GIS Advance Training Program

Chapter 1
1 Building a foundation for spatial analysis
Lesson introduction
What is spatial analysis? 1-2
Benefits of spatial analysis
Common analysis problems
Spatial analysis types
Spatial analysis workflow
Applying spatial analysis

Chapter 2
2 Planning and preparing for spatial analysis
Exercise 2: Prepare data for analysis
Set up an ArcGIS Pro project
Identify the coordinate system of a feature class
Change the coordinate system for a feature class
Change the coordinate system of the map
Create a feature class from x,y coordinates
Enhance data using a table join
Import a map file for a different study area
Extract features using the Clip tool
Extract raster data using a mask

Chapter 3
3 Proximity analysis
Lesson introduction
Using proximity in everyday life
Choosing the best distance measure
Ways to measure distance
Outputs of proximity analysis
Instructor demo page
Buffering using different distance measures
Measuring cost
Exercise 3: Analyze proximity
Prepare the project
Select features based on distance
Create proximity zones
Modify the output extent
Determine the closest store to each customer
Add a field
 Calculate a field
Create desire lines
Create a Service Area layer
Create drive-time polygons
Create a distance surface

Chapter 4
4 Overlay analysis
Lesson introduction
Introducing overlay
How overlay works
Overlay tools
Choosing the appropriate tool
Exercise 4: Perform overlay analysis
Make selections based on location
Overlay two layers using the Intersect tool
Overlay two layers using the Identity tool
Identify potential customers for a new store
Summarize line features length within a polygon
Calculate the amount of each land-use classification

Chapter 5

5 Automating spatial analysis

Lesson introduction
Automating workflows
Automation methods in ArcGIS Pro
Instructor demo page
Batch geoprocessing
Exercise 5A: Build a model
Prepare ArcGIS Pro
Create a model
Add the XY Table To Point tool
Add the Near tool
Add the Select Layer By Attribute tool
Add the Generate Origin-Destination Links tool
Run the model
Automating and sharing models
Exercise 5B: Use a model to process multiple inputs
Prepare ArcGIS Pro
Make a copy of a model
Add an iterator to a model
Modify an iterator
Set model parameters
 Change model element labels

Chapter 6
6 Creating surfaces using interpolation
Lesson story
Lesson introduction
Tobler's First Law of Geography
What is interpolation?
Types of Interpolation
Interpolation methods
Instructor demo page
Deterministic interpolation
Exercise 6: Interpolate surfaces
Examine data
Set geoprocessing environments
Interpolate using the Natural Neighbor tool
Interpolate using the Spline tool
Interpolate using inverse distance weighted interpolation
Examine interpolated values

Chapter 7
7 Suitability modelling
Lesson introduction
What is suitability modeling?
Suitability modeling workflow
Evaluating analysis criteria
Choosing vector or raster overlay
Deriving surfaces from other sources
Instructor demo page
Raster functions and geoprocessing tools
Levels of measurement
Transforming values to a common scale
Types of raster overlay
Explore data sources
Exercise 7A: Raster overlay tools
Prepare a project
Create an aspect layer
Run binary overlay
Inspect a model
Run the model
Raster overlay tools
Locating and analyzing results
 Exercise 7B: Perform suitability modeling
Prepare a project and set environments
Create surfaces from vector sources
Derive a slope surface
Create a new suitability analysis
Reclassify the land use layer
Transform the derived surfaces
View results
Create regions

Chapter 8
8 Spatial statistics
Lesson introduction
Spatial patterns
What are spatial statistics?
Types of spatial statistics
Interpreting inferential statistics
Descriptive versus inferential
Instructor demo page
Spatial statistics tools
Clusters and outliers
Instructor demo page
Clustering tools
Exercise 8A: Use spatial statistics to explore data
Prepare ArcGIS Pro
Locate directional trends in data
Run the Average Nearest Neighbor tool
Run the Spatial Autocorrelation tool
Run the Hot Spot Analysis tool
Create a density surface
Exercise 8B: Perform clustering and outlier analysis
Prepare the project
Perform density-based clustering
Perform optimized hot spot analysis
Perform optimized outlier analysis

Chapter 9

9 Space-time analysis
Space-time analysis
Lesson introduction
Incorporating time into your analysis
Temporal analysis
 Exercise 9A: Explore data
Use a chart to explore data
Explore data using charts
Space-time analysis
Emerging hot spot analysis
Instructor demo page
Space-time analysis workflow
Exercise 9B: Explore space-time pattern mining tools
Create a space-time cube
Run the Emerging Hot Spot Analysis tool
Visualize a space-time cube in 3D

Chapter 10
10 Regression analysis
Lesson introduction
Explaining spatial patterns
Causes of spatial patterns
What is regression?
Regression equation
OLS regression
Checkpoint
Interpreting OLS diagnostics
Six OLS checks
OLS reports
Instructor demo page
Exploratory regression
Exercise 10: Find a properly specified regression model
Set up ArcGIS Pro
Perform exploratory data analysis
Use the Generalized Linear Regression tool to test for higher
spending factors
Evaluate the spatial output from the GLR tool
Create a scatter plot matrix
Run the GLR tool on multiple dependent variables
Perform OLS checks
Instructor demo page
Enriching data for analysis
Lesson review

Chapter 11
11 Geographically weighted regression
Lesson story
 Lesson introduction
How relationships change over space
GWR characteristics
When to use GWR
Instructor demo page
GWR in action

Exercise 11: Perform GWR

Run GWR using a properly specified OLS model
Map coefficients to see variation over space
Predict using GWR
Lesson review

Chapter 12
12 Geostatistical interpolation
Lesson story
Lesson introduction
Deterministic interpolation
Geostatistical interpolation
Kriging
Geostatistical workflow
Exercise 12: Use the Geostatistical Wizard to perform kriging
Set up the ArcGIS Pro project
Explore the data distribution
Perform kriging using the Geostatistical Wizard
Evaluate predicted value and error
Instructor demo page
Empirical Bayesian kriging (EBK)

Chapter 13
13 3D analysis
Lesson story
Lesson introduction
When to use 3D analysis
3D analysis examples
Instructor demo page
Voxel layers
Exercise 13: Perform 3D analysis
Set up the project
Create sight lines
Perform line-of-sight analysis
Create a 3D buffer
Intersect 3D features