Soil Data Viewer 6.0 for ArcGIS 10.0

1. 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 Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

2. Overview • Soil Data Viewer can be used to create reports and thematic maps associated with soil attributes, 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, and use SSURGO data with SDV • Demonstrate how to load SDV toolbar into ArcMap Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

3. 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) Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

4. Soil Data Mart • Current NRCS site for public download of SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic) GIS data http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov • Soil Data Mart will be shutting down in the near future • Download access will be moving to Web Soil Survey (WSS) at WSS 3.0 release http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov (Current WSS release is 2.3) Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

5. 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, but will be supported in SDV 6.1 (in development) • Select the Indiana Template Access 2002 Database, latest version (version 33 as of 4/26/13) • Select a coordinate system for best compatibility with your work and the geographic location of interest Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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12. Soil Data Mart Sample E-mail Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

13. Downloading in Web Soil Survey 3.0 (Link pending final release) Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

14. Downloading in Web Soil Survey 3.0 Set options and links are available on the page Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

15. Database Set Up Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

16. Database Set Up Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

17. Database Set Up Database first time run and import Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

18. Database Set Up Import complete; close Access database when done Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

19. SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure • 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 launch icon to ArcMap 10.0 (does not require admin) • Customize ArcMap menus to activate/display the SDV toolbar/button Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

20. SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure • 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 not close automatically Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

21. SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure • Start ArcMap • Enter Customize Mode • Activate the SDV Toolbar • A one button toolbar appears • Dock the toolbar/button Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

22. Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap • Add soil polygon map unit data to the map • (Optional) Use Clip from ArcToolbox to extract an area of interest from the larger survey • Requires another polygon file to be created for use as the clipping extent • Activate Soil Data Viewer from the toolbar button • Select soil layer from the map to use as the spatial component Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

23. Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap • Select soil layer from the map to use as the spatial component • Select soil tabular database to associate with the spatial layer • This is the database we built earlier, stored in the tabular folder if you followed these instructions Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

24. Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap • If SDV was previously used with a different survey area, a soil unit mismatch error message will appear instead. Click OK to bypass the message. • If you get the error message and bypass it, you need to click the folder on the Database line in the next window and navigate to a SSURGO database that corresponds to your spatial data Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

25. Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap • When spatial and tabular data are synced, the status in the lower right is green Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

26. Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap • When spatial and tabular data are not synced, the status in the lower right is red Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

27. Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap • Basic Mode > Select a folder and topic report • Click Report for a report, Map for a map Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

28. Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap • Example Report Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

29. Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap • Example Map Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

30. Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap • Use Data > Export Data to make permanent Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

31. Questions? Helping People Help the Land USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.