LAB4 Vectors

The lab this week was quite a bit different than the last weeks considering it had 2 parts and they both taught two very different things. The first part focused on learning a bit about our files and being able to navigate through our files with specific functions. We had our map and were able to give a specific criteria for each parcel that we wanted on our maps. We can take them off if they are too close to a hospital or to far from a cell tower. This allows us to not only find areas that don't fall into the range of any criteria we want but take that data in real life scenarios. For a cell company they could completely overhaul their coverage to ensure that all areas fall within their ranges. With another technique I was also able to narrow my searches through our features and find out which businesses were polluting the most as well as where the main pollution is occurring. In need of narrowing your search this is invaluable because it can cut down looking through thousands of features to screening a handful to find what you need. Through this method not only were we able to located the main type of pollution but who is doing it and where it is located at.
In part 2 we followed a different lead but with some of these files in tow. We decided to design a park in the De Soto National Forest in Mississippi. We ran through quite a few features learning how to not only combine different layers after creating buffers on them but also how to delete things in between. This gave us use in not only variable and multiple ring functions. We also learned how to properly use the union and erase overlay options.

This helped us transform our map in a way that worked with all our specific command functions. We then added our possible camp sites which ranged from small (black), medium (pink) and large (yellow). The roads are also labeled in black with the water being naturally blue. This is all view able in the attached map. It not only shows the final design scheme for our possible sites map but an inset map showing the entire De Soto National Forest and our possible camp site locations within it.