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Map Analysis. Map analysis consists of inferring information ? necessary for a given engineering/scientific task ? from general information contained in digital spatial datasets. In map analysis with raster datasets, the digital spatial datasets consist of grids.. Spatial Analyst. To enable the ras
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1. Spatial Analysis with Raster Datasets-1 Francisco Olivera, Ph.D., P.E.
Srikanth Koka
Department of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
2. Map Analysis Map analysis consists of inferring information – necessary for a given engineering/scientific task – from general information contained in digital spatial datasets. In map analysis with raster datasets, the digital spatial datasets consist of grids.
3. Spatial Analyst To enable the raster data analysis capabilities, load the Spatial Analyst ArcGIS extension by clicking Tools/ Extensions/Spatial Analyst and then Tools/Customize/ Spatial Analyst. The Spatial Analyst adds a toolbar that contains a Spatial Analyst menu, a combo box Layer for selecting the layer, a Create contour tool and a Histogram tool.