Kessler GIS ArcGIS III: GIS Workflows and Analysis

GIS

An Entire Information Ecosystem

ArcGIS III: Workflows and Analysis 9.3/10

Three days

Author: ESRI

ArcGIS Version: 9.3/10

Printed Materials: B&W materials

Prerequisites

Completion of ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality or equivalent knowledge.

Description

Advance your ArcGIS Desktop skills in this course that teaches how and when to apply ArcGIS tools to create an efficient workflow that supports GIS analysis. Working with data stored in a geodatabase, you will organize and prepare data for analysis, create geoprocessing models, and work through a challenging analysis project. By the end of the course, you will be able to determine which ArcGIS tools and functions to use in a given situation and apply them to your analyses. The skills taught in this course are applicable to all types of GIS analysis.

Who Should Attend:

GIS analysts, GIS specialists, and other experienced ArcGIS users who want to extend their basic ArcGIS skills in the areas of data creation and editing, geoprocessing models, and GIS analysis.

Goals:

After completing this course, you will be able to

Add data from different sources to a geodatabase.
Create and use geodatabase components that maintain data integrity and prevent errors during data creation and editing.
Solve common spatial data alignment problems.
Use a variety of geoprocessing tools to perform an analysis that supports decision making.
Build a complex model to automate an analysis workflow.

Getting data into a geodatabase

Geodatabase elements
Data conversion methods
Importing data through batch and single conversions
Creating feature classes from x,y data
Accessing tabular data using an OLE DB connection

Geodatabase behavior

Subtypes, domains, and geodatabase topology

Editing GIS data

Workflow for creating and editing data
Working with editing tools and tasks
Exploding a multipart feature
Generalizing polygons
Editing using domains and subtypes
Finding and fixing errors using topology

Aligning spatial data

Common data alignment problems
Spatial adjustment methods
Georeferencing workflow
Matching layer boundaries
Appending data layers
Georeferencing CAD data
Converting CAD data to a geodatabase feature class

Managing geoprocessing tools and settings

Types of toolboxes and tools
Environment settings
Locating tools
Tool parameters
Managing geoprocessing errors, warnings, and results

Analyzing GIS data

Review of common analysis tools
Extracting data for analysis
Analyzing tabular data
Proximity analysis

Using ModelBuilder for analysis

Creating and designing models
Model elements, variables, and parameters
Adding tools to a model
Feature layers
Documenting a model

GIS analysis projects

Analysis process review
Find the best site for a new shelter
Find the mileage of flooded roads

Bruce Kessler, MS, GISP, CTT+

Kessler GIS

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