Thursday, September 23, 2021

In this week's lab assignment about Vectors we were using De Soto National Forest in Mississippi as an example to find possible camp sites that were not near conservation areas because those areas should not be disturbed by campers. By incorporating overlay analysis using buffers to show where water and roads were located, we were able to narrow our search for the perfect camp site areas in hectares. Dark blue indicated the largest areas and yellow for the smallest areas. The look like numbered blobs on the map, but you can camp there and avoid roads, rivers and conservation areas. My experience with this lab is that vector analysis can be incredibly useful, however easily overwhelming if you do not understand the questions you are asking when looking at the attribute tables and using the union overlay tools. Overall, any lab that forces me into unknown territory in ArcGIS Pro is stressful, but an accomplishment in the end.

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