GIS Tutorial 2: Spatial Analysis Workbook / Edition 4

by David W. Allen

Overview

GIS Tutorial 2: Spatial Analysis Workbook provides hands-on exercises for intermediate-level GIS users to build problem-solving and analysis skills. A companion to the concepts in The Esri® Guide to GIS Analysis book series, GIS Tutorial 2 gives experience with various spatial analysis methods, including location analysis; change over time, location, and value comparisons; geographic distribution; pattern analysis; and cluster identification. This edition has been updated for ArcGIS 10.3 for Desktop. Downloadable data is available on the Esri Press Book Resources web page, esripress.esri.com\bookresources. Additional resources are available for instructors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589484535
Publisher:	Esri Press
Publication date:	02/15/2016
Series:	GIS Tutorials
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

David W. Allen is the GIS manager for the City of Euless, Texas. He has taught at Tarrant County College since 1999, where he helped found one of the first GIS degree programs in Texas and establish a state standard for GIS degree programs. He is the author of GIS Tutorial for Python Scripting (Esri Press, 2014), Getting to Know ArcGIS® ModelBuilder™ (Esri Press, 2011) and the co-author of GIS Tutorial 3: Advanced Workbook (Esri Press, 2010 and Esri Press, forthcoming).

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Mapping where things are
Tutorial 1-1 Working with categories
Tutorial 1-2 Controlling which values are displayed
Tutorial 1-3 Limiting values to display

Chapter 2: Mapping the most and least
Tutorial 2-1 Mapping quantities
Tutorial 2-2 Choosing classes
Tutorial 2-3 Creating a map series
Tutorial 2-4 Working with charts

Chapter 3: Mapping density
Tutorial 3-1 Displaying density for analysis
Tutorial 3-2 Creating dot density maps
Tutorial 3-3 Creating a density surface

Chapter 4: Finding what’s inside
Tutorial 4-1 Overlaying datasets for analysis
Tutorial 4-2 Finding features partially inside

Chapter 5: Finding what’s nearby
Tutorial 5-1 Selecting features nearby
Tutorial 5-2 Creating buffer features
Tutorial 5-3 Clipping features
Tutorial 5-4 Buffering values
Tutorial 5-5 Using multiple buffer zones
Tutorial 5-6 Quantifying nearness
Tutorial 5-7 Creating distance surfaces
Tutorial 5-8 Calculating cost along a network
Tutorial 5-9 Calculating nearness along a network

Chapter 6: Mapping change
Tutorial 6-1 Mapping change in location
Tutorial 6-2 Mapping change in location and magnitude
Tutorial 6-3 Mapping percentage change in value

Chapter 7: Measuring geographic distribution
Tutorial 7-1 Calculating centers
Tutorial 7-2 Adding weights to centers
Tutorial 7-3 Calculating standard distance
Tutorial 7-4 Calculating a standard deviational ellipse
Tutorial 7-5 Calculating the linear directional mean

Chapter 8: Analyzing patterns
Tutorial 8-1 Using average nearest neighbor
Tutorial 8-2 Identifying the clustering of values
Tutorial 8-3 Checking for multidistance clustering
Tutorial 8-4 Measuring spatial autocorrelation

Chapter 9: Identifying clusters
Tutorial 9-1 Performing cluster and outlier analysis
Tutorial 9-2 Performing hot-spot analysis

Independent projects

Appendix A: Task index
Appendix B: Image and data source credits