Week 10

This weeks spring break activity was fun to work on and I learned something new. In the past years, I would have never saved a joined layer as a new one. But now I know how to and can easily manipulate the data so to get the results I need. I also feel a lot more confident working within the attribute table. The calculator is a cool tool and I plan to make use of it for future projects. Geocoding is also useful, but those ESRI course can be a lot of information at once. I do like the exercises they provide and plan to go back in practice for the final project.

Week 9: Vector Analysis II

This was a fun exercise and really useful because you can apply it to so many things needed in a job setting and save time. For me, it would be a little hard to reenact without practice because I wouldn't have known how to do some of the sets. For instance: everything on page 6 of the lab instructions and along with similar things. Again though, it's a really good lesson and that was definitely something I was hoping to learn in this class.

1) I used the Intersect tool because it seem like the second best tool to use for getting the results I wanted. There was no difference in results.

2) This time I used the Erase tool because it performed the task that was needed. It creates a new layer from features that are outside the erased area, or conservation area.

3) There are a total of 79 features in this layer. The largest feature is 1918.77 acres and the smallest is 0.18 acres. Hopefully acres is a good unit to use.

Week 7 Deliverables

This was a good tool to learn and I wish I had known about it sooner. I thought this would be my least favorite lesson in GIS but I was wrong. I had fun and tried my best to interpret what was expected of me. Still questioning the background and placement of my legend but it just seems to awkwardly fit there. Anyway, glad it's spring break next week.