Homework That Was to Be Done Today

Seems there were some issues with the Erase tool, which is actually a very powerful analysis tool.

I heard over the weekend that it is not available on the student license. Oops, this is correct and I forgot.

I heard right before class that there were SQL errorsd when run. I will investigate this over the week.

Bottom line? Forget about the homework. I appreciate all efforts to complete it and I am sure the frustrations just make you all like me *even more*! Everyone gets full credit and I will investigate.

HW (Due 11/01)

Geoprocessing in ArcGIS (pdf) - (DATA)
- must download on campus

Read through Page 67. Do the Quick Start Tutorial. Print off result and bring to class.

HW (and good system for projects)

Example file

Convert the following files to the TSMS used in the above file:

1. Elevation (prepared NED)
2. Number of households (prepared households)

HW (Due 09/20)

1. E-Book (Using Spatial Analyst) (on-campus access) -- Through page 39. Take screenshot of results of the Quick-Start tutorial (new school) and bring to class.
• Access Book (on-campus only)
• Accompanying Data
  


2. (Add team members on this paper) Write a 1-page paper (as short or long as you need to make it - a single paragraph or two is fine if you hit the following two points) explaining how the site suitability process works. I am looking for two items. First, I want you to explain how the process works...the steps. Second, I want you to provide an example from your research (or personal) interests where site suitability process is applicable.
   
1. Background Info
2. Examples:

Suitability Analysis with Raster Data - Part 2

Land Use Suitability Analysis for Florence Township, Goodhue County, southeast Minnesota, U.S.A.

Using GIS for Grape Suitability Analysis

A GIS APPROACH TO HABITAT RESTORATION SITE SELECTION AND PRIORITIZATION IN THE NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY HARBOR ESTUARY

1) Fossil site prediction using geographic information systems (GIS) and suitability analysis: The Two Medicine Formation, MT, a test case
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Volume 251, Issues 3-4, 8 August 2007, Pages 354-365
Kathryn B. Oheim
Full-Text (Campus Only)

2) GIS-based land-use suitability analysis: a critical overview
Progress in Planning, Volume 62, Issue 1, July 2004, Pages 3-65
Jacek Malczewski
Full-Text (Campus Only)

3) A GIS-based multi-scale approach to habitat suitability modeling
Ecological Modelling, Volume 169, Issue 1, 1 November 2003, Pages 1-15
Ron Store and Jukka Jokimaki
Full-Text (Campus Only)

4) Integrating spatial multi-criteria evaluation and expert knowledge for GIS-based habitat suitability modelling
Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 55, Issue 2, 10 July 2001, Pages 79-93
Ron Store and Jyrki Kangas
Full-Text (Campus Only)

Homework (Due 09/16)

Homework:

1. Duplicate pizza demo for a new Cici's Pizzeria.
1. Create a Word document containing the (1) reclassification scheme and (2) weights for each layer in the analysis. Also include a screenshot (print-screen and paste) of the generated suitability layer. (It will save you all a whole heap of time if you take screenshots of your reclassifications/weghts instead of attempting to retype them.) There is no need to print out this document or send it electronically to me. I will circulate around the room and look at each person's work next week.
   
2. If you want to follow the walkthrough, use the Guide_WithGeoprocessing.doc.

NOTES FOR CICI's HW:

There are 8 layers that the Model takes into consideration when generating the suitability layer. One of these layers is the distance to existing California Pizza Kitchen restaurants. Of course, this layer is not relevant for CiCi's.

If you assign a weight of 0 (zero), this layer is removed from the equation. So you will then have only 7 layers whose weights must add up to 1.0.

It is not necessary to acquire any additional data. You do not need to consider the locations of any existing CiCi's. Yes, many of you can generate a layer consisting of all CiCi's in the metroplex (either through ReferenceUSA or by querying/exporting the existing pizzeria feature class) but we have not yet learned how to integrate it into our analysis.