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Once it's been successfully installed and you've downloaded the software, open up ArcGIS Explorer.
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Change the Basemap
The default Basemap in ArcGIS Explorer is a satelite photo mosaic. This can be distracting when dealing with certain kinds of data, so users may want to change the Basemap to something less visually distracting.
- On the Home tab in the Maps group, click on the Basemap button. A drop down menu will display a set of Basemap options.
- Use the scroll bar on the right hand side of the Basemap drop down menu to scroll down to the bottom of the list.
- Chose the Light Gray Canvas map by highlighting and clicking it once. (click image to enlarge)
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Now the map background is neutral, and is ready to have the Dust Bowl tutorial data layers added to it.
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Navigate to the Dust Bowl folder on your computer's Desktop. You should see a list of files like this: (click image to enlarge)
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