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2.4 Symbolize UP_TREES
Trees in Up_Trees are point features. Here we will show you how to symbolize point features based on attributes. Before symbolizing this layer, explore the attribute table for this layer.
- On the Contents pane, turn on UP_TREES. Right-click the UP_TREES layer and click on the Attribute Table.
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- Examine the fields in the attribute table.
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- Close the attribute table.
- Click the point under UP_TREES. The Symbology pane will appear on the left side.
- At the top of the page, a ribbon is located. Click on the appearance tab.
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- Click the drop-down arrow under Symbology and select ‘Unique Values’ under ‘Symbolize your layer via categories’. Now you can see that the symbology pane on the left side has changed to unique values.
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- Change the value field from Id to symbol. Now you can see different values under symbol attribute.
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- Select all three categories for deciduous trees and group them. Do the same for evergreens.
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- Click on the label values (last column) and change the values to Deciduous, Evergreen, and Unknown, respectively.
The results will be.
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- For the evergreen symbol, under Layers, choose shape maker from the menu. This time instead of Font, click on Style tab.
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For the evergreen symbol, under Layers, choose shape maker from the menu. This time instead of Font, click on the Style tab.
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For the unknown symbol, under Layers, choose shape maker from the menu.
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To make the trees more visible, you can drag the layer on top of the layers in Content pane. The final result would be like the following image:Credit: ChoroPhronesis Lab - Make a Screenshot of UP Campus with all symbolized layers for your graded assignment. This is labeled Task 1 on the Tasks and Deliverables.