II. a. Clipping the rest of Texas outside the Ozone data area
             Estimated time:
             3 minutes
You shall now remove the area of Texas outside of the Ozone layer to make data sets more manageable. The clipping function allows you to remove extraneous data, allowing ArcGIS to run faster, and reducing what most be examined on the computer screen.
In this exercise, you will:
  • Use the “Clip” tool


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Text Version:

    1. Open Attribute Table for the Ozone layer -> Options -> Select All -> Close

    2. Click Extract from the tool box within the Analysis Tools

    3. Double Click Clip

    4. Input Features -> Census

    5. Clip Features -> Ozone -> OK -> Close

    6. Open Attribute Table

    7. Options -> Clear Selection -> Close

    8. Modify Quantity attributes for the new clipped Census

    9. Turn off the old Census by clicking the box that has been checked to the left of the layer name in the layer table, and drag the ozone layer to the top of the layer table