GIS Tutorial 1

Wilpen L. Gorr is a professor of public policy and management information systems at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches and researches GIS applications. Kristen S. Kurland holds a joint faculty appointment at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and School of Architecture, where she teaches GIS, CAD, 3D Visualization, and Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM).

Preface



Acknowledgments



Part I Using and making maps



Chapter 1: Introduction



Tutorial 1-1 Opening and saving a map document



Tutorial 1-2 Working with map layers



Tutorial 1-3 Navigating in a map document



Tutorial 1-4 Measuring distances



Tutorial 1-5 Working with feature attributes



Tutorial 1-6 Selecting features



Tutorial 1-7 Changing selection options



Tutorial 1-8 Working with attribute tables



Tutorial 1-9 Labeling features



Assignment 1-1 Analyze population by race in the top 10 US state



Assignment 1-2 Produce a crime map



Chapter 2: Map design



Tutorial 2-1 Creating point and polygon maps using qualitative attributes



Tutorial 2-2 Creating point and polygon maps using quantitative attributes



Tutorial 2-3 Creating custom classes for a map



Tutorial 2-4 Creating custom colors for a map



Tutorial 2-5 Creating normalized and density maps



Tutorial 2-6 Creating dot density maps



Tutorial 2-7 Creating fishnet maps



Tutorial 2-8 Creating group layers and layer packages



Assignment 2-1 Create a map showing schools in New York City by type



Assignment 2-2 Create maps for military sites and congressional districts



Assignment 2-3 Create maps for US veteran unemployment status



Chapter 3: GIS outputs



Tutorial 3-1 Building an interactive GIS



Tutorial 3-2 Creating map layouts



Tutorial 3-3 Reusing a custom map layout



Tutorial 3-4 Creating a custom map template with two maps



Tutorial 3-5 Adding a report to a layout



Tutorial 3-6 Adding a graph to a layout



Tutorial 3-7 Building a map animation



Tutorial 3-8 Using ArcGIS Online



Assignment 3-1 Create a dynamic map of historic buildings in downtown Pittsburgh



Assignment 3-2 Create a layout comparing 2010 elderly and youth population compositions in Orange County, California



Assignment 3-3 Create an animation for an auto theft crime time series



Assignment 3-4 Create a shared map on ArcGIS Online



Part II Working with spatial data



Chapter 4: File geodatabases



Tutorial 4-1 Building a file geodatabase



Tutorial 4-2 Using ArcCatalog utilities



Tutorial 4-3 Modifying an attribute table



Tutorial 4-4 Joining tables



Tutorial 4-5 Creating centroid coordinates in a table



Tutorial 4-6 Aggregating data



Assignment 4-1 Investigate educational attainment



Assignment 4-2 Compare serious crime with poverty in Pittsburgh



Chapter 5: Spatial data



Tutorial 5-1 Examining metadata



Tutorial 5-2 Working with world map projections



Tutorial 5-3 Working with US map projections



Tutorial 5-4 Working with rectangular coordinate systems



Tutorial 5-5 Learning about vector data formats



Tutorial 5-6 Downloading US Census Bureau boundary maps



Tutorial 5-7 Downloading and processing Census SF 1 data tables



Tutorial 5-8 Downloading and processing American Community Survey (ACS) Census data



Tutorial 5-9 Exploring raster basemaps from Esri web services



Tutorial 5-10 Downloading raster maps from the USGS



Tutorial 5-11 Exploring sources of GIS data from government websites



Assignment 5-1 Compare heating fuel types by US counties



Assignment 5-2 Create a map of Maricopa County, Arizona, voting districts, schools, and voting-age population using downloaded data and a web service image



Chapter 6: Geoprocessing



Tutorial 6-1 Extracting features for a study area



Tutorial 6-2 Clipping features



Tutorial 6-3 Dissolving features



Tutorial 6-4 Merging features



Tutorial 6-5 Intersecting layers



Tutorial 6-6 Unioning layers



Tutorial 6-7 Automating geoprocessing with ModelBuilder



Assignment 6-1 Build a study region for Colorado counties



Assignment 6-2 Dissolve property parcels to create a zoning map



Assignment 6-3 Build a model to create a fishnet map layer for a study area



Chapter 7: Digitizing



Tutorial 7-1 Digitizing polygon features



Tutorial 7-2 Digitizing line features



Tutorial 7-3 Digitizing point features



Tutorial 7-4 Using advanced editing tools



Tutorial 7-5 Spatially adjusting features



Assignment 7-1 Digitize police beats



Assignment 7-2 Use GIS to track campus information



Chapter 8: Geocoding



Tutorial 8-1 Geocoding data by ZIP Code



Tutorial 8-2 Geocoding data by street address



Tutorial 8-3 Correcting source addresses using interactive rematch



Tutorial 8-4 Using ArcGIS Online for geocoding across the United States



Tutorial 8-5 Correcting street reference layer addresses



Tutorial 8-6 Using an alias table



Assignment 8-1 Geocode household hazardous waste participants to ZIP Codes



Assignment 8-2 Geocode immigrant-run businesses to Pittsburgh streets



Assignment 8-3 Examine match option parameters for geocoding



Part III Analyzing spatial data



Chapter 9: Spatial analysis



Tutorial 9-1 Buffering points for proximity analysis



Tutorial 9-2 Conducting a site suitability analysis



Tutorial 9-3 Using multiple ring buffers for calibrating a gravity model



Tutorial 9-4 Using data mining with cluster analysis



Assignment 9-1 Analyze population in California cities at risk for earthquakes



Assignment 9-2 Analyze visits to the Jack Stack public pool in Pittsburgh



Assignment 9-3 Use data mining with crime data



Chapter 10: ArcGIS 3D Analyst for Desktop



Tutorial 10-1 Creating a 3D scene



Tutorial 10-2 Creating a TIN (triangulated irregular network) from contours



Tutorial 10-3 Draping features onto a TIN



Tutorial 10-4 Navigating scenes



Tutorial 10-5 Creating an animation



Tutorial 10-6 Using 3D effects



Tutorial 10-7 Using 3D symbols



Tutorial 10-8 Editing 3D objects



Tutorial 10-9 Using ArcGIS 3D Analyst for landform analysis



Tutorial 10-10 Exploring ArcGlobe



Assignment 10-1 Develop a 3D presentation for downtown historic sites



Assignment 10-2 Topographic site analysis



Assignment 10-3 3D animation of conservatory study area



Chapter 11: ArcGIS Spatial Analyst for Desktop



Tutorial 11-1 Processing raster map layers



Tutorial 11-2 Creating a hillshade raster layer



Tutorial 11-3 Making a kernel density map



Tutorial 11-4 Extracting raster value points



Tutorial 11-5 Conducting a raster-based site suitability study



Tutorial 11-6 Using ModelBuilder for a risk index



Assignment 11-1 Create a mask and hillshade for suburbs



Assignment 11-2 Estimate heart-attack fatalities outside of hospitals by gender



Chapter 12: ArcGIS Network Analyst for Desktop



Tutorial 12-1 Solving the traveling salesman problem



Tutorial 12-2 Building a TIGER-based network dataset



Tutorial 12-3 Creating travel polygons



Tutorial 12-4 Locating facilities



Tutorial 12-5 Routing vehicles from depots to demand points



Assignment 12‐1 Geographic Access to Federally Qualified Health Centers



Assignment 12-2 Analyze visits to the Phillips public pool in Pittsburgh



Appendix A: Task index



Appendix B: Data source credits



Appendix C: Data license agreement