Introductory Exercises for GIS Using ArcMap & ArcCatalog

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Rename the new buffered road layer “Buffered Roads”Zoom into an area where the road crosses Prime Farmland in order to see the buffered area moreclearly. Do this by clicking on the zoom-in icon and dragging a box around a smaller area.Using the Intersect FunctionYou will now use the intersect tool to create a layer that exhibits the attributes of both the soils data andthe buffered roads.From the toolbox display, select “Analysis Tools”, then “Overlay”, then “Intersect”.24
Choose Aggregated Farmland and Buffered Roads from the Input Features dropdown list. Asusual, the Output Feature Class is automatically determined and can be changed if desired.Leave all other defaults and click “OK” to run the tool. The result will be automatically be addedto the project.Rename the new layer Intersection of Roads and Farmland.Change the display of the new layer in the Symbology tab. Select “Categories”, then “UniqueValues” and chose “FARMLAND” for the Value Field. Click “Add All Values” and you will seePrime and Not Prime Farmland displayed. Change the colors to grey and yellow as donepreviously. Click “OK”.Using the zoom-in tool, display an area so that you can clearly see the results of the intersectfunction.25
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