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This chapter’s lab builds on the basic concepts of GIS from Chapter 5 by applying several analytical concepts to the GIS data you used in 5.2 Geospatial Lab
Application: GIS Introduction: ArcGIS Version. This lab also expands on Chapter
5 by introducing several more GIS tools and features and how they are used.
The previous 6.1 Geospatial Lab Application, GIS Spatial Analysis: AEJEE
Version uses the free ArcExplorer Java Edition for Educators (AEJEE); however, this lab provides the same activities for use with ArcGIS 10.
Although ArcGIS contains many more functions than AEJEE, the two programs share several useful spatial analysis tools.
Objectives
The goals for you to take away from this lab are:
a Constructing database queries in ArcGIS.
a Using different selection criteria (from queries and selecting by location)
to perform simple spatial analysis.
Obtaining Software
The current version of ArcGIS (10) is not freely available for use. However,
instructors affiliated with schools that have a campus-wide software license
may request a 1-year student version of the software online at http://www.
esri.com/industries/apps/education/offers/promo/index.cfm.
Important note: Software and online resources sometimes change fast.
This lab was designed with the most recently available version of the software
at the time of writing. However, if the software or Websites have significantly
changed between then and now, an updated version of this lab (using the newest versions) is available online at http://www.whfreeman.com/shellito1e.
Lab Data
There is no data to copy in this lab. All data comes as part of the AEJEE sample
data that gets installed with the software.
Important note: In order to keep the data and results similar, both the
AEJEE and ArcGIS 10 portions of the lab use the same sample data that comes
with AEJEE. Thus, if you’re using ArcGIS 10 for the lab, please download and
install AEJEE in order to use its sample data.
Localizing This Lab
The dataset used in this lab is Esri sample data for the entire United States.
However, starting in Section 6.2, the lab focuses on North Dakota and South
6.2 Geospatial Lab Application
GIS Spatial Analysis: ArcGIS Version
This chapter’s lab builds on the basic concepts of GIS from Chapter 5 by applying several analytical concepts to the GIS data you used in 5.2 Geospatial Lab
Application: GIS Introduction: ArcGIS Version. This lab also expands on Chapter
5 by introducing several more GIS tools and features and how they are used.
The previous 6.1 Geospatial Lab Application, GIS Spatial Analysis: AEJEE
Version uses the free ArcExplorer Java Edition for Educators (AEJEE); however, this lab provides the same activities for use with ArcGIS 10.
Although ArcGIS contains many more functions than AEJEE, the two programs share several useful spatial analysis tools.
Objectives
The goals for you to take away from this lab are:
a Constructing database queries in ArcGIS.
a Using different selection criteria (from queries and selecting by location)
to perform simple spatial analysis.
Obtaining Software
The current version of ArcGIS (10) is not freely available for use. However,
instructors affiliated with schools that have a campus-wide software license
may request a 1-year student version of the software online at http://www.
esri.com/industries/apps/education/offers/promo/index.cfm.
Important note: Software and online resources sometimes change fast.
This lab was designed with the most recently available version of the software
at the time of writing. However, if the software or Websites have significantly
changed between then and now, an updated version of this lab (using the newest versions) is available online at http://www.whfreeman.com/shellito1e.
Lab Data
There is no data to copy in this lab. All data comes as part of the AEJEE sample
data that gets installed with the software.
Important note: In order to keep the data and results similar, both the
AEJEE and ArcGIS 10 portions of the lab use the same sample data that comes
with AEJEE. Thus, if you’re using ArcGIS 10 for the lab, please download and
install AEJEE in order to use its sample data.
Localizing This Lab
The dataset used in this lab is Esri sample data for the entire United States.
However, starting in Section 6.2, the lab focuses on North Dakota and South
6.2 Geospatial Lab Application
GIS Spatial Analysis: ArcGIS Version