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Learning ArcGIS Pro 2

You're reading from   Learning ArcGIS Pro 2 A beginner's guide to creating 2D and 3D maps and editing geospatial data with ArcGIS Pro

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839210228
Length 542 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Tripp Corbin, GISP Tripp Corbin, GISP
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introducing and Navigating ArcGIS Pro
2. Introducing ArcGIS Pro FREE CHAPTER 3. Navigating the Ribbon Interface 4. Section 2: Visualizing, Maintaining, and Analyzing Data
5. Creating 2D Maps 6. Creating 3D Scenes 7. Creating and Working with Projects 8. Creating a Layout 9. Creating Map Books Using Map Series 10. Learning to Edit Spatial Data 11. Learning about Editing Tabular Data 12. Performing Analysis with Geoprocessing Tools 13. Section 3: Sharing Data and Automating processes
14. Creating and Using Tasks 15. Automating Processes with ModelBuilder and Python 16. Sharing Your Work with Others 17. Using Arcade Expressions for Labeling and Symbology 18. GIS glossary
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Populating field values in a database

So far in this chapter, you have learned how to make changes to the schema of your GIS database by adding fields and importing other files. But how do you populate the new fields that you create or just make changes to the attributes associated with existing features?

In the section, we will look at several ways to do just that. We will start with ways to edit individual values for existing features. We will explore the way to perform mass edits to populate a table with values.

Understanding methods to edit or add single values

As you make changes to your spatial data you also need to get into the habit of updating the attributes associated with those features. These are stored in the attribute table for the layer. As mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, attributes are used for many operations within ArcGIS Pro including to control symbology and select features via queries. So, it is critical that the attributes...

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