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  3. Chapter Seven - Geoprocessing Tools

Chapter Seven - Geoprocessing Tools

Chapter Goals

  1. List the five general categories of geoprocessing tools
  2. Generally define the five general categories of geoprocessing tools
  • Section One: Introduction
  • Section Two: Overlay Analysis
  • Section Three: Proximity Analysis
  • Section Four: Extraction Analysis
  • Section Five: Surface Creation
  • Section Six: Statistical Analysis
  • Section Seven: Geoprocessing Specifically in ArcMap
‹ Section Four - Editing Existing Data up Section One: Introduction ›
  • Student User Guide
  • Chapter One - History and Scope of GIS
    • Section One - Introduction
      • 1.1.2: Modeling Our World - Reality, Conception, Representation, Analysis, Documentation, Storage, and Distribution
    • Section Two - What is GIS?
      • 1.2.3: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
      • 1.2.2: Geographic Information Sciences
    • Section Three - Why Do We Need A GIS?
      • 1.3.2: Spatial and Non-Spatial Data
      • 1.3.3: Solving Spatial Problems
      • 1.3.4: Rapid and Repeatable Data Analysis
      • 1.3.5: Thinking Spatially
    • Section Four - Putting it all Together: An Example
    • Section Five - Uses of GIS
    • Section Six - History of GIS
  • Chapter Two - Navigating Our World: Geodesy, Datums, and Coordinate Systems
    • Section One - Introduction
    • Section Two - Geodesy
      • 2.2.1: A Brief History of Measuring the Earth
      • 2.2.2: Modern Geodesy
    • Section Three - Mathematically Measuring the Earth
      • 2.3.1: Accuracy and Precision
      • 2.3.2: Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
      • 2.3.3: The Topographic Surface
      • 2.3.4: Geoids
      • 2.3.5: Ellipses and Circles
      • 2.3.6: Spheres, Ellipsoids, and Ellipsoids of Revolution (Spheroids)
      • 2.3.7: The Earth as a Spheroid
      • 2.3.8: Reference Ellipsoids
    • Section Four: Latitude and Longitude - One Example of a Geographic Grid
      • 2.4.1: Cartesian Coordinate Systems
      • 2.4.2: Latitude
      • 2.4.3: Longitude
      • 2.4.4: Creating a Complete Geographic Grid
      • 2.4.5: Null Island: A Real Fake Place
      • 2.4.6: Additional Resources for Latitude and Longitude
    • Section Five - Geodetic Datums: Combining Reference Ellipsoids and Geoids
      • 2.5.1: Geodetic Datums
      • 2.5.2: Horizontal and Vertical Datums
      • 2.5.3: Geodetic Height and Elevation
      • 2.5.4: Datum Shifts
    • Section Six: Geographic Coordinate Systems
    • Section Seven: Projected Coordinate Systems (AKA “Projections”)
      • 2.7.1: Creating Projections
      • 2.7.2: Projection Methods
      • 2.7.3: Projections to Reduce Specific Distortion
      • 2.7.4: Practical Projections
    • Section Eight: Just a Few Extras
      • An Article About Various Projection Methods - USGS
      • Projections Wizard - A Projection Selection Tool
      • XKCD Web Comic - What your Favorite Map Projection Says About You
      • V-Sauce: What Does Earth Look Like?
      • Well Done Wikipedia Article About Projections
  • Chapter Three - Spatial Data: Vectors, Rasters, and Data Tables
    • Section One - Introduction
    • Section Two - Vector Data
      • 3.2.2: Measuring Distances and Areas with Vectors
      • 3.2.3: Recognizing Vector Data
      • 3.2.4: ArcCatalog
    • Section Three: Raster Data
      • 3.3.2: Classification Rasters
      • 3.3.3: Recognizing Raster Data
      • 3.3.4: Raster Types
      • 3.3.4: Raster Pyramids
    • Section Four: Discrete and Continuous Data
      • 3.4.1: Discrete Data
      • 3.4.2: Continuous Data
      • 3.4.3: Examples of Discrete and Continuous Data
    • Section Five - Data Tables
      • 3.5.2: Recognizing Data Tables in ArcCatalog
      • 3.5.3: Data Types in Data Tables
    • Section Six - Introduction to Attribute Tables
  • Chapter Four - Data Organization and Meet Your GIS
    • Section One - Introduction
    • Section Two: Data Models
      • 4.2.2: Methods of Data Organization
      • 4.2.3: Folders in the Class Data Model
    • Section Three: Meet ArcCatalog
      • 4.3.2: ArcCatalog Overview
    • Section Three B: Meet ArcCatalog Video
    • Section Four: Meet ArcMap
      • 4.4.2: The Layout Of ArcMap
      • 4.4.3: Views and Areas of ArcMap
      • 4.6.4: Menus And Toolbars
      • 4.4.5: Additional Windows in ArcMap
    • Section Four B: Meet ArcMap Video
    • Section Five: What Are Relational Databases and Geodatabases
      • 4.5.2: Geodatabases
    • Section Six: ArcGIS File Naming Rules
      • 4.6.2: Saving Properly When Running the [insert name here] Tool
      • 4.6.3: Default Geodatabase
    • Section Seven: The ArcGIS Help Menu
  • Chapter Five - Attribute Tables and External Data
    • Section One: Introduction
    • Section Two: Attribute Tables: a More In-Depth Look at Operations
      • 5.1.2: Review of Attribute Table Structure
    • Section Three: Attribute Tables - Introduction to the Field Header Menu, the Table Options Menu, and the Table Action Buttons
      • 5.3.2: Table Options Menu
      • 5.3.3: Field Header Menu
    • Section Four: Selecting Data in ArcMap - The Basics of Making Selections
      • 5.4.2: ArcMap Table of Contents View - List By Selection
      • 5.4.3: Examining the Term “Layer”
    • Section Five: Using Selected Data
    • Section Five: Using Selected Data
    • Section Six: Select by Attribute Part One - Understanding SQL Expressions
      • 5.6.2: Simple SQL Expressions and the Select by Attributes Tool Dialog Box
    • Section Seven: Select by Attribute Part Two - Creating Proper Simple and Complex SQL Expressions
      • 5.7.2: Simple Expressions
      • 5.7.3: Complex Structured Query Language Expressions
      • 5.7.4: Logical Operators
      • 5.7.5: Saving and Loading SQL Queries
      • 5.7.6: Special Cases with SQL Expressions
      • 5.7.7: A Summary Table of Building SQL Queries
    • Section Eight: Select by Location
      • 5.8.2: The Select by Location Dialog Box: Top to Bottom
    • Section Nine: Interactive Selection
      • 5.9.2: Interactive Selection Tool Options
    • Section Ten: Joins (Table and Spatial) and Relates
      • 5.10.2: Table Joins vs Relates
      • 5.10.3: Keys
      • 5.10.4: Data Relationships
      • 5.10.5: Initiating, Validating, and Retaining Table Joins
      • 5.10.6: Preparing Data for Relates and Table Joins
      • 5.10.7: Spatial Joins
    • Section Eleven: Classification
      • 5.11.2: Raster (Reflectance) Classification
      • 5.11.3: Numeric Classifications
      • 5.11.4: Choosing the Number of Classes
  • Chapter Six - Digitizing, Creating, and Editing Data
    • Section Two: Scanning and Digitizing Data
      • 6.2.2: Manual Digitizing
      • 6.2.3: Heads-Up or On-Screen Computer Digitizing
      • 6.2.4: Aerial and Satellite Photos
      • 6.2.5: Scanning and Georeferencing
      • 6.2.6: Georeferencing
      • 6.2.7: Required reading: Scan the Contents of this Article
      • 6.2.8: Creating New Vector Layers in ArcMap
      • 6.2.9: Geocoding
    • Section Three: Other Sources of Primary Data
      • 6.3.2: GPS (Global Positioning Systems)
      • 6.3.3: ArcPad, Collector, and Survey 123
      • 6.3.4: Crowdsourcing
    • Section Four: Editing Existing Data
      • 6.4.2: Defining and Projecting Data
      • 6.4.3: A Review of Selecting Data
      • 6.4.4: Direct Feature (Map) Edits
      • 6.4.5: Attribute Table Edits
  • Chapter Seven - Geoprocessing Tools
    • Section One: Introduction
    • Section Seven: Geoprocessing Specifically in ArcMap
    • Section Two: Overlay Analysis
      • 7.2.2: Vector Overlay
      • 7.2.3: Raster Overlay
    • Section Three: Proximity Analysis
      • 7.3.1: Vector Proximity Tools
      • 7.3.2: Raster Proximity Tools
    • Section Four: Extraction Analysis
      • 7.4.1: Vector Extraction Analysis
      • 7.4.2: Raster Extraction Analysis
    • Section Five: Surface Creation
    • Section Six: Statistical Analysis
      • 7.6.2: Table Statistics
      • 7.6.3: Spatial Statistics
  • Chapter Eight - Data Quality
    • Section One: Introduction
    • Section Two: Section Two: Primary and Secondary Data And Data Quality and Error
      • 8.2.1: Errors of Omission and Errors of Commission
      • 8.2.2: Cascading Error
      • 8.2.3: Accuracy and Precision
      • 8.2.4: Feature and Attribute Completeness, Consistency, and Currency
    • Section Three: Sources of Error in Data
      • 8.3.1: Source of Data Error - Data Creation
      • 8.3.2: Source of Data Error - Data Manipulation
    • Section Four: Metadata
      • 8.4.2: Federal Geospatial Data Committee Standards for Metadata
    • Section Five: Data Acquisition
  • Footnotes and References
  • Appendix A - Common File Types and Icons in ArcGIS
  • Glossary
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