GIS Tutorial 1

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 state



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