GIS Programming Module 3

In this week's lab, the assignment was to write a script using our entire name. It started with a string, and from there we were to split, index, and use math functions to ultimately figure out the number of characters in our last name, multiplied by three.

Although it took me two attempts to get it to work in PythonWin, it was a fairly easy assignment. Here is a screenshot of my finished product:

GIS Programming Module 2

For this week's lab, we first built a model, then created a script tool from the model. Being relatively new to all of this, I found it rather tedious as first, but was able to grasp it fairly reasonably.
Building the model wasn't too bad, the only real obstacle I encountered was the SQL for the Select tool, mainly because I just kept skipping over it. Modifying the script took some time, because just any extra space or capital letter can throw the entire thing off. It just takes extreme diligence.
As tedious as the project was, it was very rewarding and satisfying to finally finish it.

Here is the map that came from running the script in ArcMap:

GIS 4102 Module 1

Here's my results from the first dose of script writing for GIS Programming. Pretty much just knocking the rust of all things eDesktop from last semester. This semester seems like it could be pretty challenging, but I'm looking forward to it.

GIS4043L Final Project Links

The Powerpoint Presentation: Presentation

Slide-By-Slide Commentary: Commentary

Cartographic Skills Final Project

This is my finished product for the final assignment for this class. I started by using the basemap from a previous lab (the shapefile was called state_pop), then went to the ACT website and copied the data from the 2013 list into an Excel spreadsheet. From there I imported the spreadsheet into ArcMap, joined that data with the state_pop shapefile, added a few elements from ArcMap, then imported it to Adobe Illustrator to create the final product. 

Cartographic Skills Module 10

Here is the map I created for this week's lab. It includes data pertaining to the immigration from six continents to the United States in 2007.

This flow map has lines, with sizes indicative of the number of people who immigrated, pointing from the respective continents to the United States. I also added a few extra touches, included drop shadows, inner glow, and 3D effect to some of the features.

GIS 4043L: Data Search

For this lab, we were to find and download all of the data for up to three maps on our own. I was assigned Pasco County, FL. A good amount of the data was found on the FGDL website, and others came from LABINs and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

For the first map, I included the data for the Pasco County boundary, as well as the major roads, rivers, and cities found within the county.

For the second map, I included all of the environmental data. This included public lands, invasive species, and land cover.

The final map consisted of the DEM and the DOQQ. I also included a map of Pasco County, with a rectangle around the area featured in the Raster datasets to show where exactly in the county they were located.