ArcGIS Online

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Online mapping is one of the hot topics in the GIS community

ArcGIS Online is the online version of ArcGIS

What is ArcGIS Online?

https://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html

Create interactive web maps

Share maps on the internet

Access content shared by other users

Make maps with Esri Maps for MS Office

What is NEW?

Access over 100,000 maps and data for your research / projects / presentations

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It is FREE!!

Why ArcGIS Online?

Create interactive web maps

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Select a “Basemap” as the backdrop of your map

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Add actual layers from:

Files from your computers

Files on the web

Shape files, Google Earth files (KML), GPS point files (GPX), text files

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Manage layers

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Choose map symbols

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Edit features and attributes

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Measure location distance area

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Show changes over time in a movie-like display

Create editable layers

Either the map maker or anybody viewing the map can edit it on the web

This is useful when you want inputs from others (Volunteered Geographic Information)

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ArcGIS Online security settings

Private

Organizations

Everyone (public)

Share maps on the internet

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Sharing your maps via

ArcGIS Online

Emails, blogs, web sites, social medias

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A short URL pointing to your map

Search maps through:

Your organization

ArcGIS Online

A GIS server

The web

Access content shared by other users

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Esri Maps for Office is an Add-in for MS Office that let you create interactive maps of your data directly inside Excel

Download

http://www.esri.com/software/esri-maps-for-office/download

Esri Maps for Office

http://www.esri.com/software/esri-maps-for-office/features

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Choose a basemap

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Choose a basemap through

“Basemap”

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Esri Maps for MS Office can transfer location information into features: Zipcodes -> polygons

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Select symbols

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Personal and organizational accounts (https://www.arcgis.com/home/signin.html)

Access ArcGIS Online anywhere through web browsers and mobile devices (https://www.arcgis.com/)

How can you access ArcGIS Online?

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Thanks!