Module 6 part 2

 In this lab I made a least cost corridor for black bears in Coronado National Forest. For my analysis I made a modelbuilder model. I realized i did not need to change my elevation to a slope. The elevation DEM is already in meters according to its metadata so no transformation was needed before running it through the reclassify tool. Once using the weighted overlay tool i used the cost distance tool twice using both Coronado polygons as sources. To create my corridor i used the same calculations we used in the last scenario. For my final layout i combined the first 2 classes to create one class to represent to corridor.

My final map ending with this corridor:

Module 6 Part 1

 In this lab I did a suitability analysis for land development. First I had to plan what i was going to do to achieve this. First I had to find the problem: Find suitable land for development next I determined what my criteria would be:

1. Land-rank from 5(best)-1(worst). 5-meadow, grass, agriculture. 4-barron. 2-forest. 1-urban, water, wetland

2. Soils-rank soils from from 5(best)-1(worst) according to soil class

3. Slope- rank slope from 5(best)-1(worst) less thank 2 degrees in best. Over 12 degrees worst

4. Rivers- must be 1000 feet away from the river

5. roads-5(best)-1(worst) closer to roads better

I used model builder to plan out my analysis

In the end I didnt use raster calculator and used weighted overlay

The map I ended with

was this:

Module 5

 In this lab I created feature classes to create a line of the coastline and point representing land parcels. I used the mosaic dataset feature to create two different mosiacs of pre hurricane rasters and post hurricane. I used these 2 mosiacs to find the damages in a study area. 

I used the select by location tool, selecting within a distance 100 meters from the coastline. The for 200 m i selecting by location 200m and the removed from current selection with 100m. The did a new selection for 300m then removing from current selection 200m.

Within 0-100 meter: 8% had minor damage, 33% had major damage, and 58% were destroyed

Within 100-200 meters: 71 had no damage, 10% had major damage, and 18 % were destroyed

Within 200-300 meters: 95% had no damage, 5% had minor damage. I dont think this is reliable enough for nearby areas since the parking lot only had minor damage being within 100 meters of the coastline throwing off the minor damage rate.