Learn GIS with ArcGIS Pro

I developed this course so you can gain the skills to work with ArcGIS Pro, which is the leading worldwide Geographic Information System (GIS) software program. Applications of GIS have become extremely relevant throughout the past decades in numerous fields, so gaining expertise in that field is a very clever move in terms of your professional career.

This course will enable you to learn that as quickly and effectively as possible in a practice-oriented, hands-on approach so that you can work on your projects in a short time. For that purpose, I will not elaborate much on theories, and I will not waste your time with beating-around-the-bush, making long-winded and off-track attempts or explanations, but I will show you straight to the point on how to get things done. I will give brief explanations on the background of the methods we will be using, but you can always refer to the detailed explanations that you get on ESRI’s website.

The software is rather complex, but I will guide you step by step to put it to use. To become a proficient user, you will need to use and apply it rather than just seeing me demonstrate its capabilities. Therefore, I encourage you throughout the course to apply the software as I demonstrate it and then apply your newly acquired skills to the exercises. If you do this consistently, you will quickly get used to it, and you will soon be able to explore it beyond the scope of this course and find ways to analyze and present data for your projects.

The course will start at the beginners' level, assuming that you have no prior experience with ArcGIS Pro or GIS software in general. Building on that, we will move on to levels allowing you to apply more sophisticated methods to your projects.

I hope that you will enjoy the learning experience and that the course will make a positive difference for you as you expand your qualification and put the methods to use to find solutions to the questions and problems you are tackling.

Section 1: The Basics

1. Introduction to the course

2. Download the free trial version and access the resources for this course

3. Start a new project

4. Prepare your data, add data to your project, organize your geodatabase, and create your first map.

Section 2: Start Working with Your Data

1. Select data and create new layers

2. Create new feature classes

3. Add more information to your map

4. Create a layout

Section 3: Analyze Spatial Patterns

1. Change the map projection

2. Create Heat Maps and Density Maps

3. Calculate densities in specific areas

4. Use buffers to analyze features in the area around specific places

5. Median Center and Directional Distribution

6. Hot-spot analysis

7. High-Low Clustering Report

8. Cluster and Outlier Analysis (Anselin Local Moran's I)

9. Spatial Interpolation 1

10. Spatial Interpolation 2

Section 4: Work with Other Common Datasets and Methods

19.   Work with Census Data from Esri’s Living Atlas

20.  Work with Digital Elevation Maps