Editing in ArcMap: ArcGIS 9

504 Pages·2005·8.11 MB·English

by  Editors of ESRI Press

ArcGIS 9
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Editing in ArcMap™
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DATA CREDITS
Graphical Editing Map: Wilson, North Carolina
Universal Data Editor Map, Editing in data view and layout view map: Greeley, Colorado
Context menus and shortcut keys map: P.F.R.A., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Rhonda Pfaff, Bob Booth, Jeff Shaner, Scott Crosier, Phil Sanchez, Andy MacDonald
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Contents 1 Introduction 1
Rich suite of graphical editing tools 2
ArcGIS data editor 3
Editing in data view and layout view 4
Tools for editing and managing topologies 5
Tools for editing and managing networks in a geodatabase 6
Context menus and shortcut keys for increased productivity 7
Tools for rubber sheeting, adjusting, and edgematching feature data 8
Multiuser editing with version management and conflict detection 9
Remote editing of data checked out from your versioned geodatabase 10
Editing in projected space 11
Tips on learning how to edit in ArcMap 12
2 Editing basics 13
An overview of the editing process 14
The Editor toolbar 16
Exploring the Editor toolbar 17
Editing keyboard shortcuts 23
The Advanced Editing toolbar 25
Adding editing toolbars 26
Upgrading a geodatabase 27
Adding the data you want to edit 28
Starting and stopping an edit session 29
Managing the map cache 31
Changing the options of the Task menu 33
Selecting features 34
Moving features 38
Copying and pasting features 42
Deleting features 43
Setting the number of decimal places used for reporting measurements 44
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3 Creating new features 45
How to create a new feature 46
Creating point features and vertices 52
Creating lines and polygons 63
Creating segments using directions and lengths 69
Creating segments using angles from existing segments 72
Creating segments that are circular arc curves 76
Creating segments by tracing features 81
Duplicating features with the Copy Features tool 82
Creating a fillet curve between two lines 83
Extending a line 84
Trimming a line 85
Proportionally dividing a line 86
Getting a COGO description of a feature with the Inverse tool 88
Creating edit sketch geometry with the Traverse tool 89
Creating two-point line features to populate COGO attributes 94
Obtaining a closure report 96
Techniques for adjusting a traverse 97
Saving a traverse 99
Loading a traverse 100
Exploding a multipart feature 101
Generalizing a feature 102
Smoothing a feature 103
The Snapping Environment window 104
Types of snapping properties 105
Using the snapping environment 106
The Snap to Feature command 109
Setting the direction measuring system and units for editing tools 110
Setting the direction type and angular units 112
Setting the ground to grid conversion 114
Using a ground to grid correction 115
Setting the distance units for tools 117
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4 Editing topology 119
What is topology? 120
Topology basics for data editors 121
Topology rules 124
Topology errors and exceptions 132
Geometric elements of a topology 133
Editing features in a topology 135
Correcting topology errors 138
Making new features with topology tools 139
Adding the Topology toolbar 141
Map topology concepts 142
Creating a map topology 143
Editing shared geometry 145
Rebuilding the topology cache 154
Clearing selected topology elements 155
Finding out which features share topology elements 156
Using the edit sketch to make topology edits 160
Stretching features when editing topology elements 166
Snapping to topology nodes 168
Changing the symbology for selected error features 169
Changing the symbology for topology elements 170
Changing the symbology for topology layers 171
Validating edits to a topology 173
Summarizing topology errors 174
Correcting errors 176
Creating new polygons from lines 180
Creating new features from the geometry of existing features 181
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5 Using a digitizer 185
Setting up your digitizing tablet and preparing your paper map 186
Registering your paper map 188
Creating features using a digitizer 192
Digitizing features in point mode 193
Digitizing features in stream mode 195
6 Creating features from other features 199
Copying a line at a specific interval 200
Creating a buffer around a feature 202
Creating a mirror image of a feature 204
Merging features from the same layer into one feature 206
Combining features from different layers into one feature 208
Creating a feature from features with common areas 210
7 Editing existing features 213
Splitting a line or polygon 214
Trimming a line 218
Extending a line 221
Flipping a line 223
Placing points along a line 224
Reshaping a line or polygon 226
Adding and deleting sketch vertices 228
Moving a vertex in a sketch 230
Changing the properties of a sketch 235
Scaling features 239
Clipping features 241
Stretching geometry proportionately 242
Stretching a feature’s geometry proportionately 243
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8 Spatial adjustment 245
About spatial adjustments 246
The Spatial Adjustment toolbar 250
An overview of the spatial adjustment process 251
Adding the Spatial Adjustment toolbar 253
Choosing the input data for adjustment 254
Choosing a transformation method 255
Choosing a rubber sheet method 256
Choosing an edge snap method 257
Setting the edge snap properties 258
Creating displacement links 259
Creating multiple displacement links 260
Creating identity links 262
Using the Limited Adjustment Area tools 263
Using the Edge Match tool 264
Modifying the link and limited adjustment area symbols 265
Selecting links 266
Modifying displacement links 268
Deleting displacement links 270
Viewing the Link Table 272
Opening a link file 273
Saving a link file 274
Opening a Control Point file 275
Creating displacement links from control points 276
Previewing the adjustment 278
Performing the adjustment 279
Attribute Transfer Mapping 280
Using the Attribute Transfer tool 282
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9 Editing attributes 283
Viewing attributes 284
Adding and modifying attributes 286
Copying and pasting attributes 288
10 Editing geodatabase attributes 291
Editing a geodatabase with ArcMap 292
Editing features with subtypes and default values 293
Editing attribute domains 297
Validating features 298
11 Editing relationships and related objects 301
Understanding relationships and related objects 302
Editing relationships and related objects 307
12 Editing geometric networks 327
Editing network features 328
Creating network edges 333
Subsuming network junctions 340
Enabled and disabled network features 344
The Network Editing toolbar 345
Validating network features 350
13 Editing annotation 353
Working with annotation in the geodatabase 354
Updating annotation created in ArcGIS 8 356
Converting labels to annotation 357
Creating new annotation features 361
The Annotation toolbar 362
Editing the size and position of annotation features 371
Editing the appearance of annotation features 376
Working with feature-linked annotation 387
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14 Editing dimension features 391
Editing dimension features 392
Adding the Dimensioning toolbar 398
Creating dimension features 399
Modifying dimension features 423
15 Working with a versioned geodatabase 427
Integrating versioning with your organization’s work flow 428
Registering data as versioned 430
Creating and administering versions in ArcCatalog 431
Working with versions in ArcMap 438
Editing and conflict resolution 441
Editing a version 446
Versioning scenarios 450
Glossary 453
Index 479
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