Creating and Publishing Maps with ArcGIS

Overview

This course teaches how to employ the elements of good cartography as part of a standard cartographic process that you can apply each time you make a map. You will learn to create maps that are easy to interpret and properly designed for their audience and delivery medium. This course is taught with ArcGIS Spatial Analyst and Maplex for ArcGIS as some of the tools used in course exercises are provided in those products.

Goals

  • Plan a cartographic project.
  • Evaluate data for cartographic purposes.
  • Apply fundamental cartographic design principles to create a well designed map.
  • Create labels and annotation that are easy to read by a map’s intended audience.
  • Apply a standard cartographic workflow to efficiently create maps using ArcGIS.
  • Produce maps for a variety of delivery models,
  • including a Web mapping application

Audience

This course is designed for experienced ArcGIS users with little or no cartographic experience as well as experienced cartographers with limited ArcGIS experience who wants to create database driven maps.

Prerequisites and Recommendations

Completion of ArcGIS Desktop 2: Tools and
Functionality is required.