A First Look at ArcGIS Pro - Creating a Project

After the successful trial installation of ArcGIS Pro last time, I also tried the operation and use of ArcGIS Pro. To be honest, it was really not easy to use at the beginning, and I was not used to it. The operation of ArcGIS Pro is very different from that of ArcMap. I'm still a primary school student, and now I can't even be a primary school student. Keep learning and turn yourself into a primary school student.

First of all, let me introduce that ArcGIS Pro now uses project files (.aprx) as the basic file type. That is to say, if we want to create a new map, we must first create a project project, and then we can create a new map in the project project. layout view etc. The ArcGIS Pro project contains many resource files, such as maps, layout maps, server connections, databases ( only and by default a file geodatabase is newly created, and a personal geodatabase cannot be created in ArcGIS Pro ), toolboxes, folders As well as style connections, etc., these resources are managed through ArcGIS Pro projects. Although ArcGIS Pro no longer saves the map as a map document (.MXD) in ArcMap, you can import the MXD document into the ArcGIS Pro project through the import map tool in the ArcGIS Pro module to form a new map.

Personally, I am very optimistic about the change of ArcGIS Pro to create a project. This nature has a feeling of project management, the logical structure is clear, and it can manage the document resources we create in a unified way. When migrating, you only need to copy the entire project. It prevents the lack of documents, of course, this is only a small part of the advantages, and it will be found that its benefits will be more and more in future learning.

Today, I want to document how ArcGIS Pro creates projects and creates new maps.

Create a project and create a new map

1. First open the ArcGIS Pro software and log in, create a new blank project, set the project name and storage path of the new project, and open the ArcGIS Pro interface.

2. Open the ArcGIS Pro interface and create a new map.

3. Import the MXD document map.

Note: A project file can contain multiple maps, which is equivalent to containing multiple MXD documents

Note: There will be a problem that the map is not displayed here. Don't worry, in the final analysis, this is still the absolute path of the MXD file in the Map, so the layer in the map cannot be found. We need to select the content (that is, the layer manager ) window with a red exclamation mark on any layer, double-click the exclamation mark, find the path where the layer elements are stored, and select to connect the layer.

Record it here today, and then learn how to modify the symbol on the existing layer elements and make a thematic map later.