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the application opens...
choose A new empty map and click OK
Left-click the 'Add data' icon (the +)
Navigate to C:\, and within that to the folder labeled sutton
double-click nitelitesgeog
at the "data from these layers cannot be projected" message, click OK
You're looking at the data on night lights, but it needs tweaking:
right-click nitelitesgeog and choose Properties... (left-click Properties...)
Choose the 'Symbology' tab
Below where it says Type:Standard Deviations change '2' to '12'
and
Check Display background value, and in the 'as' dropdown, choose WHITE
click OK
Use the Zoom in tool (the +magnifying glass) to choose an area of interest by dragging a rectangle
Add data again:
navigate to R:\ and choose the /esri2003/ folder
open the /world/ folder
double-click cntry02.shp to add it to the map
right-click cntry02 and left-click Properties...
in the Symbology tab, double-click the colored rectangle, and click 'hollow' and OK
click OK again
Add another layer:
from /world/, double-click cities.shp
right-click cities and choose 'Label Features' with a left click
Now SAVE the map you've made:
From the ArcGIS File menu, choose Save as...
navigate to your H:/public_html/ghc/ folder
name this in some sensible way
and then close the application
Start ArcMap again, but choose 'Start with An existing map' and open the one you made.
Play around with the various features. When you have a map you like, choose Export Map... from the File menu, and save as a .jpg in your /ghc/ folder. Make a LINK to that .jpg file on your maps1.html page so everyone can admire your handiwork!
SAVE your map again, to preserve it at the state you've reached (you can always reopen it by entering from the Existing map file on your H:/ drive), and CLOSE ArcMap
Next: OPEN ArcMap again, choose 'New Map' again, and use the + (Add data) button to start a new map. Navigate to R:\global\ and double-click usinequal.shp
You'll see a map of US counties.
Right-click 'usinequal' and choose 'Open Attribute Table'... and look at what you've got to work with. Close the table.
Right-click 'usinequal' again, and choose 'Properties'. Double-click the 'Symbol' rectangle and change its Fill Color to 'No Color'. Click OK and then OK again.
Once again, right-click 'usinequal' and choose 'Properties'; click 'Quantities' and 'Graduated Colors'. Where it says 'Fields' and 'Value', scroll to the very last (GINQ2090)
Under 'Classification', change Classes to 20 and click OK
Use the magnifying glass to zoom to some part of the map that you're especially interested in
Add state boundaries: use the + button, navigate to R:\esri3\usa\ and double-click 'US States.lyr'
right-click US States, left-click 'Properties', select 'Features', and then change the Symbol color to 'No Color' and the Outline color to RED, and OK twice
SAVE this map with a new name, in your /ghc/ folder
Use the File menu to Export Map, saving it as a JPG file in your /ghc/ folder. Add this .jpg image to the maps1.html page. Write a brief summary of the patterns you see in this image... knowing as you do exactly NOTHING of what the data are that you're describing.
Gini Index overview ...and among nations. See INCOME INEQUALITY & DUALISM (François Nielsen)