I'd like to take you all on a tour of my neighborhood Loudoun County, Virginia.
As I show my top ten favorite things about ArcGIS pro at version 2.0. I designed
this list to be a series of focused things, focused on helping you do your
work better. Zooming to the town of Ashburn, let's kick off the countdown
with my number 10 item, ArcGIS pro now supports annotations. Let's change the
annotation for this house. By viewing its attributes, I can change its style to
emphasize the feature. Let's choose a call-out with transparency and set the
text color to black. Now using feature-length annotation,
I can select the address point and edit its attributes to correct the house
number. I'll then use the new annotation edit tool to reposition my recently
updated annotation exactly where I want it. Better yet, I can fix the street name
by taking advantage of something you've all been wanting to do, edit text
directly on the map.
Next the number nine item on my list is all about data exploration with new
charting tools. Here is a box plot showing the distribution of wealth and
Loudoun County. The chart uses the same symbolization that I've applied to my
data, showing the county's 8 election districts.
It looks like Catoctin has the highest median value and the highest
distribution. Using a second chart we can look further in depth at the
distribution of wealth, but the magic happens when I link my two charts
together. Now whatever I select in my box plot will propagate over to the bar
chart and into the map. These charts were created from the long list of attribute
fields in my districts layer. So as a bonus item to my countdown, if you
feel the need, the need for speed when scrolling through tables with hundreds
of fields, then you'll love how quickly you can scroll through and work with
attribute tables in Pro 2.0.
My next countdown item, is layout improvements. Adding your charts to
layouts is new to Pro as shown here. What's even more exciting is that these
charts update dynamically, as I move from page to page in this map series. Also,
since the very beginning, you've been asking for grids and graticules in Pro,
and here they are. And if all that wasn't enough for you here's one more layout improvement.
Just like your charts, your map legends
can also be set to update dynamically. Moving over to Dulles International
Airport, let's check out my number seven.
The auto geo-reference tool is one of
several new imagery enhancements in Pro. Adding in an older aerial image and
manually fitting it to the display, I can clearly see that it's misaligned. When I
run the tool, it can find tie points from the world imagery service from ArcGIS
online, which it uses to transform the image to its proper position.
Upon completion, you can clap
Upon completion, a quick swipe of the image reveals that it was placed
correctly and shows the construction of a new runway. Now the next item on my
list comes directly from your feedback through GeoNet. It's also the number one
question I get asked when talking to ArcGIS Pro users. Where did the catalogue go?
We've heard the feedback loud and clear, and if you didn't notice it
already, the number six item on my countdown is, the catalogs back!
Reborn from the project pane, the catalog pane features a new favorite section that
stores all of your commonly used folder, database, and server connections, in
addition to a growing list of support for OGC standard services. No more
reconnecting to data, when you launch a new project! The fifth item on my list is
also directly from your feedback, ArcGIS Pro now supports WFS. Let's examine a WFS
layer i'm reading in from the USGS. If i wanted to find out which rock types are
present in Loudoun County, I could use this WFS geology layer in the clip
geoprocessing tool. Once complete I'm left with a subset of the data over Loudon
County, and I can then use a chart to view which specific rock types are
present in the county and in what quantities. That'll show up in just a
second when the WFS draws. There we go. Alright so now that that's in there we
can view my chart and the output from the clip geoprocessing tool shows us
which rock types are present just in the county.
Now you guys are making this too easy with the applause! The number
four item on my list is 3D editing and visualization. Let's fly over to one of
my favorite restaurants in Leesburg, which used to be an old train station.
These buildings were created from this course Lidar data that didn't properly
capture the geometry of the old train platforms. Using the multi-patch editor, I
can fix the issue by splitting the roof surface in half, and then dragging it
upwards to match the Lidar outline. That's just one of the many things you
can do with 3D editing. For visualization, check out these power line features that
I created using a 3D geometric effect on a line feature. The power pole markers
are attribute controlled so by updating the spacing and height fields, I can
control how the poles are visualized. This is a powerful tool for viewing
design alternatives. Let's check out that change from another angle. Alright, so how
many of you have ever become disoriented when working in 3D? I know I have and it
looks like that guy has over there as well. So my number three item will help
with that! I present the on-screen navigator. Using it in 3D I can easily
drop to the ground and then walk down the street pass the power lines. In a
controlled manner, I can then look down the street to my left and continue
walking back to the restaurant to grab a cold beverage. Now if I want to examine
the platform roof that I just edited from different angles, I can place it in
the center of my target and then use the inner ring on the Navigator to orbit
around it. Finally, whether you're in 2D or 3D, should you lose your bearing, the
Navigator serves as a convenient North arrow.
Lets head back to Ashburn for the number two item on my list, which is the
improved sharing experience in ArcGIS Pro. At version 2.0, we've extended the
idea of a connected desktop, making it even easier and faster to share your
work with your organization. There are three different sharing configurations
that take all the guesswork out of how I should publish my data, by allowing me to
simply pick what I want users to do with it. I know that I want people to use this
map for visualization purposes, so Pro knows that what I really want is
cache tiles. Now before I dramatically reveal what the number one item on my
top 10 countdown list is, I want to show you a fun new feature of Pro that you
may not have seen before. For those of you who work in low light conditions,
we've introduced a new dark theme to help reduce eye strain and because it
looks cool. Now you have to restart Pro to get the theme change to take effect,
or you can take advantage of the number-one item on my countdown, drumroll
please, and launch another instance of Pro! Yes in version 2.0 you can now work
with multiple projects simultaneously! Thank you!