The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 3: Modeling Suitability, Movement, and Interaction (Paperback)

Chapter 1 Introducing GIS modeling The GIS modeling process Define the goal of the analysis Define the criteria Collect the data Run the model Verify the results Modify and re-run the model Document the analysis Display and apply the results Modeling and GIS data Spatial data types Attribute data Accounting for spatial bias Geographic scale Data quality References and further reading Chapter 2 Finding suitable locations Designing a Boolean suitability model Evaluating locations Identifying potential locations References and further reading Chapter 3 Rating suitable locations Designing a suitability model to rate locations Rating locations using weighted overlay Rating locations using fuzzy overlay References and further reading Chapter 4 Predicting favorable locations Designing a model to predict favorable locations Predicting using known occurrences References and further reading Chapter 5 Modeling paths and corridors Designing a path model Modeling a path over a network Modeling an overland path References and further reading Chapter 6 Modeling interaction Designing a model of interaction Allocating demand to facilities Modeling travel to facilities References and further reading