Friday, August 12, 2022

Module 6: Scenario 4 - Suitability and Least-Cost Analysis

Last, but not least, the final post for Applications in GIS. This scenario (2nd deliverable for Mod 6) was a on your own corridor analysis. As a park ranger in the Coronado National Forest we were asked to carry out a corridor analysis using the two National Forest polygons to create a meaningful corridor between them taking into consideration roads, landscape and elevation. Tools to accomplish this were Reclassify, Weighted Overlay, Cost Distance, and Corridor Tool in that order respecfully. Once the suitability output was achieved, and the corridor analysis completed a meaningful symbology was applied based on the minimum values. See layout below.

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