Elementary School Site Selection

This is my basemap for my elementary school site search. This entire project gave me fits from the start and I had such excitement when I started. I hope I can figure out the answers to my problems soon so I don't have to spend the entire holiday weekend on my computer!

This is the map that analyzes the different layers of criteria. After much trial and error I was able to get the functions to work!

Basemap of Maricopa County. By far the easiest!!!

This map shows addresses each of the four criteria important to the client. I kept looking at this to determine how to get a final result without the additional extension!

I had trouble with this map. I kept getting error messages when I tried to do some of the spatial analyst functions but finally I worked around it. I selected an area meeting the criteria of the client that was somewhat centrally located to both places of employment. I could use this type of analysis at work but do not have the spatial analyst extension which left me wondering how I could accomplish this with ArcView! Needless to say, I didn't have time to explore that this week!

Impact Assessment

These are the exercise maps from the ESRI Impact Assessment course. I was lucky to only have operator error while completing this assignment! I was unable to get the pictures in the last segment to load into my map with the hyperlink. I had the path correct and tried copying the photo folder to a more direct location but still got the same message saying they couldn't be located.

I would love to know how many, if any, of the local municipalities use GIS to determine the impact of development on their cities. I have not seen any indication that they do.

Building Value Loss, Manhattan County

This map displays the building loss as a result of the 1993 flood in Manhattan County, Kansas. The varying colors show the levels of loss. I thought it strange the least amount of building loss was along the shore. There may be guidelines to prohibit building in flood prone areas.

Maplewood Subdivision

After trying unsuccessfully to complete the HAZUS project, I had to opt for the flood module in the ESRI class. This map shows the parcels in the Maplewood subdivision that are within the 100-year and 500-year flood plains.

Flooded Lands by Land Cover

This map shows the flooding that took place after Hurricane Katrina in the coastal counties of Hancock, Harrison and Jackson Mississippi. I was surprised how affected the wetlands were by the flooding. The extensive flooding in the wetland areas most likely greatly impacted the wildlife that lives in this environment.

I didn't have trouble with this portion of the deliverable. I was able to follow the directions but wonder if I will be able to use this logic on my own. I am not always sure I know which tool or process to use.

Basemap of Coastal Mississippi

This is my basemap for the counties along the coast of Mississippi. I found the elevation information interesting and was surprised how great the range from low to high was. It is easy to see why flooding was a problem.
The only only trouble I had with this map was after it was completed and saved, when I reopened it none of the data would display in layout view. I even tried to remove a layer and add it back in to no avail. When I opened the program today to try to resolve the problem, everything was fine. Strange.