Course Description

This three-day ESRI course, taught by an ESRI-Authorized Instructor, introduces the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst software tools for conducting advanced spatial analyses and creating different types of spatial models.  Students first learn fundamental raster data concepts, then how to apply Spatial Analyst tools to create, process, and analyze spatial data.  Students examine problems that are best solved in a raster environment such as surface analysis and distance measurements. Finally, students learn spatial modeling concepts and issues, and how to design and implement spatial models using the ModelBuilder.

This course contributes to one of the ESRI Training and Education Learning Pathways.

Learning Objectives

Students completing this course will be able to:

• Understand fundamental raster concepts.
• Display and query raster data.
• Georeference, transform, and project raster data.
• Create geodatabase raster datasets and raster catalogs.
• Understand how ArcGIS Spatial Analyst tools are organized.
• Apply ArcGIS Spatial Analyst tools for surface and distance analyses.
• Use surface and groundwater hydrology tools.
• Use map algebra functions.
• Interpolate surfaces from sample points.
• Understand basic suitability modeling methodology.
• Use ModelBuilder to create suitability models.

Topics Covered

• Basics of ArcGIS Spatial Analyst: Overview of the extension; Understanding raster concepts; ArcGIS Spatial Analyst interface; Comparing rasters and feature layers; Querying rasters.
• Structure of rasters: How to create raster datasets; Raster storage and management.
• Aligning data: Raster registration and georeferencing; How projection affects analysis; Importing and exporting raster datasets.
• Conducting surface analyses: Calculating density; Choosing an interpolation method; Interpolating a continuous raster from sample points; Contours and hillshading; Visibility analysis.
• Map algebra functions: Writing expressions; Expression syntax.
• Calculating distance measurements: Euclidean distance; Cost–distance; Finding the least-cost path.
• Surface hydrology: Identifying watershed basins; Determining surface runoff characteristics.
• Designing and implementing GIS models: Spatial modeling concepts and issues.

Course table of contents (PDF) from ESRI.

Course Prerequisites

Students taking this course should have completed Introduction to ArcGIS I (or Learning ArcGIS Desktop), or have equivalent knowledge.

Course Fees

Regular pricing for this course is $1125 per student. Faculty, staff, or students affiliated with the University of Hawai`i system or other educational institutions receive a 40% discount. Volume registration discounts are available for organizations registering five or more students for the same class.

Registrants working in the health, public health, emergency planning, or emergency response fields can take the course at the federally-subsidized price of $220. (Funding provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Grant No. T01HP6427-0100.)

Instructor

John Vogler, MA  ( bio )

Questions?

Contact the course instructor if you have any questions about the course content or prerequisites.