Visualizing ArcGIS Data with Graphs, Animations, and Reporting Tools

Visualizing ArcGIS Data with
Graphs, Animations, and
Reporting Tools
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Data Visualization
• Types of Visualization
–Geographical
• Maps
–Tabular
• Tables, Reports
–Graphical
• Graphs, Charts
–Temporal
• Animated Maps
• Animated Graphs
–Written Analysis
• Reports

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Maps
Maps
• Contain Contain spatial spatial and and attribute attribute data data of of features
features
• Cartographic Cartographic design design of of the the map map tells tells a a story
story
• Feature Feature Classes
Classes
�� � Shapefiles
�� � Coverages
�� � Geodatabases
(personal, file,
ArcSDE)
�� � CAD
�� � Raster
�� � etc

Elements of a map
Map Map body body
Legend
Scale Scale bar bar
Projection, sources?
Designed by Makram 2006
Author Author Date Date of of map map
Title Title
Date Date of of data data
North North arrow
arrow

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Review Review of of Tables Tables in in ArcGIS
ArcGIS
• Contain Contain descriptive descriptive information information about about features
features
• Spatial Spatial Data: Data:
Feature Class Attributes
�� � Shapefiles
�� � Coverages
�� � Geodatabases (personal and ArcSDE)
• Tabular Tabular Data: Data:
Stand alone tables
�� � dBASE
�� � Excel worksheets
�� � INFO
�� � OLE DB tables
�� � Geodatabase tables (personal and ArcSDE)
�� � Delimited text files

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Tabular data field types
• Different field types store different kinds of values
• Choose the right field type for the right value
• Field types vary according to table format
Name: Fenway Park
2007 Wins: 96
2007 Attendance: 2,527,968
Opening Day: 5/1/2008
Left Field Line: 115.5 m
Text Date Short Long BLOB Float
Fenway
Park
5/1/2008 96 2527968 115.5

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Visualizing Visualizing Tables Tables in in ArcMap
ArcMap
• Tables Tables can can be be viewed viewed using:
using:
– Table Window / Attribute Table
– Graphs
– Reports

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Associating Tables
• Joins
• Relates
• Relationship Classes

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Connecting tables with joins
• Physical connection between two tables
• Appends the attributes of two tables
• Assumes one-to one to-one one or many-to many to-one one cardinality
Parcel (before Join) ZoneCodeDesc
Parcel (virtual table after Join)
Parcel
Many-to Many to-one one

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Connecting tables with relates
• Define relationship between two tables
• Tables remain independent
• Additional cardinality choices
– One-to One to-many, many, many-to many to-many many
– Discovers any related rows
1) Make selection
2) Open related table

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Relate Relate vs. vs. Relationship Relationship Class
Class
• Relate
Relate
– Cross database tables (Geodatabase not required)
– Created on-the on on-the-fly the-fly fly in ArcMap, saved in .MXD or .LYR file
– Implemented only when added to ArcMap session
• Relationship Relationship Class
Class
– Permanent relate
– Within same Geodatabase
– Only exist in Geodatabase
– Edits can be made across tables to preserve referential integrity integrit integrity

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Looking Looking at at tables tables in in the the Table Table Window
Window
• Rows Rows (records) (records) and and columns columns (fields)
(fields)
• Features Features or or stand-alone stand alone table
• Dynamic Dynamic contents
contents
Unique
ID
Rows
(Records)
Columns
(Fields)
Options
Button
on
resized
window

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Navigating Navigating Tables
Tables
• Show Show All All or or Show Show Selected Selected features
features
• Highlight Highlight records records within within Show Show Selected Selected View
View
• Minimize, Minimize, maximize maximize and and restore restore states
states
• Navigate Navigate to to start start and and end end rows, rows, or or row row by by row
row
Navigate rows
Show selected and show all views

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Table Table Window Window Menus
Menus
• Row, Row, cell cell and and column column context context menus
menus
• Options Options button button pop-up pop up menu
Row Cell Column
Right-click
Right click
Menus
Options

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Looking at Tables – Row Context Menu
• Table-to Table to-Map Map navigation
• Specific options for selected or highlighted records

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Row Row Context Context Menu
Menu
• Row Row context context menu menu (Application Key shortcut)
– Map Navigation Tools
– Selection Tools
– Identify Results: Display joined and related records

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Column Column Context Context Menu
Menu
– Column sort, summarize and statistics
– Freeze / Unfreeze columns
– Turn Off Fields, Delete field
– Field Calculator, Calculate Geometry
– Properties
Field
Sorting
Options

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Table Table Appearance
Appearance
–Access Access from Options Button
–Set Set selection colors
–Table Table font style display
–Manage Manage cell heights of header row
–Manage Manage cell heights of data rows

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Graphing Tabular Data in ArcGIS 9.2
• Graph usability and functionality
– Graph types and templates
– Sorting of values
– Multiple datasets, axes
• Display quality and editing
– Color matching
– Improved editing
– Export types
• Interaction among map, graph,
and table
– Highlight / Display only selected
features
– Animated graphs

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9.2 Graphs – Six Types:
New: Histogram* and Box Plot*
Bar Graph – includes Histogram*
Histogram* Histogram*
- a type of Bar Graph
Line Graph
Pie Graph

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Graphs types continued…
Box Plot* Plot
Area Graph
Scatter Plot

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9.2 Graphs – New Features
Coloring, Linking, Sorting, and Editing
• Symbology matching
• Dynamic selection highlighting
• Sorting (ascending / descending)
• Improved graphic quality
• Increased editing control

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Multiple Datasets, Variable and Graph Types
• No limit on:
– number of series
– overlay of different graph types
• 2 scatter plots
• 2 trend lines
• Left and right axes for
different range of data
• Bar graph drawn
over area graph
• 2 line graphs

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Graph Templates and Export Formats
• Graph templates (e.g. Population pyramid)
• Create custom templates (Export > Native)
• Export to new formats
New Formats:
Metafile
SVG
PostScript
PDF
PCX
GIF

User Interfaces (UIs), Menu, and Dialog
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• Context menu with added functionality
• Improved user interface
Graph Creation Wizard
Graph Manager
Graph Window

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Why make graphs?
• Alternate way of visualizing data
• Complements a map
• Maps show spatial relationships
• Graphs show statistical data

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Making graphs
• New graphing package in 9.2
• Wizard-based user interface through Tools menu
• From attribute table Options
• Six main graph types to choose from

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Modifying graphs
• Advanced Properties
– Format fine details of graph
– Turn off series
– Format axes, title, legend
– Choose Theme
• General Properties
– Add / Delete series
– Choose axes data
– Selection Modes
Graph Context Menu

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Selection Modes
• Show all features
• Highlight selected features
• Show only selected features
• Dynamic / Interactive display

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Presenting graphs
• Add to layout
• Print
• Duplicate
• Export
• Copy as Graphic / Paste
• Preview in ArcCatalog

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Managing and storing graphs
• Using Graph Manager
– Standard list management
– Access Properties
– Copy as a graphic
– Add to Layout
– Save options
– Export to other formats
– Load / Edit pre-9.2 Graphs

Animations in ArcGIS
• Create simple and complex dynamic effects
• Visualize changes in perspective, scene properties,
geographical movements, and temporal changes
• Automate the process of effective demonstration and
visualization of data – Map and Graph Animation
Licensing -
• Animation functionality licensed with ArcView
– Animate Maps and Graphs, NO Extension needed
• 3D Analyst license
– Required for animation functionality in ArcGlobe and ArcScene

Basic Animation Concepts
• Animation
– Consists of one or more Animation Tracks executed in parallel
– Similar or different types of tracks can be played together
• Animation Track
– Collection of keyframes of the same type
– Each track is bound to one or more objects and describe their
behavior over animation time
• Keyframe
– Snapshot of an object’s properties at a certain time
– Objects can be -
• Camera, Layer, Scene, Map View and Time Layer

Animation Toolbar
Capture the current
view to an animation

Animation Manager
• Organize and manage animation tracks and keyframes
• Arrange animation tracks and keyframes along the
animation timeline

Playing Animations
• Duration of animation (speed)
• Play animation using the number
of frames to be displayed
• Play portions of animation
• Looping options
– Play once forward
– Play once reverse
– Loop forward
– Loop forward and reverse
• Option to restore the state of an
animation after playing
Play Pause Stop
Record

Storing and Sharing Animations
• Formats supported
– ArcMap animation (*.ama) file
– ArcScene animation (*.asa) file
– ArcGlobe animation (*.aga) file
• Reusable in the same or different
document
– The Table Of Contents should contain the
same data for Layer and Time animation
• Results can be exported to a movie file

Exporting Animations
• Formats supported
– Audio Video Interleave (*.avi) format
– QuickTime (*.mov) format
• Advantages
– Can be played by standard media players
– Resolution and quality can be controlled
– Select different codecs
– Custom resolution videos without
distortion
• ArcMap and ArcGlobe

Supported datasets for temporal
animation
• Feature Layers
• Raster Catalog Layers
• Tables
• Feature Layer, Raster Layer, or Table created from
netCDF
• Historical archive layers and Tracking Analyst layers
Animation setup is the same for all types
Data can also be animated in graphs

Animating Graphs – Example #1
Population change – graph only

Animating Graphs – Example #3
Population change – map and graph

Animating Graphs – Example #2
Stream flow analysis

Data preparation example: feature layers
• Features repeat for each time stamp
• Each time stamp has an attribute value

Data preparation example: Raster catalogs
Raster catalogs:
• Use a date/time field
• Use an index field (i.e. ObjectID)

Supported time field formats
• Any Date field
• String fields of these formats:
– YYYYMMDD
– YYYY/MM/DD
– YYYY-MM-DD
– YYYYMMDDhhmmss
– YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss
– YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
• Numeric fields of these formats:
– YYYYMMDD
– YYYYMMDDhhmmss
• You can always convert strings with a calculation
StrDateNew =
Mid( [StrDate], 7, 4) & "/" & Mid( [StrDate], 4, 2) & "/" & Left( [StrDate],
2) & " " & Right( [StrDate], 8)

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Reports
• Back up your analysis
– Present facts and figures
– Show detailed attribute information
• Direct Print of Tables
– Very basic, small level of control
• Create through Wizard
– Simple (ArcMap Report)
– More complex (Crystal Report)
– More time = better report

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Reports
• Three ways to create a report:
–Core ArcMap Tools
• Table Printing Tool
• ArcGIS Report Tool
–Optional Extension, comes with ArcGIS
• Crystal Reports XI

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Direct Printing of Tables
• Standard Print
options
• Think of it as
your most basic
report option
• Print ranges or
selections
• Column
headers
• Use Aliases
• Page headers

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ArcMap reporting tool
• Simple wizard
• Save to report files (.rdf)
• Load into other ArcMap documents
• Add to layout
• Print
• Copy as graphics
• Export to other formats

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Crystal Reports
• ArcGIS installation option
• Simple wizard
• Use existing reports as templates
• Preview existing reports
• Cannot directly add to layout

Crystal Reports vs. ArcMap Report Writer
• Fine for basic reporting
– No formulas, filters or complex
groupings
– Limited formatting control
– Limited export options
• Completely within ArcMap
application
• Crystal Reports should be the
solution for highest quality
reports

What is Crystal Reports XI?
• Flagship report creation software from Business
Objects
• Bundled in ArcGIS Desktop
• Provides all the tools for professional report design and
creation
– Access virtually any attribute data source
– Quickly produce high quality report products
– Publish and export reports in a wide variety of formats and
mediums

Why use Crystal Reports?
• Data access from any
source
• Easy to use interface
– Begins with ArcMap wizard
• Rich report formatting
– Charts
– Conditional highlights
– Formulas
• Interactive navigation
and drill-down paths
for user exploration
• Variety of export and
publishing formats

The report creation process
1. Determine report requirements
2. Create initial report in ArcMap
3. Finalize formatting in Crystal
Reports XI
4. Print or publish report

Creating your report in ArcMap
• Start with the
Crystal Report
Wizard
• Choices for
report data,
grouping and
filtering
• Choose a basic
report template

Working with reports in Crystal Reports XI
• Designer tab
– Format control without
data values
• Preview tab
– WYSIWYG, editable
report display
• Field Explorer
– Add and manipulate
report data
• Report Explorer
– Quickly access report
components

Conditional formatting
• Highlighting Expert
allows users to easily
conditionally highlight
and format any field
• Robust editor allows for
complex conditional
formatting

Working with groups
• Grouping Expert allows
you to select fields for
grouping
• Better organization of
report information

Working with formulas
• Formula Expert allows
you to create queries
for specialized
formatting and
calculations
• One way to recreate
GDB domains in your
report

Exporting your report
• Crystal Reports
supports over 20
export formats,
including PDF, MS
Word, MS Excel, Rich
Text, html and others
• Insert reports back
into ArcMap layouts

Integrating Crystal Reports with ArcGIS Server
and ArcIMS
• Request Crystal Report, Web
Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence,
PDF, XLS, DOC while passing user
feature selection to the report
• Select from multiple reports, viewer
and format options
• Dynamically embed ESRI map
images – report or map data in
acetate layer
• Embed a report hyperlink to load
ESRI viewer with report data as
highlighted features
ESRI
ArcIMS
ArcGIS
Server

Example: Report Capability Built into ArcIMS

Select Report

Output Report from Business Objects Server

Example: Report Capability Built into ArcGIS
Server Web Application

Select Features from ArcGIS Server Application

Select Report

Crystal Report Generated on Web Page

Further learning
• Crystal Reports tutorial and FAQ
–http://www.esri.com/partners/alliances/business_object
s/crystal-reports.html
• Business Objects training
–Classroom and web-based report creation training
–www.businessobjects.com/services/training
• 3 rd Party Training
–http://www.crystaluser.com/
–Specific classes on all versions

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Thank You!
Questions?