You have learned that ArcGIS Pro has some powerful tools for visualizing and maintaining GIS data. But what about analyzing that information? Can it help you identify the land owners you need to contact along a road that will be repaired or get a count of customers within a given area? ArcGIS Pro has the tools to help you answer these types of questions and a whole lot more.

Answering questions such as these are done using geoprocessing tools within ArcGIS Pro. So what is geoprocessing? Put simply, it is the manipulation of data used inside ArcGIS. Geoprocessing tools can analyze data or convert data from one format to another or add an attribute field to a table or project data from one coordinate system to another. The sky is the limit on what you can do with geoprocessing tools.

In addition to the tools included in ArcGIS Pro, you can purchase extensions that add more capability to ArcGIS Pro. The geoprocessing framework also provides avenues to create your own...