Final Evaluation

Class Readings:

• Jan 16: Schuurman Chp 1
• Jan 26: Mitchell Chp 1
• Feb 2: Schuurman Chp 2
• Feb 2: Schuurman Chp 3
• Feb 4: Schuurman Chp 4
• Feb 18: Getting to know ArcGIS Chp3
• March 4: Getting to know ArcGIS Chp 4
• March 13: Getting to know ArcGIS Chp 5
• March 13: Getting to know ArcGIS Chp 6
• March 13: Getting to know ArcGIS Chp 7
• March 17: Getting to know ArcGIS Chp 8

Presentation of Readings

Otto Neurath’s Isotype – Presented with Dan Conroy

Delaware County Data Review

Jan 14: Relevant GIS Applications

Course Project

Feb 2: Course Project Initial Thoughts and Research

Feb 4: More Project Thoughts

March 13: Food Scraps Meeting Notes

March 30: Project Time Line

 

Project Time Line

Will need to generate a written proposal to the university requesting funding for a campus wide composting program.

Week of April 6:

• Background literary research about the costs and benefits of composting.
• Research and gather information about other universities currently with composting programs. (Youngstown State University)
• Research possible methods of composting and the monetary cost. (ex: Earthtub)
• Get background information on amount of food wasted at OWU (Smith Hall food waste data)

Week of April 13:

• Find possible grant money that the university could apply for in order to fund the project – The College and University Recycling and Waste Reduction – only available for public universities?
• Calculate how much waste we could reduce by implementing the program
• Calculate final cost of program

April 15 – April 20

• Begin writing project proposal
• Arrange all data and research into presentation format.

April 22:

• Finish project proposal and project report with all data and background research on the topic

 

Getting to know ArcGIS – Chp. 7

Labeling Features

This chapter was straightforward and fairly easy. I learned how to label features on the map and change their positioning, font,  size, and color. In addition to this I learned how to convert labels to annotation which allows me to have full control over the labels making it easier to change the positioning of the labels rather than putting it in the hands of ArcGIS. Before the labels are annotated they may overlap one another and not be in the best positions for viewing.

 

Getting to know ArcGIS – Chp. 6

Classifying Features and Rasters

In this chapter I learned how to classify features using the symbology feature in the data layer properties window. I am able to use different classification methods such as equal interval and natural breaks in order to divide values into different groups to be displayed on a map. I was also able to create different types of symbols in order to display data. There are graduated colors where data values are seperated into different groups based on quantitative values and then assigned different color values. There is also graduated symbol, proportional symbol, and dot density symbology.

This chapter was a quick refresher course on the types of maps I created last semester as I displayed population change over time in Arizona and New Mexico.

 

Getting to know ArcGIS – Chp. 5

Symbolizing Features and Rasters

In this chapter I created four different maps of Africa displaying four different forms of data; in each of the maps I changed the colors, shapes, and sizes of the different symbols representing cities, rivers, countries, and topography. The cities, rivers, and country data were all features on the map while the topography was displayed using raster data. Most of this chapter was spent changing the color schemes of the different data layers so that individual values can be visually seen on the map.