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      • Chapter One Title Page
      • Section One - Introduction
      • Section Two - What is GIS?
      • Section Three - Why Do We Need A GIS?
      • Section Four - Putting it all Together: An Example
      • Section Five - Uses of GIS
      • Section Six - History of GIS
      • Chapter Two Title Page
      • Section One - Introduction
      • Section Two - Geodesy
      • Section Three - Mathematically Measuring the Earth
      • Section Four: Latitude and Longitude - One Example of a Geographic Grid
      • Section Five: Geodetic Datums: Combining Reference Ellipsoids and Geoids
      • Section Six: Geographic Coordinate Systems
      • Section Seven: Projection Methods
      • Section Eight- Projected Coordinate Systems
      • Section Nine: Just a Few Extras
      • Chapter Three Title Page
      • Section One - Introduction
      • Section Two - Vector Data
      • Section Three - Raster Data
      • Section Four - Discrete and Continuous Data
      • Section Five - Data Tables
      • Section Six - Introduction to Attribute Tables
      • Chapter Four Title Page
      • Section One - Introduction
      • Section Two - Data Models
      • Section Three - Meet ArcGIS Pro Catalog View
      • Section Four - Meet ArcGIS Pro Maps and Layouts
      • Section Five - What Are Relational Databases and Geodatabases
      • Chapter Five Title Page
      • Section One - Introduction
      • Section Two - Attribute Tables: An Overview
      • Section Three - Attribute Tables Basics
      • Section Four: Selecting Data in ArcMap - The Basics of Making Selections
      • Section Five: Using Selected Data
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Chapter Five - Attribute Tables and External Data

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Chapter Goals

  1. Understand and be able to fill in the labels for the parts of the attribute table
  2. Understand and define FIDs and OIDs
  3. Know, in general, what kind of actions are contained in the table options menu, the field header menu, and the table action buttons
  4. Define and explain the seven kinds of field types
  5. Define and explain select by location
  6. Define and explain both layers (in the traditional sense) and Esri .lyr files
  7. List some of the actions taken with selected data
  8. Define and explain Structured Query Language (SQL)
  9. Know the basic form of a simple SQL query (excluding the part which ArcGIS automatically provides)
  10. Define and explain the four selection methods
  11. Define and explain comparison operators and logical operators
  12. Define and explain a complex SQL query
  1. Define and explain the three logical operators
  2. Know the form of a complex SQL query
  3. Define and explain select by location
  4. Provide an example for a time to use select by location
  5. Define and explain interactive selection
  6. Define and explain table joins and relates
  7. Explain the difference between a table join and relate
  8. Explain the result of a table join and relate
  9. Define and explain data relationships
  10. Explain and define the purpose of table join validations
  11. Define and explain spatial joins
  12. Define and explain classification
  13. Briefly explain reflectance classification
  14. Briefly explain the additive and subtractive color theories
  15. Define the five types of numeric classification (equal interval, quantile, Jenk's Natural, mean-standard deviation, and custom)

Chapter Contents

  • Section One - Introduction
  • Section Two - Attribute Tables: An Overview
  • Section Three - Attribute Tables Basics
  • Section Four: Selecting Data in ArcMap - The Basics of Making Selections
  • Section Five: Using Selected Data
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