Spatial Analyst

Tutorial
Preparation
Copy the spatial folder from
\\cahe9345\classdata\soils468\data to
your own data folder.
Hillshade
Creates a shaded relief raster from an
elevation raster and an illumination
source.
Combined with transparency, it gives a
map a 3 dimensional appearance.
Histogram
Very useful to get a quick measure of how
raster data is distributed.
Finding a new school site in
Stowe, Vermont
1. Input Datasets
2. Derive Datasets
3. Reclassify Datasets
4. Weight and combine datasets
Deriving slope
In ArcGIS slope may be calculated as
degrees or as percent.
Be aware of the horizontal and vertical
units of your datasets reproject or
calculate a z-factor if necessary.
Straight line (Euclidean)
Distance
Recreation sites Existing schools
Reclassify
Replace values based on new information.
Group certain values together
Reclassify values to a common scale
Convert cells to No Data or assign values
to No Data cells.
Reclassify
Recreation sites Existing schools
Weight and combine
datasets
Cost path analysis
Calculates the cost of moving across a
raster surface based on geographic
factors.
Requires a source dataset, a cost dataset,
and a destination dataset.
Cost path analysis
Reclassify input datasets
Cost path analysis