
The following text was taken from the ERSI Online Campus website where these
courses can be accessed
Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst (for ArcGIS
Spatial Analyst 9.0-9.1)
Module 1: Getting Started with ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
Working with ArcGIS Spatial
Analyst
Setting the analysis
environment
Work with Spatial
Analyst tools
Preparing your data for
analysis
Converting data
Convert vector data to
raster data
Reclassifying raster
data
Reclassify an
elevation raster
Reclassify a raster
using an ASCII remap file
Reclassify data to a
common scale
Module 2: Analyzing Surfaces
Visualizing surface data
Hillshade
Calculate hillshade
Contours
contours
Deriving data from surfaces
Slope
Aspect
Calculate slope and
aspect
Viewshed
Calculate viewshed
Module 3: Working with Map Algebra
Working with operators and
functions
Map Algebra operators
Map Algebra functions
Understanding logical
values
Work with functions
Work with operators
Putting Map Algebra to work
Conditional processing
Use conditional
processing
Working with NoData
Create a mask to clip
a raster
Combining multiple rasters
Merge and mosaic rasters
Module 4: Interpolating Raster Surfaces with ArcGIS
Spatial Analyst
Introduction to
interpolation
What is interpolation?
Spatial
autocorrelation
Sample size
Interpolation barriers
Creating a terrain
surface with sample points
Explore different
interpolation methods
Interpolation methods
Inverse Distance
Weighted
Spline
Natural Neighbors
Kriging
Model snow depth with
IDW
Model subsurface
limestone formation near earthquake faults
Create a terrain
surface with Spline
Module 5: Mapping Distance and Density
Distance surfaces
The Straight Line
Distance function
Straight Line
Allocation and Direction functions
Air ambulance study
The Cost Weighted
Distance function
Cost surfaces
Least-cost path
analysis
Find the least-cost
path
Density surfaces
Simple density
calculations
Kernel density
calculations
Estimate density
Using attributes to
calculate density
Estimate density using
attributes
Module 6: Using Cell, Neighborhood, and Zonal
Statistics
Comparing raster datasets
using cell statistics
Statistical methods
The Cell Statistics
function
Use the Cell
Statistics function to detect change
Describing raster datasets
using neighborhood and zonal statistics
The Neighborhood
Statistics function
The Zonal Statistics
function
Use a neighborhood
function to investigate the edge effect of land cover data
Find the variety of
vegetation types by zone
Create a generalized
land cover raster