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Now the map background is neutral, and is ready to have the Dust Bowl tutorial data layers added to it.
Add Dust Bowl Tutorial Data Layers to ArcGIS Explorer Desktop
Navigate to the Dust Bowl folder on your computer's Desktop. You should see a list of files like this: (click image to enlarge)
Raster Image Band Layers
The files with the yellow diamond icons with the .lyr extension are ArcGIS layer files. You can add layer files, raster files, shapefiles, and a wide variety of other kinds of file types to ArcGIS Explorer. Because you cannot change the symbology of Shapefiles in ArcGIS Explorer, this adaptation of the Dust Bowl tutorial uses layer files created with the proper symbology for the analyses required in the Dust Bowl worksheets.
For each of the following exercises in the Dust Bowl tutorial, you will add the layer files in reverse order. This will insure that they are ordered properly by group and by month/year so that users can make sense of all the data categories.
Create an Examining Conclusions Worksheet Map
Layer Files:
In ArcGIS Explorer, click on the Add Content button in the Map group of the Home tab.
Click ArcGIS Layers. An Open dialog box will appear. (click image to enlarge)
Raster Image Band Layers
Find Navigate to the Dust Bowl folder on your computer's Desktop. You should see a list of files like this: desktop.
Add files in the following order:
APR4YRAVT – Question 3
MAR4YRAVT-- Question 3
FEB4YRAVT-- Question 3
JAN4YRAVT-- Question 3
APR35AVT-- Question 3
MAR35AVT-- Question 3
FEB35AVT-- Question 3
JAN35AVT-- Question 3
WINTSPR35 – Question 2
WINTSPRAVE-- Question 2
Raster Data:
Click on the Add Content button in the Map group of the Home tab.
Choose Raster Data.... An Open dialog box will appear.
Find the Dust Bowl folder on your computer's desktop.
Double click on the folder titled Files.
Add the 3907_%Sandy Soil.jpg (for Question 1) file to your map by clicking on it once, then clicking the Open button. (click image to enlarge)
Raster Image Band Layers
Shapefiles:
Click on the Add Content button in the Map group of the Home tab.
Choose Raster Data.... An Open dialog box will appear.
Find the Dust Bowl folder on your computer's desktop.
Double click on the folder titled Files.
Add files in the following order:
Dust 1940-- Question 1
Dust 1938-- Question 1
Dust 1930-- Question 1
United States – For General Reference