Animation in ArcMap

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LearningtoWorkwithTemporalDatainArcGIS

Animation

in

ArcMap

Objective

AnimationscanbecreatedinArcMap,ArcSceneorArcGlobe.Animationsallowyoutoeffectively

visualizeand

analyze

your

data

by

changing

display

properties

of

layers,

the

camera,

or

the

map

extent.

Byalteringlayerproperties,suchasthetimeslicethatisdisplayedorlayervisibilityandtransparency,

youcancreateinterestinganimationsthatcanbeusedtoanalyzedatathroughtimeortoview

informationinvariouslayers.Byalteringtheextent(ArcMap)orthecameraposition(ArcSceneor

ArcGlobe),youcancreateananimationthatmovesaroundamap,sceneorglobe.

Inthistutorial,youlllearnhowtocreateananimationthatshowslayerattributeschangingwithtimein

thedisplayandinagraph.Thestepsinthistutorialcanbeappliedtoanysupporteddatatype(feature

class,rastercatalog,NetCDF)andasaguidewhenanimatingyourownlayersortablesthroughtime.

TimelayeranimationscanbecreatedinthesamewayinArcSceneandArcGlobe,soyoucananimate

yourlayersthroughtimeinthoseapplicationsaswell.

Locating

data

and

map

documents

Datafolder: TDinArcGIS\Exercise1\Data

Featureclasses:PopulationData.gdb\County_Population,PopulationData.gdb\State_Population

Backgrounddata:BackgroundData.gdb

Mapdocuments:Population_Change_Start.mxd,Population_Change_Final.mxd

Videofile:Population_Change.avi

A:ViewinganAnimation

Inthisexercise,youllanimatefeatureclasslayerstoexaminepopulationchange.Youllopenanexisting

mapdocumentcontainingananimationandplayit.Youllexaminechangesinrecordedcountyand

statepopulationfiguresovertimeforanumberofstatesintheUSA,fromtheyear1800totheyear

2000.Youll

examine

county

population

data

in

the

ArcMap

display

and

state

population

data

in

agraph.

InexercisesBandC,youllcreatetheanimationfromscratchtolearnthesequenceofstepsthatare

involved.

A1:Openinganexistingmapdocument

1. StartArcMapbyusingtheProgramslistonyourStartmenu.

2. IftheArcMapstartupdialogboxappears,checkAnexistingmap,thendoubleclickBrowsefor

maps.IfyoupreviouslycheckedDonotshowthisdialogagainontheArcMapstartupdialogbox,

openthemapdocumentbyclickingOpeninstead.

3. NavigatetotheTDinArcGIS\Exercise1\Datafolderonyourlocaldrive,click

population_Change_Final.mxd,thenclickOpen.Amapofpopulationfigurespercountyandagraph

displayingpopulation

figures

by

state

are

displayed.

A2:

Playing

the

animation

Youllnowplaytheanimationtogainanunderstandingofwhatcanbeachievedbyanimatingdata

throughtime.

1.

ClickView(ortypeAltv),pointtoToolbars,thenclickAnimation.

2. ClicktheAnimationdropdownarrowandclickAnimationManager.


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3. ClicktheTimeViewtab.TheTimeViewtaballowsthetimeslicesofananimationtobepreviewed.

4. ClickintheTimeViewdisplayarea(inthepositionshownbytheredtimesliderinthegraphic

below)toviewthepopulationfiguresrecordedinthe10yearperiodafter1800.

5. ResizeormovetheAnimationManagersoyoucanseethecountiesinthedisplayandthestatesin

thegraphthatwererecordingpopulationfiguresatthistime.

6.

Clickin

the

Time

View

display

area

(in

the

position

shown

by

the

red

time

slider

in

the

graphic)

to

viewpopulationfiguresrecordedinthe10yearperiodafter1990.

7. ClickCloseontheAnimationManager.

8. ClicktheOpenAnimationControlsbutton.

9. ClickOptionsandcheckthatyourPlayOptionsarethesameasthoseinthegraphicbelow.


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10.ClickOptionstocollapsethedialogbox,thenclickthePlaybuttontoseetheanimationplayinthe

ArcMapdisplayandinthegraph.

11.ClickClose(X)ontheAnimationControlsdialogbox.

12. ClicktheNewMapFilebutton.

13.

ClickNo

when

asked

to

save

the

map

document.

Inthisexercise,youopenedanexistingmapdocumentcontainingananimation,previewedtimeslices,

andplayedtheanimationtoexaminecountypopulationdataintheArcMapdisplayandstate

populationdatainagraph.InexercisesBandC,youllcreatetheanimationfromscratchtolearnthe

sequenceofstepsthatareinvolved.

B:Creatingatemporalanimation

TheprocedureforcreatingananimationthroughtimeisthesameinArcMap,ArcScene,andArcGlobe.

Inthisexercise,youllworkinArcMapandcreateananimationtoviewchangesinrecordedcounty

populationovertimeforanumberofcountiesintheUSA,fromtheyear1800totheyear2000.Youll

usethe

County

Population

feature

class

layer,

and

youll

animate

it

in

the

ArcMap

display.

B1:Openingthemapdocument

1. ClickFileandclickOpen.

2. NavigatetoyourTDinArcGIS\Exercise1\DatafolderanddoubleclickPopulation_Change_Start.mxd.

Themapcontainsbackgroundlayers,andtwolayerscontainingpopulationinformation:State

PopulationandCountyPopulation.Thesetwolayerscontainpopulationfiguresrecordedfromtheyear

1800to2000,in10yearincrements.

B2:

Creating

a

time

layer

animation

Featureclass,netCDF(featureandraster)andrastercataloglayerscanbeanimatedinthedisplayof

ArcMap,ArcScene,orArcGlobe.Allthatisrequiredisafieldwithtimevaluesintheattributetable,ora

timedimensionfornetCDFlayers.HereyoullusetheCreateTimeLayerAnimationdialogboxtocreate

atimelayeranimationinthedisplay,usingafeatureclasslayerasinput.

1. IftheAnimationtoolbarisntpresent,clickView,PointtoToolbarsandclickAnimation.

2. ClickAnimationandclickCreateTimeLayerAnimation.


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3. ClicktheSourceLayerorTabledropdownandclickCountyPopulationsincethisisthelayerthatwill

beanimated.

4. ClicktheFielddropdownandsetDATE_STasthetimefieldtouseintheanimation.

Sincethisisadatefield,theFormatdropdownisdisabled.Ifthefieldspecifiedwasastringornumeric

fieldthatcontaineddatestringssuchas2000/01/01youwouldneedtospecifythefieldformat.

NotethatsincethetimestepsintheCountyPopulationlayerareevery10years(regularlyspaced),an

EndTimeFieldisnotnecessary.Forirregularlyspacedtimesteps,youmayneedtospecifyanEndTime

Field.ThiscanbecreatedasapreprocessingstepusingtheCalculateEndDatetoolintheFieldstoolset

undertheDataManagementToolsintheArcToolboxwindow.

5. LeavetheEndTimeFieldoptionblank.

6. Settheintervalandunitstousetodisplaytimeslicesto10years.

7.

LeavetheAnimatefieldscumulativelyoptionunchecked.

TheAnimatefieldscumulativelyoptionenablesyoutoretaindatainthedisplaythathasbeendrawn,

enablingyoutoseeprogression,suchastheaccumulationintheextentofawildfire.

8. CheckShowtimeinthedisplay.Thetimetextforeachtimeslicewilldisplayastheanimationis

playedorpreviewed.


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9. Typealabelthatwillappearbeforethetimetextinthedisplayastheanimationisplayedor

previewed.

10.ClickCreatetogeneratethetimelayeranimation.

11.ClickFileontheMainmenuandclickSave.

B3:Playingtheanimation

Beforeplayingtheanimation,youllsetthetextfontandsizeforthetimetextthatwilldisplay.

1. IftheDrawtoolbarisntpresent,clickView,pointtoToolbars,andclickDraw.

2.

SetthetextfonttoArial,26pt,bold.

3. ClicktheOpenAnimationControlsbuttonontheAnimationtoolbar.

4. ClickOptions.

5. ClickBynumberofframesandclickCalculate.

6. SettheFramedurationto0.1.

7. UncheckRestorestateafterplayingsothattheoriginalstateofthedatabeforetheanimationwas

playedisnotrestoredaftertheanimationhasplayed.Thefinaltimesliceandtimetextwillbe

retained.

8.

ClickOptions

to

hide

the

play

and

record

options

so

you

can

see

the

animation

in

the

display.

9. ClickthePlaybutton.

Examinetheincreaseinrecordedpopulationovertime.

10.ClickFileontheMainmenuandclickSave.


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C:Animatingdatainagraphthroughtime

Inthisexercise,youlluseagraphfromtheStatePopulationlayertoexaminetotalpopulationfigures

perstateovertime.Youllattachthelayerasasecondarysourceforthetrack.Thedatainthegraphwill

thenanimatealongwiththedatainthedisplay.Youllbeabletospotgeneraltrendsbyviewingthe

statepopulationfiguresinagraph.

C1:

Examining

the

attribute

table

1. RightclicktheStatePopulationlayerandclickOpenAttributeTabletoexaminethepopulation

figures.

2.

RightclicktheState_NamefieldandclickSortAscending.

3.

Scrolldownthetableandnoticethatthepopulationforallstatesisbeingrecordedduringthefirst

halfofthe1800s.

4. Closethetable.

C2:Displayingagraph

InArcMap,featureclasslayers,netCDFfeaturelayersandtables,dBASE

tables,andgeodatabasetables

inapersonal,file,orArcSDEgeodatabasecanbeanimatedinagraph.Hereyoulldisplayagraph

createdfromtheStatePopulationlayer.

1. ClickToolsontheMainMenu,pointtoGraphs,thenclickPopulationchange.

Examinethebargraph.


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C3:AttachingtheStatePopulationlayertothetimelayertrack

YoullnowaddtheStatePopulationlayerasanotherattachedobjecttothetimelayertrackyoucreated

inexerciseB.Doingsowillenablethedatainthegraph(theStatePopulationlayer)toanimateatthe

sametimeasthedatainthedisplay(theCountyPopulationlayer).Anotherwaytoachievethisresultis

tocreateanothertimelayertrackandattachtheStatePopulationlayertoit.

1. ClickAnimationandclickAnimationManager.

2. ClicktheTrackstabandclickthetracktoselectit.

3. ClickProperties.

4.

Clickthe

General

tab,

click

State

Population

from

the

Available

objects

list,

then

click

Attach.


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5. ClicktheTimeTrackPropertiestabandclickStatePopulation.

6. ClicktheStartTimeFielddropdownarrowandclickStart_Date.

7. ClickOK.

8. ClickCloseontheAnimationManagerdialogbox.

9. ClickFileontheMainMenuandclickSave.

C4:Playingtheanimationinthegraphandthedisplay

Youranimationisnowreadytoplayinboththegraphandthedisplay.


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1. ClickOptionsontheAnimationControlsdialogboxtoexpandthePlayoptionspartofthedialog

box.

2. EnsurethatRestorestateafterplayingisuncheckedsothelastframewillberetainedafterplaying

theanimation.Alsocheckthenumberofframesthatwilldisplayis21,andtheframedurationis0.1.

3. ClickthePlaybutton.

Examinetherecordedpopulationchangesovertimeinthedisplayandinthegraph.

Thisbringsyoutotheendofthisexercise.Youvelearnedhowtocreateananimationthatshowslayer

attributeschangingwithtimeinthedisplayandinagraph.Thesestepscanbeappliedtoanysupported

datatypesousethistutorialasaguidewhenanimatingyourownlayersortablesthroughtime.Time

layertrackscanbecreatedinthesamewayinArcSceneandArcGlobe,soyoucananimateyourlayers

throughtimeinthoseapplicationsaswell.

Othertypesofanimationscanbebuiltbycreatingdifferenttracktypes.Youcanbuildamapviewtrack

tocreateananimationthatmovesaround,andzoomsinon,themap.Youcanbuildalayertrackto

createananimationthatalterslayertransparencyorvisibility.Ascenetrackallowsyoutoanimate

sceneproperties,

such

as

the

background

color.

These

tracks

can

be

built

and

animated

alongside

atime

layertracktocreatevisuallyinterestinganimations.Tolearnmoreaboutcreatinganimations,seethe

AnimationsectionoftheArcGISDesktopOnlineHelpsystem.


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D(Optional):Exportingtheanimationtoavideofile

Manytimes,youllneedtopresentyouranimationtoothers.Ratherthanplayingtheanimationinthe

displayoftheArcGISapplication,youcancreateavideoofyouranimationbyexportingtoanAudio

VideoInterleaved(.avi)orQuickTime(.mov)file.Thisisespeciallyusefulwhenworkingwithlarge

datasetswheretherefreshratecanbeslow,anditenablesyoutoshareyouranimationswithothers.

Videoscantaketimetocreate,especiallywithlargedatasets,butoncecreated,thevideorunsquickly.

Thevideowillplaytooquicklywiththecurrentlysetframedurationof0.1.

1.

SettheFramedurationontheAnimationControlsdialogboxto1.0second.

2.

CheckPlayonlyfromandtype17to21frames.Youllonlyexportthetimerangefrom1950

2000.

3. ClickOptionstocollapsetheAnimationControlsdialogbox.

4. Ensurethatthegraphislargeenoughtoshowallthestatenames,butsmallenoughsothatallthe

countiesandthetimetextcanbeseeninthedisplay.

5. ClicktheAnimationdropdownarrowandclickExporttoVideo.

6. NavigatetoyourAnimationinArcMapfolderandtypeMy_Population_ChangeintheFilename

textbox.

7.

Leavethe

default

in

the

Save

as

type

drop

down

list

as

AVI

(*.avi).

8. ClickOptions.

TheEnableOffScreenrecordingoptionisusefulifyouwanttocontinueworkingwhiletheanimationis

exporting.Withtheexceptionofgraphs,windowsopenedontopoftheArcMapapplicationwillnot

appearintheexportedvideo.Thegraphyoucreatedwillbeexportedandincludedinthevideofileif

youcheckEnableOffScreenrecording.

9. CheckEnableOffScreenrecording.

10.ClickOK.

11.

ClickExportontheExportanimationasvideodialogbox.TheVideoCompressiondialogboxopens.

12.

Click

the

Compressor

drop

down

arrow

and

choose

a

compressor.

Compressor/decompressors(codecs)arethirdpartysoftware,whichgreatlyreducefilesizewhile

maintainingoptimumquality.Thereareusuallydifferentcodecsondifferentmachines,dependingon

thetypesandversionsofvideocreation,editingandviewingsoftwareinstalled.ForMicrosoft

Audio

VideoInterleaved(AVI),FullFrames,Uncompressedisarguablythebestcodec,givingahighquality

videooutput.

NotethatyoucanexportanimationsfromlayoutviewinArcMap,enablingyoutoexportnotonlythe

displayandthegraphbutalsolayoutelements,suchasthelegendforthedatainthedisplay,anorth

arrow,scalebar,andsoon.

13.

Sinceitmaytakesometimetocreatethevideo,clickCancelandnavigateondisktoyour

TDinArcGIS\Exercise1\Datafolder.DoubleclickPopulation_Change.avitoplayavideothathas

previouslybeencreated.

14.ClickFileandclickSavetosavethemapdocument.

15.ClickFileandclickExittoexittheArcMapapplication.

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