Getting Started with Geoprocessing Flashcards
What is the framework and technology that allows you to process geographic and related data?
Geoprocessing
Within ArcGIS Pro, geoprocessing refers to a suite of tools for performing spatial analysis and GIS data management. Geoprocessing performs an operation on input data that produces output data. The geoprocessing framework also allows you to model and automate processes using ModelBuilder or Python.
What is used to perform analysis, data management, and automation?
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing Process: View and analyze data based on the distance between features.
Proximity
Examples:
How close are you to the airport?
Are there any roads that are within 1,000 feet of this stream?
What is the nearest or farthest feature from this location?
Geoprocessing Process: View and analyze features and attributes of overlapping layers.
Overlay
Examples: Which parcels are on top of which soil type?
Which students are within the school attendance boundary?
What buildings are within a floodplain?
Geoprocessing Process: View and analyze features and attributes of overlapping layers.
Overlay
Examples: Which parcels are on top of which soil type?
Which students are within the school attendance boundary?
What buildings are within a floodplain?
Geoprocessing Process: View and analyze data based on a system of interconnected elements.
Network
Examples: What is the best route to the nearest coffee shop?
What are live traffic conditions like?
What are the service areas for your business locations?
Geoprocessing Process: View and analyze features and attributes of overlapping layers.
Overlay
Examples:
Which parcels are on top of which soil type?
Which students are within the school attendance boundary?
What buildings are within a floodplain?
Geoprocessing Process: View and analyze data based on a system of interconnected elements.
Network
Examples:
What is the best route to the nearest coffee shop?
What are live traffic conditions like?
What are the service areas for your business locations?
Geoprocessing Process: Quantify spatial distribution and relationships using numbers and statistics.
Statistical
Examples:
What is the distribution of graffiti within the county?
How does the distribution of senior citizens compare to that of children under five years for the same set of census tracts?
What are the directional trends of vehicle accidents during the day, as compared to those at night?
Geoprocessing Process: View and analyze data in a 3D context.
3D
Examples:
How will buildings cast shadows?
What is the viewable area from a fire tower?
How much land will be underwater from damming a river?
Geoprocessing Process: View and analyze data based on a date or time field to see patterns over time.
Temporal
Examples:
How does ocean temperature change over time?
How did the number of fatalities increase over the past six months?
Where are the space-time crime hot spots within the city?
Which two outcomes represent the primary benefits of the ArcGIS Pro geoprocessing framework?
Creating custom tools
Automating GIS work
T/F: Proximity analysis helps you determine the viewable areas from a fire tower.
False
What is geoprocessing?
A framework and technology that allows you to process geographic and related data
Connecting questions to spatial analysis: How has the vegetation of the Amazon rain forest changed over the past 30 years due to deforestation?
Temporal
Connecting questions to spatial analysis: Which national monuments are within the flooded area?
Overlay
Connecting questions to spatial analysis: How will the new building affect the amount of sun that the surrounding building gets during the day?
3D