Lab 7: Geocoding Addresses and Making Maps

Part 1

This lab introduces data address matching in ArcGIS.  You will learn the following skills in ArcGIS:

Instructions

Do the tutorial exercises in Chapters 17 of Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop.

Deliverables

Answer the following questions and produce the following outputs. Labs should be typed, well organized, and be stapled together. The lab is due in class Tuesday of the following week.

  1. What is geocoding or address matching?
  2. Geocoding requires an address table, reference data, and an address locator.  Describe each of these elements.
  3. What is the output of the geocoding process?
  4. What were the characteristics of the address locator that you created in exercise 17a?
  5. Print the map at the end of exercise 17b after adding you name using a text box.
  6. Print the map at the end of exercise 17c after adding you name using a text box.
  7. Conceptually, how do you rematch addresses?

Part 2

This section of the lab covers making presentation quality maps in ArcGIS.

Instructions

Do the tutorial exercises in Chapters 19 of Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop. Then make a presentation quality map using data you download from the Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.

Deliverables

Produce the following outputs. Turn in your Oregon map separately from the rest of the lab.

 

a) Chapter 19

  1. At the end of exercise 19a, put your name on the map with a text box and print.
  2. At the end of exercise 19b, put your name on the map with a text box and print.
  3. At the end of exercise 19c, put your name on the map with a text box and print.
  4. At the end of exercise 19d, put your name on the map with a text box and print.

 

b) Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

 

Download at least three spatial datasets from the Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.  Make a presentation quality map including at least one classified dataset, a legend, title, north arrow, scale bar, and your name. Consider using an inset map or labeling if it makes the map more readable.

 

Notes:

 

1. After you have used the legend wizard, you can still change its appearance. To do so, right click on it and select Properties. Another way to edit your legend that allows you more control is to right click on the legend, select Convert to Graphics, right click the legend again, and select Ungroup. Now you can modify each element separately. You can further ungroup the legend symbols and text.

 

2. Make sure your scale bar shows reasonable earth units (miles or kilometers).

 

3. Although not a requirement for this lab, if you are interested in the automated labeling capability of ArcMap, review the exercises in Chapter 7 of Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop. To label features, simply right click on the layer you are interested in labeling, select Properties, and then the Labels tab. If you want more control over the label location or to remove multiple labels, you can convert labels to annotation. To do so, right click on the layer of interest and select Convert Labels to Annotation. Now you can modify each label separately. Remember, you can always add just a few labels by using a text box.

 

4. You can create an inset map by adding a new data frame to the map (under the Insert menu) and then adding the relevant data layers to the new data frame. To show the extent of your main map on the inset map, right click the data frame of your inset map, select Properties, then the Extent Rectangles tab. Highlight the data frame of your main map in the left box and move it to the right box. This will place a rectangle on your inset map that shows the extent of your main map. You can modify the symbology of the rectangle by selecting the Frame button.

 

5. If you are making your map in color, print the map in color. If you are going to print your map in B/W, make the map in B/W.