Extending ArcView GIS : With Network Analyst, Spatial Analyst, and 3D Analyst

by Ormsby, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781879102057
• ISBN10: 1879102056
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Esri Pr

Summary

An introduction to three of the growing number of sophisticated extensions that add power to the core GIS software.

Author Biography

Tim Ormsby is a technical writer at ESRI. Jonell Alvi is a technical writer at ESRI.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(2)
Introducing ArcView Network Analyst	3	(16)
Network Analyst applications	6	(2)
Understanding travel costs	8	(1)
Exploring Network Analyst	9	(10)
Finding the best route	19	(24)
Visiting several locations	20	(7)
Ordering stops on a route	27	(5)
Adding and deleting stops	32	(11)
Defining travel costs	43	(22)
Using distance as a travel cost	46	(10)
Using time as a travel cost	56	(9)
Finding the closest facility	65	(22)
Finding the closest facility	66	(5)
Finding several facilities	71	(6)
Creating directions	77	(10)
Finding service areas	87	(16)
Creating service areas	88	(6)
Using service areas in network analysis	94	(9)
Modeling traffic flow	103	(24)
Modeling one-way streets	104	(12)
Creating travel costs for different directions	116	(11)
Modeling intersections	127	(30)
Modeling closed streets	128	(7)
Modeling overpasses	135	(8)
Modeling turns	143	(14)
Introducing ArcView Spatial Analyst	157	(18)
Introducing ArcView Spatial Analyst	158	(6)
Exploring ArcView Spatial Analyst	164	(11)
Investigating grids	175	(18)
Identifying and displaying grids	176	(8)
Querying and managing grids	184	(9)
Creating surfaces	193	(20)
Interpolating point data	194	(8)
Comparing interpolated surfaces	202	(7)
Deriving new surfaces from elevation	209	(4)
Analyzing density and distance	213	(22)
Calculating density	214	(9)
Finding distance and assigning proximity	223	(12)
Converting grids and setting their properties	235	(26)
Converting feature themes to grids	236	(7)
Setting grid analysis properties	243	(11)
Resampling grids	254	(7)
Using the Map Calculator	261	(26)
Using operators	262	(9)
Using requests	271	(6)
Using conditional processing	277	(10)
Creating statistics and generalizing data	287	(26)
Creating neighborhood and zonal statistics	288	(10)
Generalizing grid data	298	(7)
Advanced generalizing techniques	305	(8)
Introducing the ESRI ModelBuilder	313	(18)
How ModelBuilder works	315	(1)
ModelBuilder components	316	(8)
Build your own model	324	(7)
Introducing ArcView 3D Analyst	331	(22)
Displaying data in three dimensions	333	(4)
3D shapefiles and TINs	337	(3)
Choosing a data structure	340	(1)
Exploring 3D Analyst	341	(12)
Displaying data in 3D	353	(22)
Setting 3D scene properties	354	(6)
Setting 3D properties for feature themes	360	(10)
Setting 3D properties for image themes	370	(5)
Symbolizing TIN themes	375	(14)
Symbolizing TIN theme points and lines	377	(7)
Symbolizing TIN theme faces	384	(5)
Creating 3D feature data	389	(14)
Creating 3D themes	390	(6)
Converting 2D themes to 3D	396	(7)
Creating TIN data	403	(24)
Creating a TIN from elevation points	404	(8)
Creating a TIN from elevation contours	412	(5)
Modifying TINs	417	(10)
Analyzing paths	427	(12)
Finding steepest paths	428	(7)
Profiling lines	435	(4)
Analyzing visibility	439	(18)
Drawing lines of sight	440	(8)
Creating a visibility surface	448	(9)
More extensions	457	(22)
Optional extensions	459	(11)
Core extensions	470	(3)
Sample extensions	473	(6)
Appendix A Network Analyst pathfinding algorithm	479	(14)
Executing the algorithm	481	(11)
Using the results	492	(1)
Appendix B Aligning your data	493	(12)
What ArcView GIS projects	494	(1)
When data doesn't align	495	(1)
Determining the grid projection	496	(1)
Displaying unprojected data in a projected view	497	(1)
Projecting data permanently	498	(1)
Reprojecting data	499	(6)
Appendix C Data file structures	505	(8)
Shapefiles	506	(2)
3D shapefiles	508	(1)
Grids	508	(2)
Grid naming conventions	510	(1)
TINs	510	(1)
Network index directories	511	(2)
Appendix D Resources	513	(6)
www.esri.com	514	(1)
campus.esri.com	514	(1)
Training	515	(1)
Contact us	516	(3)
Appendix E Using the CD	519	(6)
CD contents	520	(1)
Installing the exercise data	520	(3)
Removing the exercise data	523	(2)
Index of topics	525