Transcript Introduction to ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Online
Peng Gao
What is ArcGIS Online?
 Online mapping is one of the hot topics in the
GIS community
 ArcGIS Online is the online version of ArcGIS
https://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html
What is NEW?
 Create interactive web maps
 Share maps on the internet
 Access content shared by other users
 Make maps with Esri Maps for MS Office
Why ArcGIS Online?
 Access over 100,000 maps and data for your
research / projects / presentations
 Look good on your resume
 It is FREE!!
Create interactive web maps
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 Select a “Basemap” as the backdrop of your
map
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 Add actual layers from:
 Files from your computers
 Files on the web
 Shape files, Google Earth files (KML), GPS point
files (GPX), text files
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 Manage layers
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 Choose map symbols
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 Edit features
and attributes
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 Measure
 location
 distance
 area
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 Show changes over time in a movie-like
display
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 Create editable layers
 Either the map maker or anybody viewing the
map can edit it on the web
 This is useful when you want inputs from
others (Volunteered Geographic Information)
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Share maps on the internet
 ArcGIS Online security settings
 Private
 Organizations
 Everyone (public)
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 Sharing your maps via
 ArcGIS Online
 Emails, blogs, web sites, social medias
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A short URL pointing to your map
Access content shared by other users
 Search maps through:
 Your organization
 ArcGIS Online
 A GIS server
 The web
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Esri Maps for Office
 Esri Maps for Office is an Add-in for MS Office
that let you create interactive maps of your
data directly inside Excel
 Download
http://www.esri.com/software/esri-maps-foroffice/download
http://www.esri.com/software/esri-maps-for-office/features
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 Choose a basemap
Choose a basemap
through “Basemap”
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 Esri Maps for MS Office can transfer location
information into features:
 Zipcodes -> polygons
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 Select symbols
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How can you access ArcGIS Online?
 Personal and organizational accounts
(https://www.arcgis.com/home/signin.html)
 Access ArcGIS Online anywhere through web
browsers and mobile devices
(https://www.arcgis.com/)
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Thanks!