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LA 590K Fall 1999 Anderson / Kane Do you need ModelBuilder for GIS? Paul F. Anderson Landscape Architecture Agronomy Iowa State University Two more questions What is GIS? Geographic Information Systems People, methods, data, equipment Acquire, store, analyze, communicate What is ModelBuilder? But first a word from . . . World GIS Day Iowa GIS Day This presentation E-slides on Web site LA 590K /~fridolph What is ModelBuilder? New software extension Beta testing Class this semester is Beta test site Released next quarter Spatial Analyst extension Beta testing Released soon? ArcView GIS software What is ArcView? Desktop GIS software Version 3.2 just released Version 1 released in 1991 Industry standard Market share 30% Programming interface: Avenue ArcView software Display spatial data Maps Tables Vector data Points Lines Polygons ArcView software Display map layers Categories and ranges Map colors and legends Select Specific features Categories of features Summarize How much area How many ArcView scripts Geographic functions Where are the east-facing slopes? Which surrounding houses are within a mile of my site? ArcView scripts Logical functions Where can I find steep slopes and erosive soils? Where are woodlands not on steep slopes? ArcView scripts Arithmetic functions What is the total number of residential units in each block? How much did the population density change from 1979 to 1999? ArcView scripts Statistical functions What percent of the residents live in each zoning district? What is the average CSR in each field? ArcView extensions Spatial Analyst / ModelBuilder 3-D Analyst Network Analyst Image Analyst others... Do you need ModelBuilder? The answer is . . . Maybe Yes, for some people Yes, for some projects It depends on Types of data you have Kinds of models you need ModelBuilder works best Raster data (or polygon data easily rasterized) Soils, watersheds, elevation Land use, land cover, vegetation Model