GIS4043 Final Project - Bobwhite-Manatee Project

Below are links to my final project presentation and write-up regarding the Bobwhite-Manatee Transmission Line Project. I really liked this final as it helped tie together many of the things we learned over the semester. I have a much better understanding of GIS and its application after this semester.

http://students.uwf.edu/ojy1/Bobwhite-Manatee_Project_Report.pdf

http://students.uwf.edu/ojy1/Bobwhite-Manatee_Project_Presentation.pptx

Week 11 Lab - Module 1 3D Analyst

Tin Map

The 3D capabilitites of ArcGIS amaze me. This was a simple map to make but the extensions from this base map through the vitural course was very informative.

Week 11 Lab - Module 1 Spatial Analyst

Image 3. Model Builder

The model builder is a neat tool, it is awesome that you can build a model with graphics and then run the model from that graphic interpretation.

Map 4. Vegetation Reclassification

Again, this was an educational exercise that showed how powerful some of the arc toolbox items can be in making work easier.

Week 11 Lab - Module 1 Labels and Annotations

Map 1. Final Cities and Roads Map of Greater Tampa Area

This map was fun to do, I learned a lot about labeling with weights, scaling, label manager etc.

Map 2. Recreation Map of Greater Tampa Area

This lab I liked learning how to apply custom labels and use the callout options.

GUlf County Top Landowners

Here is my map of the top four largest landowners in Gulf County. This lab was fun to do. I had a hard time finding the County outline, roads, and hydrology.

Vector Analysis II Lab

1. Which tool did you use? Intersect
Was there any noticeable difference between its results and the results from the instruction? No, in both cases I had 4 matches. However, the resulting maps were different. The intersect only displayed areas water and road buffer overlapped.
2. Which tool did you use here and why? Erase overlay since I wanted to exclude the conservation areas from my search
3. How many features are in this layer? 79 features
What is the area of the largest feature? 7,765,034 sq meters
What is the area of the smallest feature? 748 sq meters

Lab 6 UWF Campus Edited

Here is my Lab 6. This lab was a great exercise in editing layers. I need to practice more but I can see how editing can be a powerful tool in keeping maps and layers up to date.

Lab Module 5 - Georeferencing

Here is my Lab 5 - Georeferencing map of UWF. This lab was a lot of fun. I had issues at first with the RMS errors being really high. Once I started zooming in and adding points my RMS values dropped significantly. I also would delete any high values and use new points to being the RMS down. I am suprised that my RMS was so low for south campus. I also only had to use 10 points.

Lab Module 5 - St. Lucie County

Here is my map for St. Lucie County, Florida. This was a fun lab trying to find all the data sources. I did have problems with the DRG, DEM, DOQQ at first but found some help from a classmate.

Haiti Earthquake Response Map

Below is a map I found while browsing the web for Haiti GIS maps. The map is from Esri and it displays the Modified Mercalli Intensity measurements for the areas surrounding the affected region. This map is helpful in showing where the most intesity was felt and the relation to major cities in Haiti.

Week 4 Lab

Here is my Week 4 Map of Alachua, Escambia, Miami-Dade and Polk Counties

Week 3 Lab

Map 1 - Mexico Populations

Map 2 - Mexico Rivers, Railroads, Federal Roads, and Urban Areas

Map 3 - Mexico Elevations

Lab 2: Overview of ArcGIS

Here is my map from Lab: Overview of ArcGIS.

Map 2, Potential Youth Center Locations.

The first pitfall I had was step 5 Select available buildings by location. I thought once the query was complete only my selections would show and the rest of the dots would disappear.

The second pitfall I had was at step 7 when I zoomed to select the text at beneath the North arrow. When I zoomed I lost my map and had to redo setting my reference scale to get the map back.

Module 1: Exploring a Map

Here is my map from Module 1: Exploring a Map

First Blog

Here is to the first blog