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- Go to the Start menu
- Click My Computer
- Double click on the O: Drive (click on image to enlarge)
- Folders are listed alphabetically by department acronym. Double click on the envstudies folder (click on image to enlarge)
- Double click on the GIS Tutorials folder
- Right click on the Geocoding folder and choose the Copy option
- Close the GIS Tutorials folder
- Right click anywhere in the blank, blue space on your computer's Desktop.
- Choose the Paste option. You should now see the Geocoding folder on your desktop.
Download Dust Bowl Tutorial Files
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All files, including copies of Rick Thomas' original GIS files, have been included in the package for this tutorial. Layer files (all files with the .lyr file extension) were created by Krista White, GIS Support Specialist, Drew University. All other files were created by Rick Thomas. Thomas' original files are included because they serve as a source for the Layer Files (.lyr files)used by ArcGIS Explorer. Some original files have had a spatial reference added to them for the purpose of creating the Layer Files. |
- Download the zipped tutorial files at: Dust Bowl.zip. Be aware that the zipped package is approximately 41MB, so please allow sufficient time and memory space on your computer for download.
- A dialog box will appear titled, "Opening Dust Bowl.zip." Save the file to your computer's Desktop.
- Navigate to the desktop of your computer and unzip the file. To do this, right click on the Dust Bowl.zip folder. (click image to enlarge)
- Choose Extract All. The Windows Extraction Wizard will appear.
- Click Next. Make sure that the field under "Files will be extracted to this directory" points to your computer's desktop. (click image to enlarge)
- If it does not point to your computer's Desktop, click the Browse button. The select a destination dialog box will appear.
- Choose the Desktop option that appears at the very top of the window in the dialog box. You may need to use the scroll bar on the right hand side of the window to see the Desktop Option. (click image to enlarge)
- Click OK.
- Once this field points to your computer's Desktop, click Next. Windows will unzip the file and tell you that the extraction is complete.
- During the unzipping process, you may get a dialog box asking you to replace a file: (click image to enlarge)
This action attempts to replace an older file with an existing new file. Click the No button to prevent the replacement of the newer file. - Click the Finish button.
Start a New Map Project
- Open ArcMap
- The ArcMap Getting Started dialog box will appear
- Under the Table of Contents on the left side, choose New Maps My Templates Blank Map.(click on image to enlarge)
- Click OK. A blank Map Project will appear.
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