ArcView2 is a software program, developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), which is used to do GIS analysis. It differs from Arc/Info in that Arc/Info is designed to develop GIS data while Arcview is designed to interact with GIS data which has already been created.
All activities within Arcview are organized with a Project, which may consist of a number of views, layouts, charts, tables, and scripts (Scripts are programs in the Avenue language and this exercise does not include user-defined scripts). The functions of Arcview include: displaying coverages in a view, viewing the related attribute tables of this view, relating attribute tables with a key item, plotting charts to display spatial information, and creating layouts of the view and related tables and charts.
Please Note: The following procedure is a general outline which can be followed to complete this lesson. However, the user is encouraged to experiment with the program and be creative.
When ArcView is first executed, a new untitled project window is opened. This window includes several icons marked view, table, chart, and layout. This is the main project window, which allows you to create new views, charts, etc., or to open existing ones that you have already created in that project.
Help!If you are lost and don't know how to do something, ArcView has on-line help which is accessed by hitting the ? symbol in the top right corner of the display window.
TO BE TURNED IN: A copy of your layout showing the map of Texas and display of evaporation pan data in some form. Some example layouts produced by previous students in this course are shown below.