ArcGIS Pro Tutorials
This site houses a series of ArcGIS Pro tutorials I use in some of my introductory GIS courses at Colby College. Click here to access my legacy ArcMap tutorials.
WARNING: This site is in development, modifications to existing tutorials as well as addition of new tutorials are to be expected.
Colby College makes use of the Named User licensing option to access ArcGIS Pro. This tutorial walks you through the steps needed to activate your ArcGIS account (if one is not already active) and to license a local installation of ArcGIS Pro.
Basics
This tutorial introduces you to a brief overview of the ArcGIS Pro interface and to some of its capabilities. You'll learn how to add vector and raster layers, how to create point layers from a latitude/longitude data table, and how to modify a data layer's symbology.
(If you are running a version of Pro less than 3.0, click here)
Learn how to manage GIS files in a GIS project and how to fix broken links in the Contents pane.
Creating a new .aprx file in an existing project folder
This very short tutorial will show you how to create a new .aprx file in an existing project folder.
Learn how to add new fields to existing attribute tables. This tutorial teaches you how to use the Calculate Field tool to populate field with values generated from expressions written in Arcade. You will also learn how to calculate geometric properties such as area and polygon centroids.
Learn how to join non-spatial tables (such as a CSV file or an Excel file) to a spatial object using a common field. This exercise will also teach you how to create and populate a new field in the attribute table.
Explore the different ways in which you can symbolize vector layers.
Explore the different ways in which you can symbolize vector layers.
Learn how to label points, polylines and polygons.
Learn how to create a map layout with map inset, graticule, legend and scale bar.
Data manipulation
Subsetting vector features by selection
Learn to subset features in a data layer based in attribute and/or spatial queries.
Learn how to clip, buffer and intersect vector layers.
Learn how to perform local map algebra operations on raster layers using Raster Calculator. Tools covered include the Raster calculator and the Reclassification tool.
Learn how to perform focal map algebra operations on raster layers using Raster Calculator.
Map algebra: Global and Zonal operations
Learn how to perform global and zonal map algebra operations on raster layers using Raster Calculator. Tools covered include the Euclidean distance tool and the Zonal statistics tool.
Coordinate systems
This short tutorial highlights the dependence a spatial based selection may have on the projection used to define the layer or layers of interest. You will also learn of an alternate spatial measurement that does not depend on the projection used: the geodesic measurement.
Defining and re-projecting coordinate systems
Learn how to identify, define and re-project coordinate systems.
Assessing distortion using Tissot's indicatrix
Learn how to create Tissot indicatrix circles to assess distortions in area and shape for a given projected coordinate system.
Interpolation
Learn how to create interpolate point data using Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) techniques. Note that this tutorial requires a Geostatistical license.
Learn how to create interpolate point data using Kriging techniques. Note that this tutorial requires a Geostatistical license.
Analyses
Learn how to explore and quantify point patterns using distance based and density based techniques.
3D Data Manipulation
Learn how to add a new 3D scene view to your map project from a DEM raster layer. This tutorial also exposes you to the elevation profile tool that generates a two-dimensional plot of elevation along a user defined transect.
Learn how to generate a viewshed map from point and polyline vector layers.
Learn how to load and explore Lidar data (LAZ or LAS file formats) in ArcGIS Pro.
Editing
Editing polygons and polyline features
Learn how to create and edit vector features such as polygon and polyline features.
Learn how to georectify plain images in ArcGIS.