Creating and Editing Parcels with ArcGIS Desktop

Do you need to learn how to store and maintain cadastral data in a geodatabase? If so, this course is for you. You learn how to use the COGO (Coordinate Geometry) tools in ArcGIS Desktop to accomplish this as well as basic concepts of the geodatabase data model and a recommended process for editing parcels. In course exercises, you practice displaying, symbolizing, and editing parcel data as well as entering subdivisions into existing parcels. The workflow for creating and modifying tax map annotation is also covered.

Tax mapping professionals and GIS technicians who want to maintain an accurate and up-to-date geographic representation of local cadastral data.

After completing this course, you will be able to

• Describe the structure and capabilities of a geodatabase.
• Symbolize cadastral data.
• Create layer files.
• Create new features using COGO bearing and distance measurements.
• Adjust traverses to fit into an existing parcel framework.
• Ensure data integrity by using geodatabase topology.
• Edit features in ArcMap.
• Create and modify annotation including lot dimensions.
• Enter subdivisions.

• Introduction to the geodatabase: Data storage options; Geodatabase structures and permissions; Multiuser vs. personal geodatabase.
• Symbology and navigation: Unique values; Single symbol; Cartographic symbols; Finding features; Selecting features.
• The editing environment: Edit sessions; Snapping; Units; Task/Target; Selectable layers; Coincident features; Topology.
• The process of subdividing parcels: Entering lines; Adjusting lines; Creating polygons; Creating annotation.
• Entering closed traverses: From plats; From deeds.
• Tools overview: Copy features tool; Fillet tool; Extend tool; Trim tool; Proportion tool; Topology error inspector.
• Working with geodatabase annotation: Feature-linked annotation; Standard annotation.
• Practice entering a subdivision: COGO; Georeferencing plats; Heads-up drawing; Importing from CAD.

You should have completed ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality or Learning ArcGIS Desktop or have equivalent experience. You should also be familiar with tax mapping terminology and practices.

This course is designed to work with the following software:

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