Interactive Selections & Other Selection Basics
(QGIS) Interactive Selection in Map Canvas and Attribute Table; Clearing current selection; Zooming to selected features; Isolating selections
Querying by Attributes
(QGIS) Accessing the Select Features by Value options; Selecting by qualitative values; Selecting by quantitative values with a compound query; Selecting by multiple parameters in the same field
Batch Processing (almost) any tool in ArcGIS Pro
(ArcGIS Pro) Accessing the batch option for geoprocessing tools; Reviewing batch options and tool parameters
The CRS of a Map Canvas
(QGIS) Default setting for a map view’s coordinate reference system; Checking and changing the coordinate system of a map view.
Creating Distance Rasters from Points
(ArcGIS Pro) Accessing the Distance Accumulation tool; Reviewing the tool’s basic parameters and options for a simple straight-line distance raster; Running one example with point inputs and examining results
Identifying the CRS of a Feature Layer
(QGIS) Finding the coordinate reference system of a feature layer
Spatial Joins
(ArcGIS Pro) Setting up and executing a spatial join, with a point-to-polygon example.
Finding the (Average) Center of Features
(ArcGIS Pro) Accessing and Using the Mean Center tool, the Median Center tool, and the Central Feature tool; Reviewing each tool’s parameters and options; Multiple examples and examining the results
Converting Rasters to Point Features
(ArcGIS Pro) Accessing the Raster to Point tool; Reviewing the tool’s parameters and options; Running one example and examining its results.
Using the Average Nearest Neighbor Test for Spatial Clustering
(ArcGIS Pro) Accessing the Average Nearest Neighbor Tool; Reviewing the tool parameters and options; Running one example and reviewing its results
Calculating the Standard and Directional Distributions of Features
(ArcGIS Pro) Accessing the tools to calculate standard and directional distributions; Reviewing the Standard Distance tool’s parameters and running two examples; Reviewing the Directional Distribution tool’s parameters and running one example.
Creating Service Areas from an Interactively Chosen Point
(QGIS) Accessing the Service Area (from point) Tool; Reviewing the tool’s parameters and options; Running the tool with an example and examining results
Accessing Geoprocessing History & Results
(ArcGIS Pro) the Geoprocessing History pane; Accessing processing history and results; Re-running an operation from the history; filtering and sorting the processes list
Creating Multi-Ring Buffers with a constant distance
(QGIS) Accessing the Multi-ring Buffer (constant distance) tool; Reviewing the tool’s parameters and options; Running the tool with an example and examining the results
Downloading TIGER/Line Shapefiles through the web
(web) Navigating to the TIGER/Line download options on the US Census Bureau website; Finding and downloading a shapefile through the site’s web interface.
Attribute Field Properties
(ArcGIS Pro) Accessing Attribute Table Field Properties; Reviewing the Fields view; Changing and saving field properties.
the Georeferencing Menu in ArcGIS Pro
(ArcGIS Pro) Reviewing the menus and options for georeferencing raster map images in ArcGIS Pro.
Accessing Geoprocessing Tools
(ArcGIS Pro) Accessing the Geoprocessing Pane; Navigating the toolboxes; Searching for a tool
Working with Excel Sheets in ArcGIS Pro
(ArcGIS Pro) Working with Excel Data in ArcGIS; Adding sheets as tables; Exporting to a different format
Preparing ACS Data from the US Census Bureau for a Table Join
(MS Excel) Preparing a CSV table of data from the American Community Survey for a table join using Excel; Cleaning up columns and removing special characters; Performing calculations in Excel; Saving the table