Week 7 & 8 Data Input, Editing and Data Search - Finding your ducks and keeping them in the row.......

     This midterm lab was designed to pull together our learning thus far.  Using an assigned Florida County, we were to determine the project requirements, obtain appropriate data, select a suitable graphic projection and display nine data formats using logical layering so that the final product(s) were visually compelling and easily to interpret.
     In addition to the five mandatory vector datasets and two raster datasets, I chose to use Invasive Plants and Wetlands for my additional Environmental dataset component.    All of the data was readily available either on Labins or FGDL with the exception of the hydrography information.  The hydrography data on FGDL, broken down by county, excluded Broward which was my assigned county.  I ended up using information from SFWMD; this contained hydrographic information for the entire state and took a bit of manipulation to eliminate the unwanted attributes within my clipped area.  Once I had obtained all the required data, I imported and projected (as needed) the data into an mxd file.  I used this file to determine how many maps I needed to create and the best approach to combining items within maps for good presentation.  I saved this file to my first map, removed unwanted data, symbolized remaining data and added required map elements.  I then saved two additional copies of this file so that I could remove the first set of data and add the data required for the current map.  I then symbolized the data, updated any source information and then moved on to my final map.  This process helped me to keep my map layouts identical and to reduce recreating the inset map and other essential elements; instead, I simply needed to perform minor editing.  I have attached my three maps and followed them with an outline of my process.

I.                   Process Summary Details

             A.      Obtain Data and Project/define as needed

a.       Aerial Imagery from Labins.org

                                                               i.      Quarter Quad 1705NW, Gator Lake

1.       2004 RGB Albers, Units in Meters, .sid and .sdw

2.       Coordinate System NAD_1983_HARN

3.       Albers Projection

a.       Projection: Albers

b.      Datum: HPGN(NAD83)

c.       Units: Meters

d.      1st standard parallel: 24 00 00

e.      2nd standard parallel: 31 30 00

f.        Central Meridian: -84 00 00

g.       Latitude of projection's origin: 24 00 00

h.      False easting (meters): 400000.0

i.         False northing (meters): 0.0

j.        Graphics Type: MrSID

k.       World File: sdw

l.         Resolution: 1-Meter

m.    Color: "True Color" (not CIR)

4.       Raster needed spatial reference assigned.  I confirmed the above information matched the values in the Albers Conical Equal Area coordinate system and assigned it using the Raster Dataset Properties box via Catalog window.

a.       Confirmed spatial reference by inserting in a new map and verifying the Data Frame Properties/Coordinate System Tab/Layers and Projection as well as inserted a topographic base map to confirm alignments.

b.      County Boundary Information from FGDL.org

                                                               i.      U.S. Census Bureau’s Florida County Boundaries – Statewide July 2011

1.       Coordinate System GCS_North_American_1983_HARN

2.       Albers Conical Equal Area Projection

a.       Confirmed spatial reference by verifying the Data Frame Properties/Coordinate System Tab/Layers and Projection as well as inserted a topographic base map to confirm alignments.

c.       Major Roads Information from FGDL.org

                                                               i.      FDOT RCI Derived Major Roads – Statewide – January 2016, MAJRDS_Jan16

1.       Coordinate System GCS_North_American_1983_HARN

2.       Albers Conical Equal Area Projection

a.       Used clip tool to show only roads within Broward

b.      Confirmed spatial reference by verifying the Data Frame Properties/Coordinate System Tab/Layers and Projection as well as inserted a topographic base map to confirm alignments.

d.      Cities and Towns – FGDL

                                                               i.      cities_feb04.shp

1.       Coordinate System GCS_North_American_1983_HARN

2.       Albers Conical Equal Area Projection

a.       Used clip tool to show only cities/towns within Broward

b.      Confirmed spatial reference by verifying the Data Frame Properties/Coordinate System Tab/Layers and Projection as well as inserted a topographic base map to confirm alignments.

e.      Invasive Plants – FGDL

                                                               i.      Fnaiip_jun10.shp

1.       Coordinate System GCS_North_American_1983_HARN

2.       Albers Conical Equal Area Projection

a.       Used clip tool to show only invasive plants within Broward

b.      Confirmed spatial reference by verifying the Data Frame Properties/Coordinate System Tab/Layers and Projection as well as inserted a topographic base map to confirm alignments

f.        Public Lands – FGDL

                                                               i.      American Indian Lands – amindianlands_2008.shp

1.       Coordinate System GCS_North_American_1983_HARN

2.       Albers Conical Equal Area Projection

a.       Used clip tool to show only American Indian Lands within Broward

b.      Confirmed spatial reference by verifying the Data Frame Properties/Coordinate System Tab/Layers and Projection as well as inserted a topographic base map to confirm alignments

                                                             ii.      Public Parks – gc_parksbnd_oct15.shp

1.       Coordinate System GCS_North_American_1983_HARN

2.       Albers Conical Equal Area Projection

a.       Used clip tool to show only Public Parks within Broward

b.      Confirmed spatial reference by verifying the Data Frame Properties/Coordinate System Tab/Layers and Projection as well as inserted a topographic base map to confirm alignments

g.       Hydrography - ftp://ftp.sfwmd.gov/pub/gisdata/hywetnwi11.zip

                                                               i.      Geodatabase and layer file; rivers and lakes will need to be separated from the other data for ease of use.

1.       Coordinate System GCS_North_American_1983_HARN

2.       NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Florida_East_FIPS_0901_Feet

a.       Due to the large amount of data, I created a layer package (including the data) of only the Water Bodies portion.  I saved this to my project directory.

b.      Unpackaged in catalog window.  Once imported into my map, I ungrouped the layer set and clipped the data to show only information within Broward County.

c.       I then projected the data from State Plane to Albers Conical Equal Area Projection

h.      Wetlands – FGDL

                                                               i.      nwip_oct14.shp

1.       Coordinate System GCS_North_American_1983_HARN

2.       Albers Conical Equal Area Projection

a.       Used clip tool to show only Wetlands within Broward

b.      Confirmed spatial reference by verifying the Data Frame Properties/Coordinate System Tab/Layers and Projection as well as inserted a topographic base map to confirm alignments

i.         DEM – Labins

                                                               i.      N26w081 and n27w081

1.       Coordinate System GCS_North_American_1983

a.       Use Raster Project to Project to Albers Conical Equal Area Projection

b.      Confirmed spatial reference by verifying the Data Frame Properties/Coordinate System Tab/Layers and Projection as well as inserted a topographic base map to confirm alignments

c.       Use raster clip to clip to limits of Broward County