Now, let's turn on the COVID-19 Cases US layer in your Content pane-which shows as Cases. So far, you have created a new project file and used the Catalog view to inspect the data copied over from the network. National Weather Service Precipitation Forecast Now, let's try a few more datasets on your own. In the Contents pane, click on the Living Atlas under Portal. Ĭlick on the first search result: COVID-19 Cases US. In this case, we want to look for data that are quite relevant these days: COVID 19. Let's search for some data in the Living Atlas. It has a wealth of data from many trusted sources such as the US Census Bureau, CDC, NOAA, USGS, and Esri, that can be used on their own or combined with your own data to complete visualization and analysis tasks. It includes maps, apps, and data layers to support your work. You can also connect to data from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World which is a rich collection of geographic information from around the globe. Navigate to the Data folder copied to your Documents. Right-click on the Folders and select + Add Folder Connection. They are currently empty, so there are no items displayed on the Catalog pane. Within the folder is a geodatabase which stores geospatial datasets and a toolbox for storing custom tools for the project.Ĭlick on the geodatabase and toolbox for your project. You will see the home folder for the project with your name.Ĭlick on the home folder (Intro_to_GIS_by_***) to see its contents. In the Contents pane, click on the Folders item to expand it. To do so, we will have to set up a connection to that folder. Let’s preview the workshop data that you downloaded and then copied.
You can navigate to different locations by clicking on them in the Contents pane, and the contents of the directory will show in the Catalog pane.
On the Contents panel, you will see different locations which may store data, project files, tools, or be servers and databases. Additionally, you don’t have to create a map view just to see what is in a dataset. This can help you understand the extent of data you obtained, explore its attribute information, and view metadata, or information about the dataset. The project will open showing the Catalog view, which enables you to inspect and preview data without adding it to a map or scene view.