Arcgis10.1: Digitization of Line Entities

Aim:

To create line entity features for the given topographic sheet, using ArcGis Editing tools

Procedure:

Step 1: Map Input

Identify the line  Entities and the location datasets. For this session, Road Network were located as line entities on the given topographic sheet

Step 2: Map Processing

·         Create a New polyline Shapefile in ArcCatalog (target Folder) and Add Field for ‘Name” in the Attribute Table of line Shapefile layer.

·         Start “Editor” and symbolize the line entities using “Create Features” line Construction tools.

·         Save and Stop “Editor”

·         Label the line entities with the “Name” of the Roads. In this case, Names were not identified, hence ignored.

·         Layout map with elements of Title, Sub-Title, Scale, Arrow,  Legend and credits

Step 3: Map Display

Export map to Jpeg format

Conclusion:

The line entity features for the given topographic sheet are processed and displayed using ArcGis.