Spatial Analysis Tools – ArcGIS – Geostatistical Analyst

Software

Geostatistical Analyst is an extension to ArcGIS desktop that provides tools for spatial data exploration and surface generation.

ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst software may be found at:
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/geostatistical/index.html

Here you will find a short video of ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
(http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/geostatistical/demos.html) and more additional information on the analytical functions available within this extension.

Note: Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) was introduced with ArcGIS 9.3 and is available in the Spatial Statistics Toolbox with ArcInfo, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, or ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst.

Support

For additional documentation for ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, visit
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.1/index.cfm?id=2526&pid=2525&topicname=An overview of Geostatistical Analyst

To read a comprehensive overview of ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, visit
http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/geostat.pdf

For general help with ArcGIS software, visit
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=welcome

To view sample applications of ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, visit
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/index.cfm?id=1749&pid=1744&topicname=Geostatistical_Analyst_toolbox_sample_applications

Books

Johnston, K. 2004. ArcGis 9: Using ArcGis Geostatistical Analyst. GIS by ESRI. Redlands, CA: Esri Press.

Johnston, K. 2001. Using ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst: GIS by ESRI. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute.

Useful Articles

Fraczek W., A. Bytnerowicz, and M.J. Arbaugh. 2001. Application of the ESRI Geostatistical Analyst for Determining the Adequacy and Sample Size Requirements of Ozone Distribution Models in the Carpathian and Sierra Nevada Mountains. TheScientificWorldJournal 1: 836–54.

Kumar, A., S. Maroju, and A. Bhat. 2007. Application of ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst for Interpolating Environmental Data from Observations. Environmental Progress 26(3): 220.

Mei, S. 2009. Geologist-Controlled Trends Versus Computer-Controlled Trends: Introducing a High-Resolution Approach to Subsurface Structural Mapping Using Well-Log Data, Trend Surface Analysis, and Geospatial Analysis. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46: 309–329.

For technical articles related to ArcGIS, visit http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techarticles.browseFilter&p=43&pf=553

Tutorials in ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst

For the ArcGIS Geostatistical Spatial Analyst tutorial, see
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/pdf/Geostatistical_Analyst_Tutorial.pdf

For an index of sections covered in the ArcGIS Geostatistical Spatial Analyst tutorial, visit
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Geostatistical_Analyst_Tutorial

For technical support, visit
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=software.filteredGateway&PID=48

Other software links and resources for geostatistical analysis and spatial statistics can be found at the AI-GeoStats webpage at URL: http://www.ai-geostats.org/.