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Entries Tagged ‘Hydrology’

Determining Which Data Layers to Use

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]

Expanding My Reservoir Project Topic

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 [...]

Data Requirements for Reservoir Site Suitability

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 [...]