Project 4 Analysis Phase - I chose alternative 2 - distribution based on routing.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Site Analysis - Final - Project 3
Here lies the powerpoint for my report phase of Project 3 - Site Analysis.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Special Topics - Project 2 Report
I have been posting my special topic assignments on the other blog but this week - I am posting the report on both...just because!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Week 5 - LiDAR
This was an interesting challenge as well. I have dont this in the past some. The thing I did - not sure if anyone else did - was clean up the txt file as the data was a little messy. This took a little while as there were lots of points. I did add a photo behind it just to make sure it was projected correctly.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Week 10 - Homeland Security
A little glimpse into some quick analysis and thinking on how to assess areas for security purposes. No real major hangups on this one. I was familiar enough with the area to know where to put some observation points. Running viewsheds did take a little time and I am not sure I put enough into - reduced due to speed but I understand the process a little so I think I got what I was supposed to out of the class.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Week 4 Supervised Classification
This class challenge was interesting. As always with the class, the more you know, the more you don't know. ERDAS remains a challenge but in some ways - it is getting better. I did have to jump through a few hoops for being able to post these images. My xps viewer somehow has been corrupted and I just did a complete Windows update yesterday. So screen capture on the UWF server, crop in paint, paste in illustration, export to jpg...and now I have an image at least. Or you can just go to the links for the xps files. They at least look a little crisper.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Week 3 - Georeferencing
Week 3 involved georeferencing an aerial of Pensacola to a topo. The process was very well detailed by Ms. Holtzclaw. There are certainly many factors and issues to consider and this exercise was very much the tip of the iceberg. ERDAS is becoming a little easier to manuever around in however it is still very querky. Many crashes especially when trying to make the grid lines to something other than solid. The program just didn't like that so the map isn't a masterpiece but it is done.
http://students.uwf.edu/mpm18/remot_sensing/mod3.xps
http://students.uwf.edu/mpm18/remot_sensing/mod3.xps
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Mod 2 Spectral Bands Basics
The assignment this week was to learn about the spectral band combinations and how changing these helps to identify various features on an image, how to interpret the layer info and use this information. There is a lot to an image and knowing a little about the background info is important. I enjoyed this exercise and am getting a little used to ERDAS as well.
Module 2 Map 1 - Identify Water
Module 2 Map 2 - Identify Glaciers
Module 2 Map 3 - Shallow Water
For week 11’s module – we were tasked with selecting a potential site for a wind farm in the Great Lakes area. After reviewing maps for average wind speed and potential wind power areas, I chose to focus on the “thumb” of Michigan. The location I found is within a few miles of the coast of Saginaw Bay off Lake Huron. It appears to be around 2000 acres of a currently existing and operating quarry. I researched the following criteria/concerns regarding wind farms:
Wind Speed – towers seem to be between 250-300 feet in height or approximately 80 meters. According to one site – the average wind speed for 70 meters in that vicinity is 15-17 mph. This is more than adequate to power the turbines.
Ornithology – several bird migration routes cross this area with waterfowl being the largest. Reports I read indicated they could not find any real issues with wind farms and bird migration routes. I imagine this might change depending on the density of the wind turbines. The current use of a quarry versus an agricultural use might also be a positive factor in locating a wind farm here.
Noise/Shadow Flicker – there are conflicting reports on the level of noise that wind turbines make but again – located in an area that has a large use of heavy equipment – noise should not be a huge factor. There did appear to be some dwellings surrounding the area but again, the area is large enough to space the turbines away from homes both for the potential noise factor and the shadow flicker.
Shipping Impact – I could not see where there were any large shipping vessel routes into Saginaw Bay so this should not be a concern. Wind farms have been know to create “noise” in radar but the technology is getting better as well as the location again isn’t near any larger shipping channels.
Landscape/Visual Impact – the current use of the property already has impacted the view and landscape. The quarry has been in operation since the 1890’s so everyone should be used to the area not being visually appealing .
Access/Need – due to the current use – access into the property should be fairly easy and there is a small town within a few miles from the quarry that could potentially make use of the newly created power source.
I feel an area that could potentially be ending it’s current use and is possibly at least in part under transition could benefit from a new use. There are already at least 2 wind farms currently operating in that part of Michigan so viability seems to be high.
I made the dots a little bigger on this and although after the fact wanted to see how it posted on the blog.
Module 5 - The map was composed using Adobe Illustrator. A few items I remembered that helped me out alot was:
Use the Select - to find all of the same fill color - made it very easy to keep the legend and the map color consistant.
Use the Lock and Eye for the layers - Locking and unlocking those that you are not using helps me in only working with layers that I want.
Group/Ungroup - this helps in alignment and moving
I always try to add a date to all maps.
This map is an example of a bad map. The map is confusing and has effects that clutter the map more than enhance what they are trying to show. The 3D effect creates potential for misunderstandings on locations.
This map shows bicycle routes through Shanghai. I feel this is an example of a good map due to the simplicity and the usefulness. It is very clear and to the point.
Module 2 Map 1 - Identify Water
Module 2 Map 2 - Identify Glaciers
Module 2 Map 3 - Shallow Water
Monday, June 28, 2010
Mod 1 Beginning ERDAS
Here is my map for Mod 1. ERDAS instructions leave a lot to be desired. I am not sure their reasoning is on the vagueness of the "how to", perhaps it's to get more to take their classes or perhaps it's to challenge us.
http://students.uwf.edu/mpm18/remot_sensing/mod1.xps
http://students.uwf.edu/mpm18/remot_sensing/mod1.xps
Monday, April 26, 2010
GIS 3015 Cartography Final Project
Caption:
2009 ACT participation rates and composite scores averaged per state. Rates and scores are based on tests taken by students who were slated to graduate in 2009. The national participation rate was 75%. The average national composite score was 21.1. A perfect composite score is 36.
2009 ACT participation rates and composite scores averaged per state. Rates and scores are based on tests taken by students who were slated to graduate in 2009. The national participation rate was 75%. The average national composite score was 21.1. A perfect composite score is 36.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Mod 11 Google Earth
For week 11’s module – we were tasked with selecting a potential site for a wind farm in the Great Lakes area. After reviewing maps for average wind speed and potential wind power areas, I chose to focus on the “thumb” of Michigan. The location I found is within a few miles of the coast of Saginaw Bay off Lake Huron. It appears to be around 2000 acres of a currently existing and operating quarry. I researched the following criteria/concerns regarding wind farms:
Wind Speed – towers seem to be between 250-300 feet in height or approximately 80 meters. According to one site – the average wind speed for 70 meters in that vicinity is 15-17 mph. This is more than adequate to power the turbines.
Ornithology – several bird migration routes cross this area with waterfowl being the largest. Reports I read indicated they could not find any real issues with wind farms and bird migration routes. I imagine this might change depending on the density of the wind turbines. The current use of a quarry versus an agricultural use might also be a positive factor in locating a wind farm here.
Noise/Shadow Flicker – there are conflicting reports on the level of noise that wind turbines make but again – located in an area that has a large use of heavy equipment – noise should not be a huge factor. There did appear to be some dwellings surrounding the area but again, the area is large enough to space the turbines away from homes both for the potential noise factor and the shadow flicker.
Shipping Impact – I could not see where there were any large shipping vessel routes into Saginaw Bay so this should not be a concern. Wind farms have been know to create “noise” in radar but the technology is getting better as well as the location again isn’t near any larger shipping channels.
Landscape/Visual Impact – the current use of the property already has impacted the view and landscape. The quarry has been in operation since the 1890’s so everyone should be used to the area not being visually appealing .
Access/Need – due to the current use – access into the property should be fairly easy and there is a small town within a few miles from the quarry that could potentially make use of the newly created power source.
I feel an area that could potentially be ending it’s current use and is possibly at least in part under transition could benefit from a new use. There are already at least 2 wind farms currently operating in that part of Michigan so viability seems to be high.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Georgia Average Rainfall Mod 10
We were tasked with creating an isohyet map showing average rainfall for Georgia. Doing isarithmic mapping manually isn't too bad at all but then we had a fairly easy dataset. Just for grins and because I had some extra time on my hands - I did input the points into an shapefile and ran the lines through the spatial analyst tools. I did it to see how different my lines were from the computer generated ones and to see the difference between the different interpolation methods. I didn't do any data checks so I am assuming I put the rainfall values in correctly but the results were close but did change from method to method. I chose not to add a legend as the numbered lines and info in the title, I felt, was sufficient.
Monday, March 22, 2010
I chose Mod 6 for my extra credit project. I wasn't thrilled with my first map - population change by region. It is easier in Illustrator but there are some additional layout options in ArcMap that we tend to overlook. I did get different results from the first round as I didn't use the grayscale and I averaged the percent change per state but overall, I think I improved it some.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Module 9 Flow Mapping
We were to create a flow map showing immigration into the US by world regions for 2007. I calculated the percent and the size of the width of the flow line from data provided from the 2007 Statistics from INS. I chose to put the percentages in each flow line so I felt that a legend wasn't necessary. Flowmaps definately provide a challenge in creating a useful yet appealing visual map.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Just a second try after the due date.
I made the dots a little bigger on this and although after the fact wanted to see how it posted on the blog.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Mod 8 Dot Distribution
Module 8 required us to create a dot distribution map for Florida housing units. We were given some data from the 2000 census to create this by county. The illustrator file contained some limiting attribute data so we were not showing housing units on unbuildable areas of the county (i.e. water, wetlands). I chose to show the data as raw data and not per square mile. I chose not to use any other color besides black. This led to a boring map but I felt it was a little more effective in the primary purpose than using color. Additional data would have been useful in creating a better distribution within each county however we were tasked with simply showing housing units in the state based on the county.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Module 6 Choropleth Mapping
Module 6 lab was to create one map showing percent of change by states between 1990 and 2000. The 2nd map was to calculate the changes per division. This was to be created in Illustrator with the 2nd map being in grayscale. It was a little tricky just trying to get the grayscale to work good enough to see the differences.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Mod 5 - Hispanic Population, Florida
Module 5 - The map was composed using Adobe Illustrator. A few items I remembered that helped me out alot was:
Use the Select - to find all of the same fill color - made it very easy to keep the legend and the map color consistant.
Use the Lock and Eye for the layers - Locking and unlocking those that you are not using helps me in only working with layers that I want.
Group/Ungroup - this helps in alignment and moving
I always try to add a date to all maps.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Module 3 Data Classification
Map 1 of the assignment is to show all 4 classifications of the percent of African Americans in Escambia County. We were asked to symbolize the percentage based on 4 different data classifications. ESRI's software makes this relatively easy however you still need to know what the differences in classifications are and when they are appropriate to use.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Assignment 1: Good Map vs Bad Map
This map is an example of a bad map. The map is confusing and has effects that clutter the map more than enhance what they are trying to show. The 3D effect creates potential for misunderstandings on locations.Assignment 1: Good Map vs Bad Map
This map shows bicycle routes through Shanghai. I feel this is an example of a good map due to the simplicity and the usefulness. It is very clear and to the point. Sunday, January 10, 2010
Cartographic Skills
Can't get on the UWF site - I assume this is needed so I have created this until I can get on and finish my first assignments. Those darn firewalls...
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