Ask questions, Explore and prepare data, Analyze and model, Interpret results, Repeat or modify, Present Results, Make decisions (esri.com, Going Places with Spatial Analysis MOOC Training)
3.1 Overlay analysis (clip, intersect, union, dissolve)
3.2 Proximity analysis (buffer, near, distance)
3.3 Spatial joins, selections
3.4 Terrain analysis (DEM, slope, aspect)
3.5 Suitability analysis
Spatial queries, attribute queries, overlay analysis -> to evaluate potential locations
Determine the relative criteria, site suitability model, Boolean suitability, Cost-path analysis
3.6 Topology
Topology is the information about the location of features relative to one another
Topological properties:
- Connectivity
- Orientation
- Adjacency
- Containment