DHS Bay Area Urban Area Critical Infrastructure Protection

This lab provided an opportunity to use many tools we have been introduced to in a practical way. I did not have any glitches except for trying to get the line of sight graph to load in my map. Once I created a new data frame, the graph loaded in it with no problem. I especially enjoyed the overlay of the stadium image on the elevation image in ArcScene. It gives a really clear view of the area.

Deliverable one is the base map for the San Francisco Bay Area Urban Area. It shows the actual bay area, the buffer and the insert shows its location within the state of California.

Homeland Security

This is my deliverable 2 map. After trying several different screens and map options I decided to showcase the Bay Area Urban Area landmark point file. Because of the extremely large amount of data included in all of the group layers, a map of all would be impossible to read. The advantage of the group layers is you can turn them on or off as needed.

Crime locations in Houston are shown in relation to the police stations. The multi ring buffer lets the reader see the relationship of the number of crimes within a 2,4 and 6 mile radius from each station. I think the rings make the map a little busy but the information provided is valuable.

The only trouble I had completing this project was getting the multi ring buffer tool to work - it would not work on the new VM. I tried the old VM and I did not get the error when I opened the tool window. I was able to save the buffer and return to the new VM which is my preference.

This density map show the concentration of three types of crime in the Houston area, aggravated assault, drug related crime and burglary.