STUDENT INSTUCTIONS
A.
Start Arcview, double click the Views icon to open a New View.
Click the Add Theme button
and navigate to the “QSTART”
directory (c:\esri\av_gis\avtutor\arcview\qstart). Double click
states.shp to place it in the Views Table of Contents. Turn it on
by clicking the check box and make it active by clicking
anywhere on the states.shp text.
B.
Open the Theme table by clicking on the “Open Theme Table”
button.
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C.
D.
E.
We need to add fields to the table by editing the table. Try to edit
by clicking the Table Menu. The Start-Editing button is grayed
out. The program will not allow you to make changes to themes
in the “qstart” directory so we will have to create a new theme.
Close the table and return to the view. Select the Theme menu
and click “Convert to Shapefile” this will take you to a save
directory. Select the directory you have been assigned and name
the file USA_Expansion, click ok. Click the yes button when it
asks you to add it to the view. To avoid confusion you may want
to delete the original States.shp by clicking edit and then delete
theme. Be careful you do not delete your new USA_Expansion
theme.
Now we can begin editing the new theme table. Make sure you
have the information you need to complete the table. Click the
Open Theme Table
button then click the Table menu and
select Start Editing.
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F.
We will now add the fields we need for our project. (The number
of fields will depend on the list given to you). Note: there are
four existing fields we will leave intact
Under Edit menu click Add Field, which will take you to the
Field Definition Dialogue.
The Field Definition dialogue has four boxes to fill in. We will
use the first three.
In the Name field type “ORIGIN”: In the Type field use the
down arrow to select String. Leave the Width field at "16".
G.
H.
I.
J.
Follow the same procedure for ‘ORIGINAL OWNER”, “HOW
ACQUIRED” (note: “ORIGINAL OWNER” would be the
owner prior to the USA taking over)
For the STATEHOOD DATE field change the Type to Date.
Use this format for all dates; July 4th, 1776 would be entered as
17760704 in the Theme Table. If you are entering only the year
use the Number Type.
For the ORDER OF ADMISSION field change the Type to
number.
Save the project in the assigned directory/folder.
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L.
M.
ENTERING DATA
A.
B.
C.
It is important to be extremely careful entering data. All field
data must be entered exactly the same. For example if you
enter “LP” in one field you may not enter “lp” in another
field. You must enter “LP” in all fields.
If desired the States Field in the Theme Table can be sorted
alphabetically by first selecting the State Name field then
clicking the Sort Ascending button.
If the first state to be entered is Alabama select the Edit
tool and click in the Origin field for Alabama and type “TP”:
In the Original Owner field type “GB” In the How Acquire
field type “WAR”. In the Statehood date type 18191214
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D.
(December 14 1819) or just 1819 if you are entering the year
only. In the ORDER_ADMISSION type “22”.
Continue the above steps for each of the states. Save frequently in
your designated directory/folder. Use the Data Dictionary below
to enter abbreviations. If you use capital letters you must use
capitals for all entries. Do not switch between capital and lower
case letters.
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
AOT = ADAMS ONIS TREATY
CW = CIVIL WAR
JO = JOINT OCCUPATION
LP =LOUISIANA PURCHASE
MC =MEXICAN CESSION
MOCOMP =MISSOURI COMPROMISE
O13 =ORIGINAL 13 STATES
PUR =PURCHASE
TA =TEXAS ANNEXATION
TP =TREATY OF PARIS 1783 (Territories that entered the United
States right after the Revolution and later became states)
Ø ANX =ANNEXATION
Ø GB =GREAT BRITAIN (NOT AN ORIGIN, FOR
ABREVIATION USE ONLY)
For the “How-Acquired field” use the following terms: TREATY,
PURCHASE, WAR and ANNEXATION.
E.
When finished entering the data open the TABLE menu and
click STOP EDITING. Select YES when prompted to save
and navigate to your assigned save directory. Your table
should look like the example below.
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F.
Check the accuracy of your data entry by opening the
QUERY BUILDER
tool and building a query based on
Origin =. Look for any instances of erroneous double entries
such as “LP”/“lp”. Correct any errors.
There is one error in the Values list above. See if you can find it.
Rename View 1 "USA_Expansion" by opening the View Menu Properties
dialogue and changing View 1 to USA_Expansion.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
You may have to use a textbook to answer some of the questions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
How many states were made from the Louisiana Purchase?
How many states were made from the Mexican Cession?
Who was the President that was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase?
Which four “Origins” led to only one state each being admitted into the Union?
Describe how West Virginia and Maine are different from other territories that
later became states?
6. Which two nations lost the most territory to the United States?
7. Using a textbook discover which ‘Origin” (s) the slogan “54’ 40” or fight” refers
to.
8. Which “Origin” brought the most land area into the Union?
9. Which “”Origins” were Spanish speaking before they became part of the United
States?
10. In which two “Origins” were there major gold discoveries?
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HOT LINKING
We are going to create a “Hot linked” map of our Manifest
destiny/Expansion project. When completed we will be able to click any part of
the United States to bring up a separate map of its “Origin”.
1. First, we need to create a new view for every “Origin”.
2. Make “Usa_Expansion.shp” active. Click the Query Builder tool
and create the following query.
Click the New Set button and close the Query Builder.
3. Open the Theme Menu and select Convert to Shapefile. Name the new
theme “ANNEXATION”and save in the assigned folder. Add it to the
view when asked. Make “ANNEXATION” the active theme.
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4. Make the Project Window active. Select View then click New. This will
open a new view (View 1). Rename the View ANX using the View Menu
Properties dialogue.
Make the USA.Expansion View the active View. (Make sure
Annexation.shp is the active theme). Open the Edit menu and select
Cut Themes. Make the Project window active.
5. Open the blank ANX View you created in #4 and select the Edit menu then
Paste (or click Ctrl 'V"). Turn on and make active the ANNEXATION
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theme. Label the state with the Label tool
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6. Follow the same procedures (#’s 1-5 above) for each of the “Origins”. Use
the following abbreviations for the new View(s) names. (Note: do not
change View names after you have set up hot links). Rename the Themes,
ANX =Annexation, LP = Louisiana Purchase etc. in the new Views. You
can use the full names (i.e. ADAMS ONIS TREATY) for the theme names
within each of the new Views. Remember the new Views names are the
same abbreviations you used when you edited the theme table for the
USA_Expansion theme.
VIEW NAMES:
Ø AOT =
Ø CW =
Ø JO =
Ø LP =
Ø MC =
Ø MO =
Ø O13 =
Ø PUR =
Ø TA =
Ø TP =
Ø ANX =
THEME NAMES
ADAMS ONIS TREATY
CIVIL WAR
JOINT OCCUPATION
LOUISIANA PURCHASE 1803
MEXICAN CESSION
MISSOURI COMPROMISE 1820
ORIGINAL 13 STATES
PURCHASE
TEXAS ANNEXATION
TREATY OF PARIS 1783
ANNEXATION
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7. Next we will set up the Hot Link parameters. Make sure USA_Expansion
is the active view and the USA_Expansion theme is active.
8. Open the Theme menu then Properties and scroll down to Hot Link.
Click the Hot Link button to turn on the Theme Properties dialogue.
9. Fill in the fields using the example below
10. The Hot Link tool
should now be active. With the tool active click
anywhere on the map and one of the new Views you created will appear.
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11. We can make our project more attractive and informative by adding
additional graphic features such as state flags. Flags for each state can
be found at this (or many others) WWW site:
50states.com Flag image links
12. We will use the MC (MEXICAN CESSION) View and theme for
our example. Turn on the MC View (in the Project window) making
sure the MEXICAN CESSION Theme is active.
13. Label each state name using the Label tool.
14. Download the flags for each of the five States into the assigned
directory. To do this right click on the flag and click ‘Save Picture As”
then select the folder or directory you will be storing flags in. Save the
flags in a ‘JPEG” (make sure the JPEG extension is turned on) or “GIF”
format.
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15. Select the Draw Point tool from the Add graphics tools
click once in California.
16. Open the Window menu and select Show Symbol Window.
17. This will bring up the Market Palette. Click
to bring up the
Palette Marker then select Marker in the Type pull down menu.
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18. Click Import and navigate to the directory where the flags are
stored. Select the California GIF or JPEG. You will be back in the
.
Palette Maker where you will select
bottom where you will see the California Flag
Scroll down to the
19. Double click the flag and it will replace the black
dot on the California map. You can adjust the
size with the Size pull down menu.
20. To keep the flag graphic permanently with the project select Attach
Graphics under the Graphics menu. Make sure you have selected
each flag by holding down the shift key and clicking on each flag
with the Pointer tool.
21. Save the project.
22. Follow the same procedure for each state (Origin) you want to
display with a map.
23. Another enhancement would be to add each states Capitol city.
Retrieve the Uscities.shp from the Qstart directory
(c:\esri\av_gis\avtutor\arcview\qstart). This theme contains over
3000 cities. We only need a theme containing 50 cities, one for each
States Capitol. To create this new theme follow the procedure below.
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24. Make Uscities.shp active. With the Query tool
following query ([Capital]) ="Y") then click New Set.
create the
Use the Convert to
Shapefile (see page 10)
procedure and rename the
new
theme
CAPITOL_CITIES. Make
CAPITOL_CITIES
the
active theme. This new theme now contains only States Capitol cities.
Delete the old Uscities.shp theme.
Copy the CAPITOL_CITIES theme (Edit menu, Copy Theme) and past
it into each of the new eleven views you created.
We will use the MC view for our example. Make the MC View active.
Make sure the Geoprocessing extension is present at the bottom of the
View menu and click to activate. If it is not present open the File
Menu; click Extensions then put a check mark next to Geoprocessing,
select default.
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25. We will be clipping themes to limit CAPITOL CITIES to the five we
need for this View. Use the graphics below as your guide:
CLICK NEXT
CLICK FINISH
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26. The Output file #3 should already refer to your work directory if not
type in the complete path (c:\esri\files\students\Charlie) or browse to
the save folder
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27. The resulting clipping operation will appear in the Table of
Contents of the View as ‘Clip.1”, rename it Capitol Cities. Delete
the old theme CAPITOL CITIES.
28. You can replace the city symbol with a star, or anything else you like
by double clicking on the Capitol Cities theme to open up the
Legend Editor and clicking again on the dot below the word
"Symbol". This will take you to the marker palette where you can
substitute the dot by double clicking on any symbol you desire.
Adjust the size using the Size dialogue.
29. Turn on the new theme and label the Capitol cities. Your map
should look similar to the map portion of the layout below:
STATES CREATED FROM THE MEXICAN CESSION
Salt Lake City
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Carson City
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Nevada
Utah
Sacramento
California
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Phoenix
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Santa Fe
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Arizona
New Mexico
CAPITAL CITIES
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MEXICAN CESSION
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800 Miles
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30. As a concluding exercise we will create several Layouts using the
“Origins” fields.
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31. Make the Project window active and select the Layout button.
Click the New button to open a blank layout window.
34. You can change the orientation of the layout by selecting Layout
then Page Setup. Select
landscape orientation.
32. We will be putting three or four “Origins” on
each Layout.
33. We will be using this toolbar from the layout
menu to add the frames.
34. Each tools function is explained when you touch
the tool with your cursor and check the bottom
left of the screen.
35. Experiment with the View frame tool, drawing
three or four frames per layout.
36. Use the other tools to add direction arrows, text and other items. Use
the layout below as a guide.
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