Introduction

The ArcCatalog application provides a catalog window that is used to organize and manage
various types of geographic information for ArcGIS for Desktop. Information and Datas that
can be organized and managed in ArcCatalog inclusive of geodatabases, raster files, maps
documents, globe documents, 3D scene documents, layer file and many more. This software
will organize these contents into a tree view that you can work with to organize your GIS
datasets and ArcGIS documents, search and find information items, and to manage them.

In this exercise, we were introduced to view the digital elevation model (DEM). Digital
Elevation Model (DEM) is the digital representation of the land surface elevation with respect
to any reference datum. DEM is frequently used to refer to any digital representation of a
topographic surface. DEM is the simplest form of digital representation of topography. DEMs
are used to determine terrain attributes such as elevation at any point, slope and aspect. Today,
GIS applications depend mainly on DEMs.

Objectives:

1. To apply Geographical Information System in the software tools to display data display,
data query, data analysis and data output.
2. To view the digital elevation model over a topography surface.
3. To display the images of different bands by colour alterations.
4. To illustrate land cover image raster model.
Methodology

ArcCatalog

1. ArcCatalog was Started from the program menu. ArcCatalog enabled to have connections to
data sources, which located in a folder on a local disk. For Task 1, Chapter 1 database have
been connected firstly. The Connect to Folder button was Clicked. the
Dataset_v8_Chapter_01 was Navigated and clicked OK. The Dataset_v8_Chapter_01 folder
have appeared in the Catalog tree under Folder Connections. the folder was Expanded to view
the data sets.
2. Two type of files were identified which are shape file and raster file.

3. In this lesson , we learned about the creating a new shape file. By clicking Right Click
at the folder name located at the Catalog Tree, navigate and click New. This enable to
create any the of files. Thus, for this lesson we just focused on shapefile and new shape
file was created with the name of Group 1-4.
4. In the folder emidalat files was Clicked in the Catalog tree. Then, the Preview tab
clicked to view the elevation raster. By selecting the raster file then clicking at the
preview. The display of raster file can be seen. The intensity the parameter can be
observed from the intensity of colour. As seen in the figure below.

5. In the folder emidastrm.shp files was Clicked in the Catalog tree. the Preview tab
clicked to view the geography. In the shape file feature of polyline. A river network
stream can be obseved.
6. This step a personal geodatabase would be created and then imported emidalat and
emid, .shp to the geodatabase. Right-click the Chapter 1 database in the Catalog tree,
to New, and select Personal Geodatabase. the new geodatabase clicked and rename
Group 1-4.mdb. A new geo database file was created to differentiate between shape file
and geo database file. As seen in the figure below.

7. There are two options for importing emidalat and ernidastrm.shp to Group 1-4.mdb.
Group 1-4.mdb was clicked, point to Import, and select Raster Datasets. In the next
dialog, navigate to emidalat, add it for the input raster, OK was clicked to import.Two
raster files were stored in the personal geodatabase.
 8. While using the same step as no.7 the shape file was inserted by clicking the Features
Class to Geodatabase (Multiple). Mutiple enable us to transfer many shapefiles at
once.A new shape file was transferred into the personal geodatabase.

9. All files has been completely transferred to the personal geodatabase as shown in the
figure below

ArcMAP
10. You can start ArcMap by clicking the ArcMap button in ArcCatalog or from the
Programs menu. Started with a new blank map document. ArcMap organizes data sets
into data frames (also called maps). You open a new data frame called Layers when
you launch ArcMap.
11. ArcCatalog icon was selected to have the access and manage data from it source.
12. The folder which contain the data was search at the Connected Folder.

13. Then the raster file and shape file were dragged to the ArcMap window interface. Ok
button was selected. The ArcMap document saved as Group 1-4.mxd
14. . Next, add emidalat and emidastrm.shp to Group1-4mxd. Click the Add Data button in
Arc- Map, navigate to the Chapter l database, and select emidalat and emidastrm.shp.
An alternative to using the Add Data button is to use the drag-and-drop method, by
dragging a dataset from the Catalog tree and dropping it in ArcMaps view window.
Thus we have used the second method which is drag and drop.
15. A warning message states that one or more layers are missing spatial reference
information. Click OK to dismiss the dialog; emidastrm.

16. Both emidastrm and emidalat are highlighted in the table of contents, meaning that they
are both active. You can deactivate them by clicking on the empty space. The table of
contents has five tabs: List by Drawing Or- der, List by Source, List by Visibility, List
by Selection, and Options. On the List by Drawing Order tab, you can change the
drawing order of the layers by dragging and dropping a layer up or down. The List by
Source tab shows the data source of each layer. The List by Visibility tab lets you turn
on or off a layer in the data frame. The List by Selection tab lists the selectable layer(s).
The Options button lets you change the behaviour and appearance of the table of
contents.
17. Both can be observed as in one display. It has been overlay among one another files.
Green is the shapefile of polyline and raster is the black and white coloured map.
18. The Standard toolbar in ArcMap has such tools as Zoom In, Zoom Out, Pan, Full
Extent, Select Elements, and Identify. When you hold the mouse point over a tool, a
message box appears with a description of the tool and its shortcut method. As circled
at the above pictures.
19. This step is to change the symbol for emidastrm. Click the symbol for emidastrm in the
table of contents to open the Symbol Selector dialog. You can either select a preset
symbol (e.g., river) or make up your own symbol for emidastrm by specifying its color
and width or editing the symbol. Choose the preset symbol for river. Hence, the colour
was changed from green to black clolour.
20. You can change the color scheme for emidalat by using the Color Ramp dropdown list.
By clicking the layer properties and clicking the symbology tab.The Color Ramp
dropdown can be changed. Hence, we change from White Black, Yellow to Red, Green
etc. Select Elevation #1 Click OK to dismiss. the dialog.The properties of each files can
be modified to the user preference. As can be seen in the figure below.
21. ArcMap has two views: Data View and Layout View. (The buttons for the two views
are located at the bottom of the view window.) Data View is for viewing data, whereas
Layout View is for viewing the map product for printing and plotting. For this task, you
will stay with Data View. The display ArcMap has been changed to data view to layout
view to ensure the designed may can be a appropriate output in terms of report. After
clicking the circled tab, the layout view would be appeared.

22. By clicking Right click and selecting data frame, grid has been created. After clicking
Next button the grid can be observed at the layout view in the below figure.

23. Navigate and click Insert, from the drop-down list, North arrow was selected by
selecting North arrow selector. As circled at the above figure.
24. By using the same step at no.23 the Legend has been included to the layout view. The
legend also can be edited by right clicking and selecting the properties.

25. By using the same step at no.23 the Scale bar was selected.
26. Task 2 was saved as a map document before exiting ArcMap. Select Save from the File
menu in ArcMap. Navigate to the Chapter 1 database, entered Group 1-4 for the file
name, and click Save. Data sets displayed in Task2 are now saved with Group 1-4.mxd.
To re-open Group 1-4.mxd. Group 1-4.mxd. must reside in the same folder as the data
sets it references. The map can be saved document at any time during a session so that
you do not lose the work you have done in case of unexpected problems. You can also
save a map document with the relative path name option. Select Map Document
Properties. from ArcMap's File menu. In the next dialog check the box to store relative
path names to data sources.
Result

On this first task, we were able to create the shapefile, personal geodatabase and familiarize
with the interface of ArcCatalog and ArcMap software which are the sub program within the
ArcGIS. Above figure is the result of learning the ArcCatalog which we able to make personal
geodatabase which more focused storing, capturing and database management.

Above picture was the end result of utilizing ArcMap features to ensure the querying, display
and output can be utilized. All step has been stated step by step in the methodology. Colours
of features, grid, scalebars, legend, north arrow and many more subtask were exposed in this
task.
Lesson Learned & Conclusion.

From this exercise we are able to:

1. Capture the data by inputting geographic and tabular data into the GIS database.
(Capture)
2. Design and create GIS Database (DB) and Spatial Layers. ShapeFile and Raster (Store)
3. Identify specific features and their conditions in a certain place. (Query)
4. Analyse the interaction of spatial relationships between multiple datasets. (Analyse)
5. Visualize geographic features using a variety of symbology. (Display)
6. Display results in a variety of formats, such as maps, reports, and graphs. (Output)

Conclusion

At the end of this lab, we learned how to use GIS softwares which are ArcGis, ArcCatalog and
ArcMap. The importance of ArcGis is enable to address critically important question and
decision that beyond the scope of simple analysis. On the other hand, as ArcMaps is one of the
components in ArcGis, it functions as an application used to view, edit and query geospatial
data, and create maps. The ArcMap interface has two main sections including a table of content
on the left and the data frame which display the map. Items in the table of contents correspond
with layers on the map. Last but not least, we also learned how to view the digital elevation
model, display the image’s different bands by colour alterations and view land cover image
raster model.