{"id":79471,"date":"2017-09-18T13:42:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T13:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/learn-spatial-analysis-techniques-with-scenario-based-case-studies\/"},"modified":"2021-08-02T23:38:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T06:38:51","slug":"learn-spatial-analysis-techniques-with-scenario-based-case-studies","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/analytics\/analytics\/learn-spatial-analysis-techniques-with-scenario-based-case-studies","title":{"rendered":"Learn spatial analysis techniques with scenario-based case studies"},"author":6771,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341],"tags":[31681,25631,23391,25581,34071,27911,32441],"industry":[],"product":[37021,36551,36561,37031],"class_list":["post-79471","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","tag-network-analysis","tag-spatial-analysis","tag-spatial-analytics","tag-spatial-statistics","tag-suitability-modeling","tag-tutorial","tag-workflow","product-network-analyst","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro","product-spatial-analyst"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Applied Analysis team has been hard at work developing scenario-based, cross platform exercises to help you learn spatial analysis te...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The Applied Analysis team has been hard at work developing scenario-based, cross platform exercises to help you learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/spatial-analytics-data-science\/overview\">spatial analysis techniques<\/a> for solving your real-world problems.\u00a0 Each case study includes data and step by step workflows for multiple ArcGIS applications, such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, ArcGIS Online, and Insights for ArcGIS.\u00a0 Most of the case studies discuss key analysis concepts and lessons such as how to deal with missing data, how to explore and take advantage of the spatial structure in your data, how to model supply versus demand, how to transform data, and how to select an appropriate weighting scheme. Work through the case study analyses using the data provided, and then adapt the workflows to your own data.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Exploratory analysis<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Exploratory analysis is a technique that helps you explore and learn more about the patterns and distributions in your data.\u00a0 Exploratory analysis can either stand alone as a complete analysis, or be used as a starting point for another type of analysis, making exploratory techniques some of the most essential and ubiquitous techniques in spatial analysis. Exploratory analysis is used in almost every industry, including health, public works, retail, and natural resources. Here are some case studies that use exploratory analysis techniques:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Which college district has the fewest low-income families?\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/which-college-district-has-the-fewest-low-income-families-.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Which college district has the fewest low-income families?<\/a> \u2013 Explore local college districts to find which would serve as the best for an internet pilot program.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Who lives in the neighborhood surrounding each library branch?\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/who-lives-in-the-neighborhood-surrounding-each-library-branch.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who lives in the neighborhood surrounding each library branch?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Explore the demographics around library branches to determine which community programs would be best suited to each branch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Suitability analysis<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Suitability analysis is one of the most commonly used GIS analysis techniques, and for good reason.\u00a0 This type of analysis has broad application for a diverse set of industries, including economic development, urban and regional planning, retail, manufacturing, environmental management, and public safety. While the problems may be diverse, the analysis follows the same basic steps: determine a set of suitable<a href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/understanding-the-suitability-modeling-workflow.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-86629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bobcat.png\" alt=\"Bobcat\" width=\"341\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a> criteria, apply the criteria to your data, and derive results that fit that criteria. Here are some examples of case studies that use suitability analysis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Understanding the suitability modeling workflow\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/understanding-the-suitability-modeling-workflow.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understand suitability modeling<\/a> \u2013 An in-depth look at how to use ArcGIS Spatial Analyst for suitability analysis using bobcat habitat in Vermont as an example.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Where are the best locations for a golf resort?\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/where-are-the-best-locations-for-a-golf-resort.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where are the best locations for a golf resort?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Use ArcGIS Pro to find which privately-owned land parcels are the most suitable for building a new golf resort.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Which areas are good cougar habitat?\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/which-areas-are-good-cougar-habitat-.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Which areas are good cougar habitat?<\/a> \u2013 Use ArcGIS Online or ArcMap to determine the most suitable cougar habitat around a state park.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Which parcels are suitable sites for a fire station?\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/which-parcels-are-suitable-sites-for-a-fire-station.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Which parcels are suitable sites for a fire station?<\/a> \u2013 Apply suitability analysis techniques to urban planning and find the best locations for a new fire station.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Minimizing the environmental impact of wind farm installation\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/minimizing-the-environmental-impact-of-windfarm-installation.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minimizing the environmental impact of wind farm installation<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Perform a preliminary suitability analysis to remove wind farm applications that are in or near protected areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Cost distance analysis<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Cost distance analysis is a technique used to determine how a traveler should move through a landscape based on a set of resistance criteria. \u00a0The result of \u00a0cost distance analysis is a least cost path \u2013\u00a0a path of least resistance between a start and end location \u2013\u00a0or a network of paths that optimally connect a set of desired locations. \u00a0Cost distance analysis is very popular in sectors related to wildlife because it allows planners to design the best configuration of wildlife corridors to allow the species to move between habitat patches. \u00a0Cost distance analysis can also be used for other applications, like creating routes for new roads, trails, electrical lines, or pipes, as well as identifying the best movement paths for fire fighting or military operations. \u00a0Here is an example of a case study that uses cost distance analysis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Understanding cost distance analysis\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/understanding-cost-distance-analysis.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding cost distance analysis<\/a> \u2013\u00a0An in-depth look at how to use ArcGIS Spatial Analyst to create the best paths between bobcat habitat patches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Analyzing spatial clustering<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>When we look out at the world around us, we see clustering: disease outbreaks around tainted water sources affect aid distribution, shoppers <a href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/broken-bottles-1-overview.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-86604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bottles.png\" alt=\"Glass bottles\" width=\"341\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a>cluster in space and time creating economic opportunities, and there are crime and traffic accident hot spots affecting public safety. \u00a0Analysis of clusters and clustering is important for a large variety of industries including elections and redistricting, urban and regional planning, insurance, retail, real estate, banking, telecommunications, water resources, defense, education, health and human services,\u00a0transportation, and public safety.\u00a0 The case studies below explore statistically significant hot and cold spot areas in space and time, or rank locations based on their similarities and differences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Analyzing traffic accidents in space and time\" href=\"https:\/\/eath.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Cascade\/index.html?appid=9a27635635c940539b96fb5ef954e4d5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Analyzing traffic accidents in space and time<\/a> \u2013 A spatial and temporal analysis of crash data in Brevard County, Florida based on a road network and accounting for variations in commuting patterns.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Analyzing violent crime\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/broken-bottles-1-overview.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Analyzing violent crime<\/a> \u2013 A spatial\u00a0and temporal analysis of Chicago\u2019s violent crime in relation to liquor establishments and unemployment.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Locating a new retirement community\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/locating-a-new-retirement-community.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Locating a new retirement community<\/a> \u2013 Uses supply versus demand modeling and the factors associated with the most successful communities to narrow potential locations for a new community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Analyzing correlations<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Is average income a good predictor of luxury TV purchases?\u00a0 Do student-to-teacher ratios help explain test score results?\u00a0 We might believe that agricultural areas with the best growing conditions will produce the highest yields, but is that always the case everywhere?\u00a0 If not, why not?\u00a0 Understanding relationships between and among data variables is powerful because it is a first step toward explanation and, ultimately, encouraging positive changes.\u00a0 These methods can be applied to any application area where you want to better understand the factors promoting spatial outcomes.\u00a0 The case studies below use correlation and regression analysis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Modeling literacy\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/modeling-literacy.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modeling literacy<\/a> \u2013 Explores key explanatory variables contributing to literacy rates in Africa and uses cluster analysis to suggest targeted country level remediation programs.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mapping the geography of online lending\" href=\"https:\/\/eath.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Cascade\/index.html?appid=20289bf8b2c0491ca8fae8578ab324ea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mapping the geography of online lending<\/a> \u2013 Using regression analysis, finds surprising discrepancies in the expected relationship between average loan grades and average interest rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Creating surfaces<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Statistical or physical, 2D or 3D, surfaces are an important component of many GIS analyses.\u00a0 Surfaces such as elevation models, temperature maps, or density heat maps are typically modeled as continuous raster surfaces, created from points or contours using<a href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/an-appropriate-kriging-model-for-soil-contamination.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-86631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Soil.png\" alt=\"Soil\" width=\"341\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a>\u00a0interpolation or geostatistical methods.\u00a0 Surfaces are used in analyses associated with a number of different industries including forestry, weather and climate, environmental management, sustainable development, and mining.\u00a0 Here are some examples of case\u00a0studies that use different geoprocessing tools to create surfaces:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Selecting an appropriate kriging model using soil contamination\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/an-appropriate-kriging-model-for-soil-contamination.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Selecting an appropriate kriging model using soil contamination data<\/a> \u2013 Learn about kriging models and how to choose the correct one using data from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Aloha! A GIS vacation\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/hawaii-vacation.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aloha! A GIS vacation<\/a> \u2013 Learn all about 3D analysis after creating a digital elevation model (DEM) from contours for the island of O\u2019ahu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Network analysis<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Routing is probably the most commonly used GIS technique by non-GIS users; everyday people are using maps to find the best route from their home to the store, or from their hotel to the museum.\u00a0 Network analysis takes it a step further to solve complex routing or location problems with complicated sets of variables.\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry though, we\u2019ll walk you through the workflows step-by-step so you\u2019ll barely even notice.\u00a0 Some typical network analysis applications include routing\u00a0for mail and package delivery, emergency vehicle routing, and location-allocation to site store warehouses or outlets.\u00a0 Here are some examples of case studies that use network analysis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Finding the closest fire station\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/which-fire-station-is-the-closest-to-each-school.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finding the closest fire station<\/a> \u2013 Determine which fire stations should be the primary and secondary responders for emergencies at each school.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Which areas are within four minutes of a fire station?\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/which-areas-are-within-four-minutes-of-a-fire-station.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Which areas are within four minutes of a fire station?<\/a> \u2013 Determine how much of the city is within a four minute drive time of its fire stations using different traffic conditions.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Which site for the new station maximizes fire protection coverage?\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/which-site-for-the-new-station-maximizes-fire-protection-coverage.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Which site for the new station maximizes fire protection coverage?<\/a> \u2013 Find the best parcel in the city to build a new fire station and maximize coverage.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Where are the best stops and routes for a bookmobile?\" href=\"http:\/\/desktop.arcgis.com\/en\/analytics\/case-studies\/where-are-the-best-stops-and-routes-for-a-bookmobile-.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where are the best stops and routes for a bookmobile?<\/a> \u2013 Create routes for bookmobiles to cover areas of the city not currently serviced by an existing branch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Get started!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>What are you waiting for?\u00a0 Look over these case studies to learn some new approaches for analyzing your data. Keep in mind that all of these case studies reflect common workflows that can be generalized to other data and other applications.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t see a case study with your most common workflows?\u00a0 <a title=\"Contact us\" href=\"mailto:vcove@esri.com\">Contact us<\/a>!\u00a0 We want to help you with your analyses and to write up your story as a case study that will help others!<\/p>\n<p>Are you an instructor?\u00a0 Feel free to use these case studies for classroom exercises.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: steelblue;\">Photo credits<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bobcat &#8211; Public domain (<a title=\"Photo source\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bobcat_2_(12331542514).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Bottles &#8211;\u00a0By Kotivalo (Own work). Licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>\u00a0(<a title=\"Photo source\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Alcohol_bottles_photographed_while_drunk.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Soil &#8211; Public domain (<a title=\"Photo source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usepagov\/3678247587\/in\/album-72157620678287769\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":6771,"user_firstname":"Vicki","user_lastname":"Cove","nickname":"Vicki Cove","user_nicename":"vickilynncove","display_name":"Vicki Lynn Cove","user_email":"VCove@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:18:48","user_description":"Vicki Lynn Cove is a documentation writer for Map Viewer analysis and ArcGIS Insights at Esri's Research and Development Centre in Ottawa, Canada. 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