Geographic Information Systems in Action

Chapter 6Raster Operations

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Here is the content you will learn in this chapter:

1. List and describe the basic properties of raster datasets.
2. Define Map Algebra and explain its rules.
3. Locate and use the Spatial Analyst module.
4. List and define the Spatial Analyst terminology.
5. Become familiar with the Spatial Analyst classes.
6. Through application, become familiar with the Image mosaic.
7. Use the Image mosaic toolset.
8. Through application, be able to identify and describe the Spatial Analyst toolsets.
9. Through application, be able to demonstrate and describe the analysis environment in Spatial Analyst.
10. Use Spatial Analyst to perform a raster analysis.

BEHAVIORAL INDICATORS

When you are finished with this chapter, you will be able to:

1. List and describe basic raster dataset properties.
2. Explain in simple terms what Map Algebra is and its basic rules.
3. Open and become familiar with the Spatial Analyst module.
4. List and define Spatial Analyst terms.
5. Briefly describe Spatial Analyst classes.
6. Define and describe what an image mosaic is.
7. Describe the use of image mosaicking.
8. List and describe the toolsets of Spatial Analyst.
9. Briefly describe the analysis environment of Spatial Analyst.
10. Perform a simple raster analysis using Spatial Analyst.

Chapter Overview

This chapter covers arguably the most powerful modeling and analysis tools in the ArcGIS arsenal. Because there is so much to cover, there will be fewer hands-on sections in this chapter simply because to become good at ...