ArcGIS ArcObjects and Visual Studio

ARCGIS ARCOBJECTS AND VISUAL STUDIO

ONLINE TRAINING

START DATE: AVAILABLE SOON (80 hours)

PRICE: 350 € (Standard fee) | 315 € (Student / Unemployed fee)

CURSO DE ARCOBJECTS CON ARCGIS Y VISUAL STUDIO

This course will introduce the students in the use of ESRI’s ArcObjects programming framework. Together with Visual Basic for Applications, it allows developers to improve the functionalities of ArcGIS and create more and more sophisticated applications.

ArcObjects is a development environment of ArcGIS suite of software, it is a library of COM, components that build up the foundation of the Esri’s ArcGIS platform. All the ArcGIS for Desktop applications are based on ArcObjects. To start programming in this environment, the best option would be the use of Microsoft Visual Basic programming language.

Enrolled students in this online course will have access to our virtual e-learning platform (which is available 24 hours), where they will find the content of the course, practical exercises, forum discussion and additional content. One of the advantages of this online platform, is that students can benefit of real time support and assistance offered by the instructor (2 hours per week), whom they can contact via direct messages, regarding course related issues, at any moment. They can also contact the instructor via email.

GOALS

Introduce the students to ArcObjects, a development environment, on which all ArcGIS for Desktop applications are based.
The course provides notions of development in Visual Basics, a Microsoft programming language, offering a complete introduction in its capabilities and functionalities.
Develop new tools and Add-Ins applications that can be used in ArcGIS suite of software.
Learn about object oriented programming, data models, interfaces and classes used in ArcObjects.
Understanding the advantages of Visual Basic programming language through practical exercises, which will provide an extensive overview over the different processes and functions that can be integrated with ArcGIS.

TRAINING PROGRAM

1 - INTRODUCTION TO ARCOBJECTS, ARCGIS EXTENSION

History of ESRI programming
Advantages and disadvantages
Customizing ArcObjects programming framework

Practical exercise 1: Create a custom zoom button in ArcGIS.

2 - BASIC PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES

GIS data access and manipulation, add layers, edit proprieties and table attributes
How we do declare the variables
Constants
Enumerations
Declaring variables and constants
Expressions
Operators
Programming Statements
Putting comments in code
Matrices
Code reuse
Functions
Classes and Modules
Variables scope
Forms
Control proprieties: Control-textbox, ComboBox

Practical exercise 2: Adding a description to a form field, create a toolbar, modifying field properties, set proprieties for a field.

3 - OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

Programming style
Object-Oriented Programming Principles
Create a new instance of an object
Interfaces
Object hierarchy
Collections of objects
Access Members of an Object
Objects in ArcGIS
Declare an object
Explicit conversions
Object model diagrams (OMD)

Practical exercise 3: Creating object model diagrams

4 - WORKING WITH MAP DOCUMENTS

Application and document objects
Hiding or displaying the status bar
Progress bar
Setting map document properties
ActiveView
Output parameters
Map
Graphic elements
Adding a marker element to the map
ArcObjects colors
Code modulation

Practical exercise 4: List the graphic elements in a map document.

5 - WORKING WITH LAYERS

ArcObjects Object Model
ILayer
iFeatureLayer2
Accessing Feature Layers
Working with enumerations
Types of Operators
Working with group layers
ArcObjects data model
IFeatureClass
Cursors
Resource Management
IFeature
Boards
Access classes
Get Field Value
Fields
Create a new custom field from scratch

Practical exercises 5: Add graphics to layers; Add XY data to a polygon.

6 - WORKING WITH GEOMETRIES

IGeometry
Point
IPoint Interface
Creating a point feature
How to create AWARE points?
ArcObjects Geometry Object Model
Interfaces: IPath, IPolyline6, IPointCollection4, IGeometryCollection, IRing, IPolygon4, IPolycurve2
Access feature geometries and graphic elements
Shape vs. IFeature.ShapeCopy
Spatial reference: ISpatialReferenceFactory Interface

Practical exercise 6: Building a geometric structure.

7 - WORKING WITH GEOMETRIC OPERATIONS

Introduction
What is a geometry operation?
IArea Interface
Other types of operators
Topological operators
ITopologicalOperator Interface
IRelationalOperator2
IProximityOperator

Practical exercise 7: Creating a buffer around a feature, sum of areas.

8 - INTERROGATIONS (QUERIES) AND SELECTIONS

Three types of queries
IQueryFilter
SQL examples
SQL questions
ISQLSyntax interface
Other resources
ISpatialQuery
What can you do with a Query Filter?
ISpatialQuery example
Working with Selections
IFeatureSelection
ISelectionSet

Practical exercise 8: Using spatial filters to control areas calculations, Update texts in maps.

9 - OBTAIN ACCESS TO THE DATA

The architecture of a geodatabase
File Geodatabase in ArcObjects
IFeatureWorkspace interface
IDataset interface
IFeatureClassContainer interface
Dataset Objects
Dynamic layers, dynamic workspaces
IWorkspaceFactory Interface
Types of workspace factories
Working with shapefiles
Opening a feature class in a geodatabase
Add a feature class to a map

Practical exercise 9: How to access local data?

10 - WORKING WITH RASTERS

The raster data model
IPnt interface
IRasterProps interface
IRaster interface
IRaster2 interface
IRasterEdit interface
IPixelBlocks interface
IRasterBandCollection interface
IRasterDataset2 interface
IRasterWorkspace2 interface
Raster Access
Reading & Writing Cell Values

Practical exercise 10: Obtain an elevation profile over a predefined line.

11 - OTHER APPLICATIONS AND USEFUL TOOLS

ArcObjects Geoprocessing
How to use the Geoprocessor
Geoprocessor examples
Working with time-aware layers
Software products life cycles

INSTRUCTOR

Alberto Santos Estévez

Consultant and Geospatial Developer with more than 15 years’ experience in GIS integrated solutions and high performance systems.

Chencho Martín Lagunas

GIS Developer with extensive experience in Full-Stack software development, specialized in GIS data analysis and pre-processing using Python.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why starting to study ArcGIS 10.x?

The usage of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is rapidly growing, becoming an essential tool in a variety of business sectors like engineering, environment, geography, mining or geomarketing.

Among GIS tools, ArcGIS is one of the most used GIS software worldwide, the most stable and versatile, comprised by a set of integrated applications, with a solid documentation over a wide range of tools being also supported by a large community.

ArcGIS provides contextual tools for data visualization, mapping and spatial analysis, connecting and combining information from varied sources (local and online), offering complex capabilities in order to explore, gain and enquire knowledge, that will lead to the best decisions. It can be also handled using a user interface as well as in command line using specific programming languages, like Python.

Do I need previous knowledge in ArcGIS 10.X?

Yes, for undertaking this course you will need previous Geographical Informational Systems training and knowledge.

I do not have ArcGIS 10.x software. What can I do?

ESRI (creators of the ArcGIS program) provides a free trial license for a 2 month. You only need to create an account, download the program and follow the installation steps (see the website). However, we will assist you in any problem you may encounter.

METHODOLOGY

Our online courses, are distributed via Moodle, the world’s most popular learning platform. It is a highly flexible Learning Management System that can be used to conduct and access courses, accomplish tasks of practical exercises, interact face-to-face to the teaching staff or benefit of support and resources at any time.

The online platform can be accessed 24 hours a day, in which the student will be able to ask for help at any given moment. The instructors will act as supervisors during all the training process, offering support for any possible difficulty encountered by the students along the course.

The course is structured in different modules, making it easy for the student to search for training material, download information, complete practical exercises and take assessments in order to verify their new gained abilities. The instructors will assist the students throughout all the course period, offering progressive help and information according to their evolution.

PRICE

350 € (Standard fee) / 315 € (Student / Unemployed fee)*

*To enjoy this discount, you must include a copy of a document that proves your situation along with the registration form.

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REGISTRATION PROCESS

Step 1. Request your registration to the training course completing the pre-registration document (Registration Form) and send it via email to training@tycgis.com.

REGISTRATION FORM

Step 2. As soon as we receive it, we will send you an enrolment guide with the complete information to enroll in the course: dates, schedule, software needed for the course and the installation guide. The payment methods are included in this document.