GIS4043 Module 1: ArcGIS Pro Overview
This map was created using ArcGIS Pro to demonstrate rudimentary mapmaking, using relatively recent GIS software. It outlines countries and marks major cities within them.GIS4048 - Module 6 - Suitability Analysis (Part 2)
For the second part of this module, we were tasked to identify a least cost wildlife corridor between two sections of the Coronado National Forest. The goal was to identify potential movement routes for black bears by combining environmental criteria into a suitability model, converting that model into a travel cost surface, and then using corridor analysis to locate low cost connection areas between the parks. I did this by creating three suitability rasters on a scale of 1 - 10 using the reclassify tool. These were the distance to roads, elevation, and land cover, with values assigned according to their relative importance for black bear habitat. I then used the Weighted Overlay tool to combine these layers, assigning weights of land cover 60%, elevation 20%, and distance to roads 20% creating a suitability map. I then inverted the suitability raster (10 – suitability) to create a cost surface where highly suitable areas became low cost travel zones. I calculated the cost d...
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