PowerPoint Presentation

Soil Data Viewer 6.0for ArcGIS 10.0

2013 IGIC Conference

Muncie, Indiana

Chris Morse, NRCS State GIS Coordinator

Rick Neilson, Assistant State Soil Scientist

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Overview

•Soil Data Viewer can be used to create reportsand thematic maps associated with soilattributes, typically at the map unit level

•SDV 6.0 is compatible with ArcGIS 10.0

–6.1 is in development for use with 10.1 and up

•Demonstrate how to download, setup, anduse SSURGO data with SDV

•Demonstrate how to load SDV toolbar intoArcMap

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Topics

•Soil Data Mart Downloads (10 minutes)

•Database Set Up (5 minutes)

•SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure (5 minutes)

•Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap (10 minutes)

•Questions (5 minutes)

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Soil Data Mart

•Current NRCS site for public download ofSSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic) GIS data

http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov

•Soil Data Mart will be shutting down in thenear future

•Download access will be moving to Web SoilSurvey (WSS) at WSS 3.0 release

http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov

(Current WSS release is 2.3)

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Soil Data Mart

•Downloading Indiana data to use with SDV 6.0

–Download Spatial AND Tabular (database) files

–Download Shapefiles

•File Geodatabases are not supported by SDV 6.0, butwill be supported in SDV 6.1 (in development)

–Select the Indiana Template Access 2002Database, latest version (version 33 as of 4/26/13)

–Select a coordinate system for best compatibilitywith your work and the geographic location ofinterest

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Soil Data Mart

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Soil Data Mart

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Soil Data Mart

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Soil Data Mart

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Soil Data Mart

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Soil Data Mart

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Sample E-mail

Downloading in Web Soil Survey 3.0

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(Link pending final release)

Downloading in Web Soil Survey 3.0

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Set options and links are

available on the page

Database Set Up

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Database Set Up

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Database Set Up

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Database first time run and import

Database Set Up

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Import complete; close Access database when done

SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure

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•Close ArcGIS if running

•Install Soil Data Viewer 6.0 (requires admin)

–Download links and instructions at:

http://soils.usda.gov/sdv/download60.html

•Run the ESRI Add-In file to add an SDV launchicon to ArcMap 10.0 (does not require admin)

•Customize ArcMap menus to activate/displaythe SDV toolbar/button

SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure

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•After install, the ESRI Add-In file is found at:

C:\Program Files (x86)\USDA\Soil Data Viewer 6.0

•Double-click SDVArcMapAddin.esriAddIn

•Click Install Add-In

•Close the installer if it does notclose automatically

SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure

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•Start ArcMap

•Enter Customize Mode

•Activate the SDV Toolbar

•A one button toolbar appears

•Dock the toolbar/button

Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap

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•Add soil polygon map unit data to the map

•(Optional) Use Clip from ArcToolbox to extractan area of interest from the larger survey

–Requires another polygon file to be created foruse as the clipping extent

•Activate Soil Data Viewer from the toolbarbutton

•Select soil layer from the map to use as thespatial component

Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap

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•Select soil layer from the map to use as thespatial component

•Select soil tabular database to associate withthe spatial layer

–This is the database we built earlier, stored in thetabular folder if you followed these instructions

Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap

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•If SDV was previously used with a differentsurvey area, a soil unit mismatch errormessage will appear instead. Click OK tobypass the message.

•If you get the error message and bypass it, youneed to click the folder on the Database line inthe next window and navigate to a SSURGOdatabase that corresponds to your spatial data

Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap

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•When spatial and tabular data are synced, thestatus in the lower right is green

Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap

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•When spatial and tabular data are not synced,the status in the lower right is red

Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap

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•Basic Mode > Select a folder and topic report

•Click Report for a report, Map for a map

Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap

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•Example Report

Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap

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•Example Map

Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap

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•Use Data > Export Data to make permanent

Questions?

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