Spatial Analysis in ArcGIS Pro Class Resources
This 3-day course teaches essential concepts and a standard workflow you can apply to any spatial analysis project. You will work with a variety of ArcGIS tools to explore, analyze, and produce reliable information from data. Course exercises use an Advanced license of ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS 3D Analyst, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, and ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst.
Lesson 1: Building a foundation for spatial analysis
- Common analysis problems: The Language of Spatial Analysis, Esri Press.
- GIS analysis in general: Arguably, the best general resource for analysis in ArcGIS is Andy Mitchell’s The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis, Volumes I and II. These are available from the Esri Press. The third volume in the series looks in depth at suitability, path, and flow models. This is available from the Esri Press as well and other vendors such as Amazon.
- Mitchell, Andy. 2001. The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis Volume 1, Geographic Patterns and Relationships. Redlands, CA: Esri Press.
- Mitchell, Andy. 2005. The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis Volume 2, Spatial Measurements and Statistics. Redlands, CA: Esri Press.
- Mitchell, Andy. 2012. The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis Volume 3, Modeling Suitability, Movement, and Interaction. Redlands, CA: Esri Press.
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Lesson 2 Planning and preparing for spatial analysis
Lesson 3 Proximity analysis
- The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis Volumes 1 and 3, Andy Mitchell, Esri Press. Proximity, distance, and cost distance are discussed thoroughly.
- ArcGIS Pro Help:
- An overview of the Proximity toolset This help topic provides the starting point in the ArcGIS Pro help for researching ArcGIS Pro proximity analysis tools. Refer to the topics following below this one for details about each tool.
- Web Courses:
- Introduction to Proximity Analysis In this course, you will discover how proximity analysis fits into the spatial analysis workflow and learn about proximity analysis methods. You will also use proximity analysis to answer spatial questions about a fictitious scenario.
- Distance Analysis using ArcGIS Pro Learn to use ArcGIS Spatial Analyst to create raster surfaces that identify the shortest distance as well as cost-effective paths that reflect a project's specific criteria.
Lesson 4 Overlay analysis
- The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis Volume 1, Andy Mitchell, Esri Press. Volume 1 introduces overlay analysis for vector data.
- ArcGIS Pro Help:
- ArcGIS Pro Help: An overview of the Overlay toolset This help topic provides the starting point in the ArcGIS Pro help for researching ArcGIS Pro overlay analysis tools. Refer to the topics following below this one for details about each tool.
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- ArcGIS blogs:
- Site Selection Analysis:
Lesson 5 Automate spatial analysis workflows
ArcGIS Pro Help:
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Instructor-led courses:
Lesson 6 Creating surfaces using interpolation
- ArcGIS Pro Help:
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Lesson 7 Suitability modeling
Lesson 8 Spatial Statistics
Lesson 9: Space Time Analysis
Lesson 10: Regression Analysis
Lesson 11: Geographically Weighted Regression
- ArcGIS Pro Help:
- How Geographically Weighted Regression works
- Geographically Weighted Regression: The Analysis of Spatially Varying Relationships, A. Stewart Fotheringham, Chris Brunsdon, and Martin Charlton
- ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics, Mitchell A. (2012). ESRI Press.
Lesson 12: Geostatistical Interpolation
Lesson 13: 3D Analysis