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Entries Tagged ‘Hydrology’

Determining Which Data Layers to Use

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 [...]

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 [...]