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The ArcReader Application from ESRI
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Installing ArcReader Using Clinton County Data with ArcReader
Getting a Template File Update your Data!
What's New in 9.2! Learning ArcReader: A Primer for Clinton County GIS Data Users
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ArcReader is a free, easy to use mapping application from ESRI that allows users to view GIS data, and can be download at http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcreader/. This is a large file to download, weighing in at about 175 MB. If you would like to avoid the time it takes to download, please send us an e-mail at merrittjoe@hotmail.com and we can make up a CD with the installation file for $5.00. ESRI also offers a fantastic tutorial on using ArcReader which is a must-read for anyone that wants to use the application.
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Using Clinton County Data in ArcReader:
1. Create a folder on your computer called ArcReader. Any data you download, including the template files you need, must all go into this folder. If the data & template files are not copied into the ArcReader folder you just created this application will not work.
2. Go to the
page and download the datasets you are interested in;
anything in BLUE is part of the ArcReader
Template Files and is usable with ArcReader. For a description of what a shapefile is and what files are
associated with shapefiles, please see
and learn more. If you don't download ALL of the
datasets in blue, you can use just the data you want in ArcReader, you'll
just get a message that pops up and looks like
THIS.
Remember, everything must go into the ArcReader folder.
NOTE: The 100scale, 6 inch pixel resolution COLOR photography flown in the Spring of 2005 is simply to large to make available for download on this web page; please e-mail us at merrittjoe@hotmail.com and we will make a DVD that you can purchase for $10.00, which you can pick up in the Map Office in the Clinton County Courthouse.
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3. You should have 1 folder called ArcReader. Now, you must download the ArcReader Template File(s) found below. If you only have a printer that can print 8.5 x 11 inches, then you can just download the 8.5x11 template.
ArcReaderTemplate22x34
Unzip them into your ArcReader folder, so that they are in the same folder as the data you download. This is important.
The ArcReader Template Files have an extension pmf. A PMF file is short for Published Map File. ArcReader is a free GIS data viewer, and is therefore somewhat limited in it's ability to print to scale on different sized paper, so, we have developed 3 PMF files named ArcReaderTemplate8x11, ArcReaderTemplate11x17, and ArcReaderTemplate22x34, to print to different sized paper. Most people have printers that can print 8x11 to 11x17, so these two files will probably be the most often used.
It might be a good idea to create a shortcut to the template you most often use and put that shortcut onto your desktop, for quick and easy access.
To use our data with ArcReader, just double-click on one of the template files. You should be rewarded with a view of our entire county that looks like this after double-clicking on a pmf file.
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To make updates to any of this data, go to the
page and download the data you want to update.
Be sure to delete the old data in the ArcReader folder first, then unzip the new data into the ArcReader folder. As long as the file names remain the same, ArcReader will automatically pick up and start using the new data.
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New with ArcReader version 9.2!
Whole-Screen-Screenshot
Search for X - Y coordinates screenshot
Zoom-In window screenshot
In the screenshots (above) you can see a few of the new features that are in version 9.2.
They include:
- The ability to highlight areas of your map by drawing free-hand.
- The ability to search for x-y coordinates, including latitude-longitude in Degrees Minutes Seconds or Decimal Minutes, or Decimal Degrees, among others.
- Search for an address in the find function. This is currently looking at an address index that is online with ESRI, so the address you find might be a bit off. The GIS Department will be adding an index specifically for Clinton County address searching very soon.
- The ability to change you map title for printing.
- This version includes a magnifier tool that will enable users to see a zoomed-in area of there map without changing the entire map display.
One feature that is really interesting is the swipe tool. If you have multiple years worth of our Aerial Photography you can display one over top of the other and use this tool to "swipe" one away to see what's underneath. Look at this screenshot. The north part of the image is black and white photography from the year 2000, the southern part of the image is from 2005 color photography.
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Learning ArcReader: A Primer for Clinton County GIS Data Users
** Coming Soon! **