GIS Tutorial 1 (eBook)

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 states

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