GeoAnalytics Desktop tools provide a parallel processing framework for analysis on a desktop machine using Apache Spark. Through aggregation, regression, detection, and clustering, you can visualize, understand, and interact with big data. These tools work with big datasets and allow you to gain insight into your data through patterns, trends, and anomalies. The tools are integrated and run in ArcGIS Pro in the same way as other desktop geoprocessing tools.
GeoAnalytics Desktop tools are designed for large datasets; consequently, other desktop tools may be more appropriate for use with smaller datasets. GeoAnalytics Desktop tools require an initial startup time to implement the distributed processing, so they are optimal for larger datasets (hundreds of thousands or millions of records).
There are a few things to consider when using GeoAnalytics Desktop tools. Spark allocates your machine's memory and CPU cores when you run these tools. By default, this will be 95 percent of the machine's memory and all of its CPU cores. The analysis will only begin if these resources are available and aren't in use by another service. These resources will be held for 30 seconds after tool completion. If you run another GeoAnalytics Desktop tool in the same ArcGIS Pro project within those 30 seconds, it will use the same resources. If you open a new ArcGIS Pro project and try to run another job simultaneously, it will also use the same resources.
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The Analyze Patterns toolset contains tools that identify, quantify, and visualize spatial patterns in feature data. | |
The Analyze Tracks toolset contains tools that analyze locations gathered over time, otherwise known as track or movement data. | |
The Manage Data toolset contains tools used for the day-to-day management of geographic data. | |
The Summarize Data toolset contains tools that calculate total counts, lengths, areas, and basic descriptive statistics of features and their attributes within areas or near other features. | |
The Use Proximity toolset contains tools for answering the spatial analysis question, What is near what? | |
The Utilities toolset contains tools that support the creation and modification of multifile feature connections. |