Desktop III: Workflows and Analysis

Overview

Understanding how and when to apply ArcGIS tools and functions is the key to creating an efficient GIS workflow. Building on the skills and knowledge taught in ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools and Functionality, this course shows how to apply ArcGIS tools in a workflow context with a focus on working with data stored in a geodatabase and performing geoprocessing and analysis. In the course exercises, you organize and edit data stored in a geodatabase, prepare data for analysis, create and edit geoprocessing models using ModelBuilder, and work through a challenging analysis project.

Goals

  • Add data from different sources to a geodatabase.
  • Work with subtypes to edit data.
  • Edit and validate feature geometry and attributes using geodatabase topology.
  • Run analysis tools using dialog boxes and models.
  • Build a complex model using ModelBuilder.

Audience

This course is designed for experienced ArcGIS users who want to learn more about the ArcGIS tools for creating and editing data and GIS analysis.

Prerequisites and Recommendations

Students should have completed ArcGIS Desktop 2: Tools and Functionality.