Category Archives: Arc GIS

Arc GIS comes in 2 flavours. Java and the new Windows look.

When things go wrong

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Our Locality

Map Maker and Arc GIS can play up from time to time. The usual causes are: You have tried to load a corrupt data set You are trying to view or link to a very large data set / database … Continue reading →

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Working with Arc GIS Layers

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Our Locality

Layer Properties exposes powerful features of Arc Explorer. From here you can: change colour fills and styles of your polygons line colours and styles add labels create automatic keys based on any selected field make layers appear and disappear above … Continue reading →

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ARC GIS Layers and Navigation

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Our Locality

GIS programmes all work with layers – essentially sheets of  tracing paper holding different information. Layer management is done through the left hand pane. Layers contain different types of information, more of which later. If the layer pane is too … Continue reading →

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View Maps with Arc Explorer 9.3.1 (Java version)

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Our Locality

Start Arc Explorer – you cannot miss the badly drawn icon – we’ve emphasised it by doubling the size (now what is that yellow scribble?) The windows interface is old-school, but it works well for viewing and initial exploration and really … Continue reading →

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