This semester I have had the opportunity to mentor a senior from a local high school. He is interning in our planning and construction office. Part of his time here we have been working on a project using GIS. The task assigned was to find a suitable location for a shelter. From that simple task [...]
From my Data Requirements for Reservoir Site Suitability post, I mentioned the following data layers as possible contributors:
Hydrology
Soils
Vegetation
Elevation
Roads
Parcels
Structures
Airports
Additional data layers that could be used are:
Rain Levels
Subdivisions
Zoning
The first big test is availability. If I can’t get the data layer then it doesn’t do me any good to add it to my study. Layers that I can [...]
Now that I have my project topic secured (Reservoir Site Suitability Analysis), I need to determine what exactly I am going to do. I think that it is pretty obvious that I need to determine the best location for a reservoir, but what more needs to be done? Since I am creating a body of [...]
After looking over the various topics, I have decided to go with Reservoir Site Suitability. I am not anywhere near being a hydrologist, but I am going to do a reasonable assessment on what I think would be required. Obviously in order to create a reservoir, I am going to need to know the locations [...]
In my Raster class we have been tasked to come up with a project that incorporates various raster manipulation techniques to produce a informative output. I have been brainstorming for several days and have come up with the following topic area:
Airport Site Suitability
Power Line Least Cost Path
Reservoir Site Suitability
Highway Bypass Route Suitability
Population Density Study
I could [...]
