Esri ArcGIS Desktop Professional Certification Study Guide. Mike Flanagan

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      Reminder

      ArcGIS Pro does not offer geometric network support. At ArcGIS Pro 2.x, the new utility network has assumed the management of utility and telecom networks in ArcGIS.

      Geometric networks are created in the ArcMap Catalog window or using tools in the Geometric Network toolset. The Geometric Network tools can be used to manage and analyze geometric networks. For example, you can use these tools to perform a variety of tracing functions, including downstream trace, upstream trace, isolation trace, and path trace. Geometric network analysis can be affected by using attribute weights that represent the cost of traversing an edge in the network. They can also incorporate the use of disabled features that represent disconnected features or can temporarily disable features without requiring you to delete them. This functionality is useful in cases in which a temporary power outage occurs on one portion of a utility network. As you edit a geometric network, ArcGIS maintains connectivity between the network’s features.

      Prepare

      These topics in the documentation provide details about geometric networks.

      Gain a thorough understanding of these ArcMap Help topics:

       Manage data > Data types > Geometric networks >What are geometric networks?A quick tour of geometric networksEssential geometric networks vocabulary

        Manage data > Data types > Geometric networks > Creating and managing geometric networks

        Manage data > Data types > Geometric networks > Editing geometric networks > Overview of editing geometric network features

        Manage data > Data types > Geometric networks > Analyzing geometric networks > Tracing on geometric networks > About tracing on geometric networks

      Practice

      Complete these tasks to get more hands-on experience:

        Take the Preparing for Network Analysis web course.

        Complete the ArcGIS Network Analyst tutorials.

      Skills check-in

      Now that you have explored these concepts, it is time to check in! This is not an exhaustive list of topics that are covered on the exam, but it references the types of tasks a qualified candidate should be able to perform. If there is anything you cannot confidently do, review those concepts until you can.

      I can:

       Create a geometric network, geodatabase topology, geodatabase terrain, and transportation networks.

       Determine the role of the feature classes’ participation in the network and determine the role of the feature dataset in the network.

       Update schema changes for the geometric network.

       Determine the components of a network dataset (for example, network weights, connectivity rules, cluster tolerance).

       Determine the appropriate feature classes to participate, rules to apply, and feature dataset properties.

       Determine the role of the feature datasets for complex datasets (for example, terrains, topology).

Given a task, determine the data, settings, and parameters for creating an address locator

      ArcGIS gives you the ability to model the real world using tabular data. The points in your tables can be converted into points on a map through geocoding. Geocoding allows you to take your addresses and custom place names and display them as features on a map. A central component of the geocoding workflow is the address locator. This section explores the geocoding workflow and emphasizes methods for creating and sharing address locators. This skill has two parts: (1) creating an address locator and (2) sharing an address locator.

      Creating an address locator

      ArcGIS supports geocoding and place-name searches in both desktop and web environments. Successful geocoding requires an understanding of the geocoding workflow. The geocoding workflow consists of these steps:

      1 Build or obtain reference data.

      2 Determine address locator style.

      3 Build an address locator.

      4 Locate addresses.

      5 Publish or maintain your address locator.

      The address locator is particularly important to the geocoding workflow because it contains the parameters and matching rules that tell ArcGIS how to match your input data to locations in your reference data.

      Before creating an address locator, you must determine which address locator style to use. The address locator style specifies properties and parsing grammar that determine acceptable input, so it is important to choose a locator style that closely matches the input format of your address and reference data. After you choose an address locator style and prepared reference data, you can build an address locator using geoprocessing tools in the Geocoding Tools toolbox. If you need to match your addresses against multiple locators, you can create a composite locator. A composite locator combines two or more individual address locators; the software chooses from among them to find the best match. After you have created your address locator, you can use it to search for individual records or batch geocode a table of addresses.

      Prepare

      These topics in the documentation provide details about creating an address locator.

      Gain a thorough understanding of these ArcGIS Pro Help topics:

        Help > Data > Data types > Geocoding > Get started > What is geocoding?

        Help > Data > Data types > Geocoding > Prepare for geocoding (and all subtopics)

        Help > Data > Data types > Geocoding > Create a locator (and all subtopics)

        Tool Reference > Tools > Geocoding toolbox > An overview of the Geocoding toolbox

      Gain a thorough understanding of these ArcMap Help topics:

        Manage data > Geocoding > Introducing geocoding > What is geocoding?

        Manage