left side). This pane behaves much like the ArcMap Table of Contents.
Unlike the Table of Contents in ArcMap, which shows only map layers, the Contents pane in ArcGIS Pro portrays other types of content as well, as it does here in showing the contents of the project.
The middle section shows the Catalog view, which portrays the metadata for, or a preview of, items selected in the Contents pane. It is also used to edit metadata.
7.Click several entries in the Contents pane. The Catalog view updates to show the items contained within the clicked item. Note that in the top half of the Contents pane, the Project folder links to resources saved to the computer. The bottom half, the Portal folder, accesses internet servers.
8.Peruse the Catalog pane on the right side; it is analogous to the Catalog window in ArcMap. Although it is similar to the Catalog view in the center of the GUI, it has fewer functions (for example, not allowing you to preview data). The terms pane and view have specific meanings in ArcGIS Pro. Panes are dockable windows that contain commands and tools, whereas views contain objects that you are working with, such as a map, 3D scene, layout, or table. A window is a container that can display multiple panes or views. Three windows are visible in figure 1.7: one containing the Contents pane, one containing the Catalog view, and one containing the Catalog pane.
9.Compare the bottom of the Catalog pane in figure 1.7 with your ArcGIS Pro GUI. The window in the figure contains three tabs representing three different panes docked in this window: Symbology, Geoprocessing, and Catalog. Your configuration may not match: the Symbology and Geoprocessing tabs are probably not visible in your project at the moment, because you may not have opened the panes yet. One characteristic of the ArcGIS Pro GUI is that it constantly changes depending on what the user is doing.
Objective 1.3: Accessing maps and data from ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Pro is designed to work closely with ArcGIS Online, so that you can access maps and data that have been saved by others. In the Contents pane, the upper section, Project, lists data stored on the local computer or a local network drive. The lower section, Portal, lists data available in ArcGIS Online or other GIS servers, including your own saved content, My Content; content available to your ArcGIS Online groups, the table in the graphics Groups; all content available in ArcGIS Online, All Portal; and the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World data available to ArcGIS Online subscribers.
Much of the content accessed by ArcGIS Pro (figure 1.8) is like the content available to ArcMap, although the terminology has changed. A feature service and an image service are now called a feature layer and an imagery layer, respectively. Next, you can search for and add a couple different types of data.
Figure 1.8. Types of services available to ArcGIS Pro in ArcGIS Online. The terminology has changed somewhat for ArcGIS Pro, and the services are shown with different names than when adding them in ArcMap.
1.In the Contents pane, click the All Portal entry and type a search term in the box in the Catalog view.
2.Note the different types of items available. Click on one of the items to view its metadata.
3.Click the Preview option at the bottom of the metadata section to examine a preview. Switch between the Details and Preview tabs as needed.
4.Take a moment to examine the Insert tab that is currently visible.
5.Right-click a web map in the Catalog view and click Add and Open. A web map is a shared map that accesses only GIS services. The map and its contents are displayed in the project. A new map view is added to the center window, and the Contents pane now shows the map layers, much like the ArcMap Table of Contents. In the Catalog pane, a new heading, Maps, is added.
6.Expand the Maps entry in the Catalog pane and note that the map is now listed there.
7.Examine the ribbon along the top. It switched automatically from the Insert tab to the Map tab when the map was added.
8.Switch back to the Insert tab. You may notice that additional commands are now available. Tabs update depending on what the user is doing and what is open.
9.Return to the Map tab, and examine it for familiar capabilities, such as the basemap, bookmarks, adding data, and so on. The Catalog view remained open as a second tab in the display window.
10.Use the tabs to switch back and forth between the map view and the Catalog view.
11.Open the Catalog view again, right-click a feature layer (not any other kind of layer) from your search group, and click Add to New > Map to add it to a new map, different from the first.
12.In the Contents pane, click twice slowly on the map name (currently Map) and change it to something more descriptive.
13.Examine the contents of the Maps folder in the Catalog pane, noting that it now has two maps listed.
14.Close one of the maps using the X on the tab at the top of the display window. The map closes but is still available in the Catalog pane.
15.Click the Save button on the Quick Access Toolbar at the top of the GUI to save the LearnPro project. The connections to your new maps will be saved to the project.
Like ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro stores only links to these ArcGIS Online maps and data services.
TIPMaps in projects are analogous to data frames in an ArcMap map document.
Objective 1.4: Arranging the windows and panes
As in ArcMap, windows can be docked in the program or float above it. Objects within windows can be rearranged in different ways: stacked on top of each other, side by side, top over bottom, and so on. The docking icon should already be familiar to ArcMap users, and it works much the same way in ArcGIS Pro (figure 1.9).
Figure 1.9. The docking icon is used to arrange panes within a window: stacked (drop on the center) or side by side (left, right, top, or bottom).
1.In the display window, click the map tab and drag to pull it out of the program onto the desktop, making it a floating window.
2.Drag it back into the center display area to make the docking icon appear. Drag the map tab to the center of the icon and release to stack the map back on top of the Catalog view again.
3.Drag the map away again and use the docking icon to arrange the map view and Catalog view side by side. Experiment until all five docking locations have been used.
4.In the Catalog pane, open the Maps entry, if needed, and double-click the second map to open it.
5.Experiment
