Learning The Esri Stack: Arcgis Pro, Model Builder, Arcpy

a workshop to learn the basics of Esri's new offerings in ArcGIS Pro

What you'll learn
How to define a spatial problem, and plan out the approach for solving it
You will learn the differences between ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro
You will get a basic overview of the ArcGIS Pro interface
How to use ArcGIS Pro to solve our GIS problem
How to use Model Builder in ArcGIS Pro to solve our GIS problem
How to use Python within ArcGIS Pro to solve our GIS problem
Requirements
You need a Windows, 64bit PC
This is going to be a very hands-on workshop using Esri's ArcGIS Pro. To successfully complete the workshop, you should be able to do the following:
Organize and locate files on your compute
Download and save files from the Internet to your computer (.zip files)
Download and install Esri's ArcGIS Pro software.
Description
As you probably know, Esri is moving  their users to the latest software, ArcGIS Pro.  Perhaps you are a little hesitant in making that leap.  Or, maybe you want to learn how to use different approaches to solve a GIS problem including the GUI, Model Builder, Python scripting, or a 3rd party extension that uses SQL.  Or, maybe you want to be able to articulate the strengths and limitations of the different Esri approaches.  Whether you are moving to the new Esri platform, of just trying to gain the necessary skills to land that next job in your career, this course will help you get there.In this course, we are going to explore 4 different ways to solve a GIS problem using Esri software: the ArcGIS Pro graphical user interface (GUI), Model Builder, Python Scripting with Arcpy, and spatial SQL with SQL for ArcGIS Pro.  As a bonus, I'm also going to introduce you to some of the cloud based solutions that Esri has available.As our base scenario, we are going to perform a GIS analysis to evaluate access to COVID-19 vaccination sites for different ethnic populations in the State of Maryland. Believe it or not, the simple question of what percentage of the population is within a specified distance of a vaccination center is trickier than you'd think, requiring a number of steps to complete.Fortunately, the tools in Esri's ArcGIS Pro allow us to accomplish this task in many different ways. So, you'll not only learn how to use the different approaches, you'll also have a good understanding of the differences among the solutions.  It's one thing to be introduced to the different options, and being able to parrot back the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.  But, it's another thing to have the actual hands on experience in doing it.  As you follow along with me, using the data I provide you, you'll be able to say I have actually used these tools in ArcGIS Pro, and from experience can tell you the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.  In the videos, we'll also discuss the appropriateness of each tool, given the particular problem you may be facing. 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to the class, and getting familiar with ArcGIS Pro

Lecture 1 Welcome

Lecture 2 Course resources, don't miss this.

Lecture 3 Why you should move to ArcGIS Pro

Lecture 4 Starting up ArcGIS Pro - what the experience looks like

Section 2: Introduction to the Workshop

Lecture 5 Data and Problem

Lecture 6 Conceptual steps to solve the problem

Section 3: Solutions with the ArcGIS Pro GUI

Lecture 7 Solutions with the ArcGIS Pro GUI Overview

Lecture 8 Step 1: Adding Data

Lecture 9 Steps 2 and 3: Select Census Blocks, Join Data

Lecture 10 Steps 4 - 6: Summarizing and rejoining our data

Lecture 11 Steps 7 - 9: Adding fields, performing calculations, and joining results

Lecture 12 Bonus Feature: As the crow flies vs. how the car drives

Section 4: Solutions with Model Builder

Lecture 13 Solutions with Model Builder Introduction

Lecture 14 Overview of the process running the model

Lecture 15 Part 1 - Creating the model

Lecture 16 Finishing the model

Lecture 17 Expanding the model

Section 5: Solution with ArcPy

Lecture 18 Introduction to the solution with Arcpy

Lecture 19 Python introduction

Lecture 20 Python in ArcGIS Pro

Lecture 21 Writing code to solve our problem

Lecture 22 Finishing our program and adding sophistication

Section 6: SQL for ArcGIS Pro

Lecture 23 Introduction to the SQL for ArcGIS Pro product

Lecture 24 Introduction to SQL for ArcGIS Pro

Lecture 25 Getting and Starting Manifold GIS Viewer

Lecture 26 What is SQL, and why is it good for GIS professionals to learn?

Lecture 27 Writing our SQL queries to solve our problem

GIS users wanting to learn how to use ArcGIS Pro, Model Builder, and Arcpy