December 10, 2004 - NetConference by Kathy Green -- About 1 1/4 hours

**Digitizing PLUs**

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0:00:10 **Introduction**

We will cover how to create Planned Land Units for Customers for various
different scenarios. There is a PLU Workflow Word Document on the CST
Training Website. Brief discussion of "Base Layer".

0:03:37 **Scenario 1 -- Section A in PLU Workflow Document**

**Import Existing Planned Land Units that had been previously "Mapped"
in Old Toolkit**

> 0:03:39 CyberFarmer to Select a Plan
>
> 0:04:23 Import Legacy Tool
>
> 0:07:23 Legacy Spatial Import Report -- Not Interactive
>
> Compares spatial to tabular
>
> 0:09:20 Land Unit Tab shows status of Land Units (Mapped or UnMapped)
>
> 0:10:57 Summary of Scenario 1
>
> 0:12:00 Customer Files Tab -- Plan Maps/Plan
>
> Shows what happens to old shapefiles renamed with .bak extension
>
> 0:14:30 Web Application being developed to function like "Rollup Tool"
>
> 0:16:00 Attribute Tool used to link any remaining unmapped land units
>
> Old slivers may be listed as unmapped.
>
> 0:19:54 Attributing a new field that had no previous tabular data

0:20:45 **Scenario 2 -- Section D in PLU Workflow Document**

**Brand New Plan -- both Spatial and Tabular - CLU Available**

> Click on New Toolkit Layer (Star Button)
>
> 0:23:20 Using Source Layers (CLU, DLU, PLU...Land Unit Source Layers)
>
> 0:24:16 Query by Tract Number or Select Features from CLU before you
> begin the process . Automatically clips from the CLU, creates new
> Layer in Table of Contents, Zooms to location in View
>
> 0:27:30 Attribute Fields to Tabular data -- FSA CLU data shown for
> reference
>
> 0:30:23 As a check -- go to Land Units Tab to see "Mapped" status
>
> **0:31:25 Making Edits to the new Layer with the Digitizing Tool
> (pencil)**
>
> **This is similar to Section C in the PLU Workflow Document**

Click the Digitizing Tool (pencil)

Define layer you want to digitize

Land Unit Toolbar is activated to edit existing layer

Use Star button to create new layer -- see next scenario

0:33:08 **Scenario 3 -- Section E in PLU Workflow Document**

**Brand New Plan -- both Spatial and Tabular -- No CLU Available**

> 0:33:58 Click on New Toolkit Layer Icon (Star), choose no source layer
>
> 0:34:33 Land Unit Editor Toolbar -- Digitize new Land Units
>
> Use 'Add Fields' Button and draw new field boundaries
>
> Select and Split Fields
>
> Circle Tool
>
> Add inclusions and Append new Fields
>
> Save and Stop Editing
>
> 0:40:30 Land Units Toolbar -- further options
>
> 0:41:28 Reshape, Undo/Redo
>
> 0:43:04 Vertex Editing
>
> 0:46:40 Circle Tool
>
> 0:47:33 Copy / Paste -- can use with any type of source layer, not
>
> just Land Unit Layers
>
> 0:49:15 Vertical Topology discussion
>
> 0:52:04 Attributing the New Fields
>
> 0:55:08 Summary of Scenario 3
>
> 0:56:07 Soils Map Button Discussion

0:59:40 **Scenario 4 -- Section B in PLU Workflow Document**

> **Existing .MDB but no shapefiles available for linking -- CLU
> Available**
>
> 1:01:56 Start Demo
>
> Add CLU layer to Map Document, Select Features (tracts, fields)
>
> Click on New Toolkit Layer (Star)
>
> Link to Existing Database -- yes to source layer -- choose CLU
>
> Tract is already selected, ok to that window,
>
> Land Unit Editor automatically comes up for further editing
>
> 1:03:56 Attribute Tool and Link to Tabular Button
>
> 1:07:40 Look in Land Units Tab & Schedule Practice Tabs to verify
> work.

1:08:25 **Scenario 5 -- Not in the PLU Workflow Document**

> **Adding an additional Field After the Consplan.mdb has been created**
>
> **OR Adding spatial data using non-CLU source files -- Copy / Paste
> method**
>
> Add any type of source layers, select fields, Start Editing the PLU
> Layer, Use Land Unit Toolbar to Copy fields from source and Paste into
> your existing Land Units layer. Can Copy multiple fields at the same
> time.
>
> 1:11:40 Use Pan Tool to move across while digitizing -- or can use
> scrollbars along the side.
>
> 1:14:17 Merge Tool

**1:16:37 END OF PLU Demonstration**

**Other topics, miscellaneous ideas, future topics discussed**

1:17:05 Creating a Tract boundary layer

1:19:56 Using Tract boundary as clip layer for soils map

Creating Tract-wide soils Reports

1:25:44 Practice Layers will be topic of another NetConference

1:32:22 Setting up a Training Database -- for practice and for training
sessions

1:37:05 Sign Off