GIS Mapping and Spatial Analysis using ArcGIS Pro Training Course

This course equips participants with practical skills to map and analyze spatial data using ArcGIS Pro. It focuses on project workflows, data management, geoprocessing, spatial analysis, cartography, and sharing maps and results.

Target Groups

• GIS analysts and technicians
• Urban and regional planners
• Environmental and natural resource managers
• Engineers and surveyors
• Public health and agriculture analysts
• Government and NGO technical staff
• Managers and supervisors seeking to strengthen organizational practice in this field
• Consultants and professionals supporting related organizations

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Navigate ArcGIS Pro projects, maps, and layouts
• Manage geodatabases and spatial data
• Work with coordinate systems and projections
• Edit features and attributes
• Run geoprocessing tools and build models
• Perform overlay, proximity, and suitability analysis
• Analyze raster and terrain data
• Apply spatial statistics and hotspot analysis
• Create professional maps and layouts
• Publish and share maps and web layers

Course Modules

Module 1: Introduction to ArcGIS Pro

• Interface and projects
• Maps, scenes, and layouts
• Catalog and data connections
• Licensing and extensions
• Project templates

Module 2: Geodatabases and Data Management

• File and enterprise geodatabases
• Feature classes and domains
• Importing data
• Data quality
• Metadata

Module 3: Coordinate Systems and Georeferencing

• Projections and transformations
• Setting map coordinate systems
• Georeferencing rasters
• Aligning datasets
• Managing accuracy

Module 4: Editing and Attribute Management

• Creating features
• Editing tools and snapping
• Topology rules
• Attribute calculations
• Joins and relates

Module 5: Geoprocessing and ModelBuilder

• Geoprocessing tools
• Batch processing
• ModelBuilder basics
• Python introduction
• Tool automation

Module 6: Vector Spatial Analysis

• Buffer and clip
• Intersect and union
• Spatial joins
• Proximity analysis
• Site suitability analysis

Module 7: Raster and Terrain Analysis

• Raster data types
• Reclassify and map algebra
• Surface and slope analysis
• Watershed basics
• Raster to vector conversion

Module 8: Spatial Statistics and Hotspot Analysis

• Spatial autocorrelation
• Hot spot analysis
• Clustering
• Density surfaces
• Interpreting results

Module 9: Cartography, Layouts, and Sharing

• Symbology and labeling
• Layout design
• Exporting maps
• Web maps and ArcGIS Online
• Story maps

Module 10: Practical Exercises and Capstone Project

• Setting up an ArcGIS Pro project and geodatabase
• Running a multi-step spatial analysis
• Automating a workflow with ModelBuilder
• Designing a final map layout
• Presenting analysis results to a mock client