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Shapefiles are the building blocks of many maps and a natural place to begin. Shapefiles are layers that can be stacked on top of each other, like a layered cake, to create one composite map image. Shapefiles contain both the map and the underlying data for the map. In your GIS life, and in this book, you will need various types of shapefiles. You will also need an understanding of essential tools and key ArcMap features such as the table of contents.

Anyone who watches cooking shows knows that they breeze right over all the prep work—well, that’s not the case here. In this exercise, you’ll download shapefiles and learn key ArcMap tools.

[ You will need to download all chapter data files from esri.com/GIS20-3.