ArcGIS Explorer Online Extended Use Quick Guide

ArcGIS Explorer Online—GIS for Everyone Creating notes, photo links, and presentations

ArcGIS Explorer Online (AGXO) is a browser-based GIS viewer that gives you an easy way to explore, visualize, and share spatial information. Ready-to-use basemaps and map services can be added to a project along with the ability to add notes, photos, reports, videos, perform queries and create presentations. This quick guide is an extension of the Introduction to ArcGIS Explorer Online quick guide and builds on skills covered there. Please refer to that introductory guide for further instructions on the steps contained in the Get Started section below. Get Started 1. Open ArcGIS Explorer Online at

http://explorer.arcgis.com/. 2. Start a new map. If necessary, change the

basemap to Topographic. 3. Add California Fire History from ArcGIS Online. 4. If necessary, zoom to the California Fire History

layer. 5. Open the legend to review the meaning of the fire

history symbols and colors. Further Exploration of ArcGIS Explorer Online Finding places 1. In the Find Places search box type Pasadena CA

and press Enter on your keyboard. 2. Add the marker by selecting and choosing Map

Notes. 3. Zoom and pan to center the Station Fire in the map

display. The Station Fire perimeter is just north of the Pasadena, CA marker.

Adding Notes 1. Select the Add Features icon on the

menu bar. 2. Select a stickpin and place it inside the

Station Fire burn area by clicking with your mouse button.

3. Click on the point marker and select Edit >>Edit Show Pop-up.

4. Change the title from “Point” to “Station Fire Image”.

5. Type “Station Fire Plume” in the description box.

6. Use http://images.google.com/ to lo-cate an appropriate image of the Sta-tion Fire and add the URL. Be sure to copy/paste the actual image link (.jpg, .gif, tiff, etc) and not a link to the web page.

7. Click OK.

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Further Exploration of ArcGIS Explorer Ribbons (continued) Test your note by clicking on the Station Fire Image marker. Presentations A presentation within ArcGIS Explorer Online allows you to communicate your ideas and information by combining your basemap, layers, notes and other map elements with a series of presentation slides. Creating a presentation 1. Click the Presentation tab above the menu bar. This opens the

Slides window and displays a set of presentation tools used to manage the various aspects of the map’s presentation.

2. Click on the map to add your first slide. Open the Map Contents and double-click on the California Fire History layer. This will cause the slide to zoom out to the full extent of the California Fire History layer.

3. Add a title to your map: California Fire History. 4. Click on the New Slide icon to add a second slide. 5. Open Map Notes in Map Contents Layer and zoom to the Station Fire Image note. Pan and zoom as needed to dis-

play Station Fire boundary. 6. Add a slide title: Station Fire Area 7. Add a third slide and add a Text box from Create Features. Adding Text Select the Text tool from Add Features and create your own text boxes. Use the Change Symbol icon to customize your boxes. Running a Presentation A presentation can be started by selecting the Start Presentation icon on the Presentation menu bar. You can control the presentation using the presentation controller at the bottom of the slide.

As you move through the presentation, notice that each map view is interactive. For example, on the first slide, the dis-play has been zoomed to the San Francisco Bay area. Advancing to the second slide, the pop-up associated with the Station Fire Image marker has been opened. Advancing to the third slide demonstrates the use of text boxes to add content.

Slides can also be advanced using the keyboard space bar.