The Display Window should resemble Figure 1. Browse to the Landsat image etm+1733_.img and add it. Notice that ArcMap uses ArcCatalog Connections. To do this, we click on the “Add Data” icon, opening the Add Data dialog box that permits browsing to our data files. Once we’ve created a new map file by clicking ‘OK’, we can browse to our images. We will click the radio button to select “A new empty map”. A small dialog box will appear, asking you to make a selection (Fig.
Viewing Digital Geographic Data in ArcMap 1.1) Loading the Landsat and SAMB Images Browse to and boot ArcMap using the Start button (Start/Programs/ArcGIS/ArcMap). ArcMap, showing the Table of Contents in the left pane and the Landsat image etm+1733_20019-17.img in the Display Window.ĪrcMap Tutorial 1.0 West Virginia GLOBE, West Virginia View One of ArcMap’s most powerful features is its ability to be customized for specific, unique types of analyses, via its customizable interface.įigure 1. ArcMap is also used to resolve basic geographic questions of location, size, juxtaposition, and can even answer “what if?” questions - geographic modeling scenarios. ArcMap is the ArcGIS tool used to create and visualize various types of geographic data, including maps and map features (Fig. ArcMap Tutorial 1.0 1.1 – Loading the Landsat and SAMB Images 1.2 – Adjusting Image Contrast and Changing Band Combinations 2.1 – Digitizing the MUC Land Cover Classes 2.2 – Attributing the MUC Land Cover Classes Tutorial Objectives: Become familiar with several important ArcMap features, and create a digital GLOBE Land Cover Map.