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Processing Survey Data with GCS in ArcGIS PRO 3
1 students
Last updated 1/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Introduction to the Geodatabase format (.gdb) in ArcGIS PRO 3
  • Comparison of Shapefile (SHP) and Geodatabase (GDB) formats
  • Export SHP data to GDB in Geographic Coordinate System (GCS), GCS has Decimal units
  • Process Survey data in XLS and export to CSV
  • Plotting survey point distribution in Decimal Degree from CSV to ArcGIS PRO 3 canvas and exporting to GDB
  • Creating thematic spatial modeling, choropleth, cluster and heatmap
  • Create Layouts for thematic, choropleth, cluster and heatmaps
  • Export layout to JPG and PDF

Course content

6 sections21 lectures2h 41m total length
  • Course Overview5:19

    A brief overview of all the sections in this course

  • 1.1. Introduction to Geodatabase - Geodatabase VS Shapefile0:31

    Introducing the geodatabase/GDB  format, the future format at ESRI that is better than SHP. However, SHP can still be used for small-scale projects.

Requirements

  • Need basic knowledge of operating ArcGIS PRO 3
  • Need basic knowledge of data management operations in Microsoft Windows (File Explorer)

Description

1. Introduction to Geodatabase (.gdb).

Geodatabase is a spatial data storage format used in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Developed by Esri, geodatabase functions as a container for storing, managing, and analyzing geographic data efficiently in an organized form. Geodatabase allows users to manage spatial data and its attributes in an integrated manner in one database.


2. Geodatabase VS Shapefile.

Geodatabase and Shapefile are two data formats that are often used in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to store spatial data. However, both have significant differences in terms of capability, efficiency, and functionality. The comparison between the two includes storage structure, storage capacity, data and function support, scalability and collaboration, performance and compatibility


Choose Geodatabase if:

- You work with large and complex datasets.

- Need integrated data management (multi-layer, relations, topology rules).

- Using GIS on a large organizational scale.


Choose Shapefile if:

-You need a simple format to share data with multiple platforms.

-Your dataset is small, with simple analysis needs.


Although shapefiles are still widely used because of their simplicity, geodatabases offer far superior capabilities for modern GIS needs.


3. Export SHP to GDB

GDB is capable of creating new features, but on this occasion we will export existing SHP data to GDB, in addition to saving time, we can also practice. Besides SHP, other popular data formats are KML and geoJSON.


4. Process field survey data in XLS format, edit and clean data

Before being processed in ArcGIS PRO 3, field data in XLS format is first cleaned, such as column names that must not contain spaces.


5. Export XLS to CSV

After being cleaned, the XLS data is exported to CSV.


6. Plotting survey point distribution data CSV to ArcGIS PRO 3, XY data in Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) in Decimal Degree (DD) format

The CSV data is then added and plotted to ArcGIS PRO 3. Plotting or displaying the distribution of survey points on the ArcGIS PRO 3 canvas is done using 2 (two) columns/fields combination X/Longitude/Longitude and field Y/Latitude/Latitude as the coordinate points of the earth where the survey respondents are located. The coordinate system used in this course is the Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) with degrees (Degree) and in Decimal Degree/DD format


7. Export plotting data to GDB

The distribution of survey points that have been added to the ArcGIS PRO 3 canvas can be directly plotted onto the ArcGIS PRO 3 canvas and directly saved into GDB


8. Creating a spatial model

We will create a spatial model from the distribution of survey points that have been stored in GDB. This spatial model can be in the form of thematic choropleth, cluster and heatmap. The spatial model will provide a clearer picture of how this data is distributed based on the attribute data obtained such as the age spatial model, the monthly turnover spatial model, the annual turnover spatial model and others.


9. Designing a Layout in ArcGIS PRO 3.

We will create a layout in ArcGIS PRO 3. We create a Multi-layout for each of the spatial models above in one ArcGIS PRO Project Document.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginning users who already understand some of the basics of operating ArcGIS PRO 3