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GIS for Public Safety
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From the BACK COVER This book, GIS for Public Safety, focuses on ESRI’s ArcGIS functionality (the most popular GIS software, worldwide) and presents many of the tools and techniques that are commonly used by public safety researchers, analysts, and practitioners. It gives simple steps for descriptive, exploratory, and explanatory mapping tasks and includes concise but meaningful discussions to let you critically assess and accurately apply the software to your own unique specialty. This provides a solid foundation for advanced spatial thinking and permits you to utilize GIS technology in your own innovative ways. Its comprehensive content makes it the perfect coursebook or reference manual for students, researchers, crime analysts, and other GIS users at all skill levels.
To use a construction metaphor, this book is intended to teach a carpenter what tools are in his toolbox and how to use them. This instills confidence in his ability to apply these tools to any job when needed. Other books teach the carpenter specifically how to build a house. However, skills needed to build a house might fail the carpenter when he needs to build furniture instead. GIS for Public Safety focuses on a complete working knowledge of the toolbox to let the carpenter accurately apply the tools to his or her own unique specialty.
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BOOK OVERVIEW Part I: Introduction PREFACE CHAPTER ONE: Introduction to Mapping and ArcGIS Part II: Making Maps with Existing Data CHAPTER TWO: Communicating with Maps CHAPTER THREE: Map Design and Layout CHAPTER FOUR: Spatial Data Sources, Projections, and GIS Data Management Part III: Managing and Editing Spatial Data CHAPTER FIVE: Geocoding Addresses and Working with XY Data CHAPTER SIX: Spatial and Tabular Joins CHAPTER SEVEN: Working with Attribute Tables CHAPTER EIGHT: Georectifying and Digitizing Part IV: Analyzing Spatial Data CHAPTER NINE: ArcToolbox and Geoprocessing CHAPTER TEN: Spatial Analyst Extension, Density Mapping, and 3D Modeling CHAPTER ELEVEN: Identifying Significant Patterns and Hot Spots
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Detailed Table of Contents (Over 125 Pages of Content)
PREFACE What is Public Safety? Using GIS for Public Safety About this Book PC or MAC
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction to Mapping and ArcGIS What is GIS? GIS Components Choosing GIS Resources for Your Organization People Software Is GIS Right for You? Guided Worksheet Representing Objects (Features) in a GIS Attribute Tables DBF Files Types of GIS Data Tabular Data Geographic Data Images Shapefiles and Vector Data Vector Data Shapefiles Raster Data Introduction to ArcGIS Introduction to ArcView 9 Introduction to ArcCatalog Connecting to Folder Seeing File Types Basic Tasks in ArcCatalog Previewing Files Checking Properties Searching for Map Data Introduction to ArcMap Starting ArcMap Customizing the Interface Working with the Table of Contents Data Frames The Standard Toolbar The Tools Toolbar Using the Measure Tool Adding Tools and Toolbars Showing Map Tips Getting Data into ArcMap Removing Data from ArcMap Saving Your Work Saving Map Documents Using Relative Paths Map Layers Naming Files Storing Files Geodatabases Introduction to ArcGIS Desktop Help Searching Help for Key Words Getting Help Directly Within the Applications
CHAPTER TWO: Communicating with Maps Map Symbology Symbolizing Point Features Single Symbol Unique Value Graduated Symbol Create New Symbols from Bitmap Images Symbolizing Polygon Features Graduated Color Fill Patterns Dot Density Pie Charts Bar/Column Charts Stacked Charts Classification Methods/Schemes Adjusting Transparency Querying GIS Data Query by Attribute Select by Attribute Select by Location Combining Attribute and Location Queries Removing the Selection of Features or Attributes
CHAPTER THREE: Map Design and Layout Labeling Features Using Text Boxes to Label Features Manually Placing Labels Auto Labeling Converting Labels to Annotation Using Annotation Layers Designing Map Layouts Layout View Page and Print Setup Adding a Title Adding a Legend Adding a Scale Bar Adding Scale Text Adding a North Arrow Rotating a Map Map Templates Opening Map Templates Using Map Templates Using Inset Map Templates Creating Your Own Template Creating Extent Rectangles (Inset Maps) Exporting Maps Guidelines for Professional Map Production Checklist for Professional Map Production and Dissemination Inserting Maps into Microsoft Word and PowerPoint Picture Toolbar Cropping Map Images Picture Format and Layout Portable Document Format (PDF) Files Viewing PDF Documents Saving Maps and Documents as PDF PowerPoint Design & Presentation Tips
CHAPTER FOUR: Spatial Data Sources, Projections, and GIS Data Management Base Maps FREE GIS Data Sources Aerial Photographs and Orthophotography Examining Metadata ZOOM IN: Police Officers’ Perceptions of Maps and Aerial Photos Downloading Census Shapefiles Map Projections Recognizing the Coordinate System Projecting Unprojected Shapefiles Working with Projected Map Layers Troubleshooting with Projections Defining Projection for a Data Frame Creating New Shapefiles from Existing Shapefiles Using Excel Spreadsheet Files Converting Files to .DBF GIS Data Format and Data Cleaning GIS-Friendly Datasets
CHAPTER FIVE: Geocoding Addresses and Working with XY Data Geocoding Preparing Tabular Data Creating an Address Locator Geocoding Addresses Interactive Review and Rematching Addresses Determining an Acceptable Match Rate Locating an Individual Address Creating XY Coordinates from Addresses Displaying XY Data Adding XY Coordinates to Points, Lines, or Polygons (Centroids)
CHAPTER SIX: Spatial and Tabular Joins Joining Tables Identifying a Key Joining a Table Removing Joins Spatial Joins Assigning Area Characteristics to Points Aggregating Points to Lines or Polygons Downloading & Joining Census Attribute Data
CHAPTER SEVEN: Working with Attribute Tables Attribute Tables for Shapefiles Other Attribute Tables Sorting Records Freezing Columns Summary Statistics Selecting Records Exporting Tables Add New Column/Field Delete Column/Field Calculating Values Outside an Edit Session Common Error when Calculating Values Location Quotients ZOOM IN: Location Quotient Choropleth Maps Editing Individual Values Starting an Edit Session Editing Attribute Data Finding & Replacing Values Measuring with Attribute Data Measuring Distance with Networks Calculating Area, Perimeter, and Length
CHAPTER EIGHT: Georectifying and Digitizing Georectifying Images Editing Existing Shapefiles Deleting and Modifying Features Advanced Edit Tools Edit Tasks Merging Features Intersecting Features Digitizing Using the Merge Tool Adding Other Graphics Creating New Shapefiles Snapping to an Existing Feature Adding Attribute Data to New Features
CHAPTER NINE: ArcToolbox and Geoprocessing Buffers ArcToolbox Window Docking and Undocking Opening Tools Search Tab Model Builder Spatial Data Processing Tools Transforming Shapefiles Dissolve Append Clip Intersect Union Merge Create Random Points
CHAPTER TEN: Spatial Analyst Extension, Density Mapping, and 3D Modeling Spatial Analyst Extension Install and Register the Spatial Analyst Extension Activate the Spatial Analyst Extension Display the Spatial Analyst Toolbar Density Raster Mapping Possible Error Calculating Density of Geocoded Points Density Map Symbology Symbolizing Raster Density Maps with Multiple Layers Reclassify Raster Values Raster/Vector Conversions (Convert Tool) Raster Analysis/Output Extent Clipping Raster Maps “NoData” Raster Cell Values Raster Calculator Neighborhood Statistics Spatial Analyst’s Distance Operations Straight Line Distance Allocation Cost Weighted Shortest Path ArcScene 3D Modeling Adding Shapefile Layers Removing Layers from ArcScene Layer Properties
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Identifying Significant Patterns and Hot Spots Nearest Neighbor Analysis ZOOM IN: Parole Officer Caseloads Standard Deviation Ellipses Hot Spot Analysis (Getis-Ord Gi*) Additional Spatial Analysis Software CrimeStat GeoDa SchoolCop SPACE (Spatial Predictive Analysis of Crime Extension) Geospatial Modeling Environment (GME) More Options
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