Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Mapping where things are; Working with categories; Controlling which values are displayed; Limiting values to display Chapter 2 Mapping the most and least; Mapping quantities; Choosing classes; Creating a map series; Working with charts Chapter 3 Mapping density; Density analysis; Dot density maps; Density surface Chapter 4 Finding what’s inside; Overlay analysis; Finding what’s partially inside Chapter 5 Finding What’s Nearby; Selecting what’s nearby; Creating buffer features; Clipping features; Buffering values; Multiple near distances; Quantifying nearness; Distance surfaces; Calculating cost along a network; Calculating nearness along a network Chapter 6 Mapping change; Mapping change in location; Change in location and magnitude; Percent change in value Chapter 7 Measuring geographic distribution; Calculating centers; Weighted centers; Standard distance; Standard deviational ellipse; Linear directional mean Chapter 8 Analyzing patterns; Average nearest neighbor; Clustering of values; Multi-distance clustering; Spatial autocorrelation Chapter 9 Identifying clusters; Cluster and outlier analysis; Hot spot analysis Appendix A Independent projects Appendix B Data source credits Appendix C Data license agreement Appendix D Installing data and software Task index

About the Author

David W. Allen is the GIS manager for the City of Euless, Texas. He has taught at Tarrant County College since 1999, where he helped found one of the first GIS degree programs in Texas and establish a state standard for GIS degree programs. He is the author of Getting to Know ArcGIS® ModelBuilder (Esri Press, 2011) and the co-author of GIS Tutorial 3: Advanced Workbook (Esri Press, 2010).