExport to Esri Shapeleandselectwaypointtopoints Giveapathforsavethele

Fig. 3.

Select Get Waypoint from GPS

4.References

ArcGISDesktopHelp,ESRI

ArcView3.3DesktopHelp,ESRI


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IUCN, Intenational Union o Consevation o

Natue

IUCN was ounded in 1948 and bings togethe 80 states,

114 govenment agencies, moe than 800 NGOs and

some 10,000 scientists and expets om 181 counties in a

unique woldwide patneship.

The Mission o the Union is to inuence, encouage and

assist societies thoughout the wold to conseve the

integity and divesity o natue and to ensue that any

use o natual esouces is equitable and ecologically

sustainable.

The IUCN in Si Lanka was established in 1986 and isguided by IUCNs mission and the envionmental concens

embodied in successive National Envionmental Action

Plans o the Govenment o Si Lanka.

INTErNATIONAL UNION

Or CONSErVATION O NATUrE

Si Lanka County Ofce,

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Colombo 07,

Si Lanka.

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Tel + 94 11 269 4094

ax + 94 11 268 2470

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