Week5 - Urban Planning and Impact Assessment - Activity 2

This was an ESRI traning module that gave insight into the inputting of spatial data into existing or creating new attribute tables and through the mathmatical formulas being able to render a meaningful map presentation. This has given me a new prespective on what is takes to create the presentation and the labor that was necessary in pre computer days.

Deliverable 1: Environmental Impact Assessment - EIA for Pewter City

This was a straight forward exercise that introduced us to the import and manipulation of spatial data. The initial exercised reinforced the area selection and buffering tools usage. Based upon the street survey data I was able to apply the spatial data to a map rendering giving the indication of the current and projected traffic flow.

Deliverable 2: Social Impact - Student Residency Locations

Again this was a reinforcement of database management and working with tables to be able to display spatial data. I was tasked to identify the various land types and the areas of location. I then appended select tables to add the survey data to determine the most populated areas in which students were residing.

Deliverable 3: Location Quotient


This exercise tested my reading skills in that I went through 3 series of attempts to get it right. This exercise expanded on spatial data manipulation and in creating or expanding the current attribute tables. Given the process steps to arrive at the findings were more intricate and challenging. While my planning has been dealing with emergency preparedness, this exercise was very informative in how the urban planners develop their spatial data and analysis.