DUE WEDNESDAY APRIL 2nd, 2014
ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Toolbox
Complete the following and submit electronically. Note: It is highly recommended that you first type your answers in a word document and save it. Then, copy and paste your answers from the word document into this form and click "submit" at the bottom of the page.
LAST NAME: FIRST NAME:
All three handouts that accompany this assignment are combined into the downloadable PDF file that is available at the following link:
Three Handouts (in one) for THX9 (Note: The hyperlinks contained within this pdf document are not clickable)
1. Read the "Operators and Functions of Spatial Analyst" handout. Then, summarize the following:
Local Functions
Focal Functions
Zonal Functions
Global Functions
Application Functions
2. Read the "Understanding Analysis in Spatial Analyst" handout. Then, answer the following:
In order to calculate an output value for your specified location (cell) using any Spatial Analyst operation or function, what three things do you need to know?
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b.
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3. Read the "An Overview of the Spatial Analyst Toolbox" handout. Then, complete the following:
What main GIS data type provides the most comprehensive modeling environment for spatial analysis?
What is known as the "locational perspective"?
Name and briefly describe three Spatial Analyst Toolsets:
