Models Due Sunday Midnight CST

Models Due Sunday Midnight CST

Class Plan (10/27)

:: Shortest Path (least cost) analysis will be done in Spatial Analyst.

:: Each team will turn in a KMZ file, not ArcGIS files. We will discuss ArcGIS 3D Analyst and Google Earth next week.

1. Run through Military Path demo
1. Down data here
2. Each team will create a new (and unique) military terrain in the San Juan Mountains.
1. Create, by hand:
1. Drop-Off Point
2. Pick-Up Point
3. Electric Generator
4. Known/suspected mine fields
5. Known/suspected enemy locations
6. Edited highway layer
   
2. Please make it possible for other teams to generate a path
   
1. Take into consideration that the path cannot traverse over:
1. Water Bodies
2. Highways (delete segments to create a passable terrain)
3. Teams will then trade these created terrain scenarios.
4. Shortest path project will be based on:
1. Traverse through the military terrain provided to each team, taking into consideration any of the datasets provided in the San Juan Mountain geodatabase (download from UTA server). The more datasets included in the generated path, the better. The best projects will make unique and creative uses of the various datasets available.
   
2. Why San Juan Mountains and not here in Texas? Our topography is boring.
   

Homework:

• 3D Analyst Tutorial - Exercises 1 and 2 (download pdf and data here)
• Password: The GIS listserv address all lower caps
  

Midterm Results

Class Average: 73 %

Distribution:

A: 7 (5 students earned 100+)
B: 3
C: 5
F: 6

Make Up:
Redo any question you did not answer correctly and resubmit exam next Monday (11/03) for 1/2 credit of each question missed. For example, a grade of 30% (out of 120%) can be elevated to a 75%. You must turn in this same exam to receive the extra credit. For this reason, I will not go over the exam until next week.

Midterm

Download here

!! CLASS CANCELLED TODAY !!

Review For Your Midterms (next Monday)

Remember All Material Up to (but not including) Models are included in exam

Exam Details:

• In-class
• Open textbook, notes, Internet
• No sharing or communication during the exam (in-person, texting, chatting, etc.)
• All questions will be straight answers. This means there will be no images printed nor files submitted.
• Partial credit is not to be expected and is available only under specific and unique situations.
• The exam will be given to you in print and online. You will fill the answers on the print paper and submit it.
  

Sample Questions

1. Create a layer representing the slope of Tarrant County. If you create 10 equal classes, what is range that represents the highest values (steepest)?
1. Data (contains both Tarrant & Denton)
2. Create a layer representing the distance (in feet) from major roads in Tarrant County. If you create 10 equal classes, what is the range that represents the highest values (furthest)?
1. If you do not have a major roads file readily available,download pizza demo for major roads (arterials)
   
3. Situation: Particular animal species known to always travel within .5 km of a particular vegetation type. If you were to create a reclassification scheme of the distance to this vegetation type, in order to identify possible locations to find the species, (1) how many classes would you create? and (2) what would be the break points of these classes?
4. If you needed to include population density, that was obtained from the American Factfinder Census website, as an input into suitability analysis, would you use distance-straight line or convert feature to raster?
5. An analyst used the Raster Calculator to multiply two raster layers together. Afterward, he could not locate the generated Grid file to back up his work? What could he have done to ensure that the result of the Raster Calculator will store the result in a folder of his/her choosing?
6. Take these two raster files and compute a weighted average. The weight of the d_roads file will be 25% and the wieght of the income file will be 75%. If you create 15 equal classes, what is the range that represents the most suitable class (highest values)? (data)

Questions:

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New Due Date: Model Builder Exercise

New Due Date: Model Builder Exercise

October 27

Class Plan (10/06)

Create a Model to create a suitability map of the best locations to open a new liquor store.

• Data
  

Working Draft