Applications in GIS 4048

Unit 10, Deliverable 1

2009-07-16T18:46:00.002-05:00

I spent a lot of time removing and adding different labels on the map. The hospital labels seemed to distract more than aid the overall design, so I took out all the labels and used the legend instead. The legend looks busy, but I believe it's overall easier to read that way than the with the map covered in labels.

Unit 10, Deliverable 3

2009-07-16T18:42:00.003-05:00

My biggest pitfall with this map was the line of site. It was very frustrating, but I finally realized that I missed putting the DEM into a coordinate system. When I figured that out, it all went smoothly after that. For this deliverable I decided to take off the other observation points on the stadium so that the graph represented the only point on the map. On my 3d image, I kept the other observation points.

Unit 9, Deliverable 2

2009-07-14T12:42:00.003-05:00

This is the required screen shot for deliverable 2 after section 3.5. Again, the project was straight forward so no hang-ups to report. I think the most telling learning experience would be the organizing of data, rather than the use of data. Most of the directions were closer to recapping previous exercises, and I found that I understood what and why processes were done the way they were. However, organizing the data was all new and I learned a lot from that aspect of the lessons.

Unit 9, Deliverable 1

2009-07-14T12:35:00.002-05:00

Straight forward assignment for this one, no issues that I came into. I like making these maps real simple, as if it were for emergency use. I found that coloring in the bay area, or making the counties something other than hollow, started to make the map more artistic rather than a tool. I wanted to design this one so that it could be easily referenced by someone who's first thought isn't "wow, pretty map" but rather "...this community is in the BAUA zone...". I hope that makes since.

Unit 8 -- Deliverable 3

2009-07-06T16:41:00.002-05:00

I worked a lot with trying to make both the crime density layer as well as the population layer visible for the three maps. I think I got it pretty close to perfect. Some of the census blocks directly underneath the highest density areas of the crime map are difficult to read, but a view can still get a good idea of the numbers.

Unit 8 -- Deliverable 2

2009-07-06T16:36:00.002-05:00

I simply liked this map, so I'm posting it here. I didn't really have any of the issues with this lab, most of it flowed smoothly.

Unit 6 Deliverable 3

2009-06-24T15:24:00.003-05:00

I put the information out on the map layout so that it was all together and coherent. There were two legends in the beginning and the two paragraphs were equal in width to their respective outlays. I decided to simplify the layout though, took out one legend and lessened the paragraph widths. I also removed the frames around the paragraphs as it was just too busy.

Unit 6 Deliverable 2

2009-06-24T15:19:00.003-05:00

I played with the layout a lot with this. I ended up searching the internet for multiple layout maps for some ideas, but they were generally either incredibly involved or just poorly made. I chose this layout because it was easy to read and grasp the concept.

Unit 6 Deliverable 1

2009-06-24T15:17:00.002-05:00

Pretty basic here. I tried out one of the pre-made ArcMap layouts. Maybe I'm not creative enough, but it's not something I really like.

Unit 5 Deliverable 4

2009-06-14T09:53:00.002-05:00

I tried the map several ways, most of which included some of the photographs. However, I thought it was arbitrary to only include one, maybe two, photographs. What if the viewer didn't care about that angle? I'd have to pull up the file and load the photographs anyways. Hence, the reason for the disclaimer on the Key View map. Other than that, this module went smoothly. I guessed as to what angle I should apply for the 3-D view north arrow. I can't imagine anybody navigating or building by such a map, so I'm fairly certain "close enough" is alright to tune in the viewers sense of geography.

Unit 5 Deliverable 3

2009-06-14T09:46:00.005-05:00

I wanted to upload this map only because of how simple it is compared to the work it took to create it. It isn't that it took a long time to make, it was actually pretty quick. It was that it took me a while to grasp the concept of what I was doing. I had to re-read the module a few times to understand what I was doing when I was editing the tables. Overall, I pretty simplistic outcome for a process that vexed me for an hour or so.

2009-06-10T11:25:00.000-05:00

For my fourth deliverable, I kept receiving errors when delineating the second reach. This problem persisted through two executions of the directions as well as several other ideas.

2009-06-10T11:21:00.003-05:00

I chose to add a report of vehicle damage for this map. After looking at the legends and colors of the other maps I made, I felt that they were too confusing so I limited the data on this one. I don't know the difference between "day" and "night" vehicle reports but still thought this was interesting. A map like this might aid planners in deciding where evacuation vehicles may be needed. It would be nice to include population data with the vehicle data in order to get a more well rounded picture.

2009-06-10T11:17:00.002-05:00

This is a zoomed in image of the residential area. I managed to pull up data on several of the housing units by selecting attributes and creating graphs, however I couldn't pull that information into the report. I would like to show precisely the depth of water of several of the housing units (more precisely than the legend shows). I explored the reports and had no luck. This map proved difficult as the VM kept disconnecting.

2009-06-10T11:14:00.001-05:00

This is the debris tonnage that the flood caused/created. I also included the numerical tonnage in report form.

Flooded Lands

2009-06-05T08:51:00.003-05:00

I'm posting this second map as I think it gives a lot of usable, readable data. What I don't like is how empty it feels. I understand that in an emergency, that wouldn't necessarily be considered a negative. The map shows a specific range of information, and fulfills its purpose, but I think it's ugly. I have another version of this map that looks better but makes a sacrifice of readability. For that reason alone, I kept this one simple (and ugly).

First Map

2009-06-05T08:44:00.003-05:00

I'm posting this first map because I had to explore how to clip or mask a raster file. It took me some searching on how to do it, and eventually found a ESRI help site that was user run, rather than sponsored by the company. It was pretty helpful, and I found step by step directions. At first I thought I was doing something wrong because I couldn't mask it the way you do with a vector file, but in the end it all worked out. For the deliverable of this map, I included the non-masked elevation raster as part of the assignment was the need for bathymetry; I didn't want to cut out any info that may be considered useful to one of the rescuing agencies. This one looks much cleaner to me, but if you look at the islands, they were not included in the mask. I'm not sure why, as I masked the elevation to the counties, but they remain empty.

test

2009-05-16T19:37:00.001-05:00

test