GIS Tutorial 2

Spatial Analysis Workbook

David W. Allen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

330 Seiten

2013
ESRI Press (Verlag)
9781589483378 (ISBN)

Infos

GIS Tutorial 2: Spatial Analysis Workbook provides hands-on exercises to help GIS users at the intermediate level build problem-solving and analysis skills. A companion to the concepts in The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis book series, GIS Tutorial 2 offers experience with various spatial analysis methods, including location analysis; change over time, location, and value comparisons; geographic distribution; pattern analysis; and cluster identification.

Also included is access to a 180-day trial of ArcGIS® for Desktop 10.1 software and a DVD with data for working through the exercises. Instructors can access additional resources.

Autor

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 Getting to Know ArcGIS® ModelBuilder (Esri Press, 2011) and the co-author of GIS Tutorial 3: Advanced Workbook (Esri Press, 2010).

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Mapping where things are; Working with categories; Controlling which values are displayed; Limiting values to display Chapter 2 Mapping the most and least; Mapping quantities; Choosing classes; Creating a map series; Working with charts Chapter 3 Mapping density; Density analysis; Dot density maps; Density surface Chapter 4 Finding what’s inside; Overlay analysis; Finding what’s partially inside Chapter 5 Finding What’s Nearby; Selecting what’s nearby; Creating buffer features; Clipping features; Buffering values; Multiple near distances; Quantifying nearness; Distance surfaces; Calculating cost along a network; Calculating nearness along a network Chapter 6 Mapping change; Mapping change in location; Change in location and magnitude; Percent change in value Chapter 7 Measuring geographic distribution; Calculating centers; Weighted centers; Standard distance; Standard deviational ellipse; Linear directional mean Chapter 8 Analyzing patterns; Average nearest neighbor; Clustering of values; Multi-distance clustering; Spatial autocorrelation Chapter 9 Identifying clusters; Cluster and outlier analysis; Hot spot analysis Appendix A Independent projects Appendix B Data source credits Appendix C Data license agreement Appendix D Installing data and software Task index

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 376 illustrations
• Verlagsort: Redlands
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• ISBN-13: 9781589483378 / 9781589483378
• Zustand: Neuware