July 2000

Selected from ESRI Schools & Libraries Program, www.esri.com/k-12, Copyright 2000 ESRI, Inc.

Basics 1: Create a black and white county outline map of Michigan

This lesson is a 3-page exercise set that introduces users to load a GIS data set into ArcView software, to create a simple map, to define a map projection, to rename the map, and to save the exercise as an ArcView project file.

This lesson is a 3-page exercise set that introduces users to open an existing ArcView project file, to add a new attribute data set, to join the source data with a target feature table, and to classify and color the map legends.

Basics 3: Create a chloropleth map of Michigan with multiple layers

This lesson is a 5-page exercise set that introduces users to add multiple map layers, to modify theme (map) properties, join attribute data with feature tables, and to edit map legends.