Dalton Inman

  For the final project, it was tasked to analyze the Bobwhite Manatee project. In 2006, The Bobwhite-Manatee project was created to find a practical and socially acceptable route for a transmission line crossing between Manatee and Sarasota county. The project sought out to analyze specific limiting factors considered in the location selection process and impact of the surrounding area. These factors were then considered in finding the best possible route. The factors that were analyzed in the project was the conversational, residential, and educational area around and within the transmission lines path. With this, it was also asked to determine the length so that the cost of the transmission line could be calculated. The original project used GIS to determine all of these factors but was rarely mentioned. Analyzing them now allows for readers to understand the uses and capabilities of GIS. The map shown is the base map that was used to determine the factors to be analyzed, sho...

  In this module, it was tasked to create a multi-ring buffer around a Bald Eagles so development of land would not interfere with the nest. A georeferenced area of the University of West Florida was used to mark buildings and roads near the nest. The first blue ring around the eagles nest represent a 330-foot conservation easement to prevent any destruction. The second ring is a 660-foot protected area around the nest in the case of certain types of development like trails, power lines, and roads, that was mandated by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.

  In this module, it was tasked to create a 3D map scene of the University of West Florida in ArcGIS Pro by georeferencing images over feature classes. Notably, when georeferencing, a Root Mean Square (RMS) Error, as indicted on the map, shows the accuracy of the 3D buildings to the actual placement of them in the underlying image.

In this lab, an address locator was created for schools in Manatee County, FL. This was done by taking locations and addresses on the Florida Department of Education School website, and cleaning it up in Excel to be sent to ArcGIS Pro as a table. It was placed within a TIGER/Line shapefile of the 2020 Manatee County border, downloaded from the US Census Bureau Geography Program. This shapefile and Excel Table were used to delineate the streets of Manatee County. A geoprocessing tool to create (Address) Locators was used, which plotted point shape features showing the name and address of the schools within Manatee County. The map and addresses were uploaded as a Web Map into ArcGIS Online for anyone to view. Manatee County Schools Web Map Link

  In this lab, the Buffer and Overlay tool in ArcGIS Pro were used to create parameters of allowable camp sites within De Soto National Forest, Mississippi. This was done by selecting areas of land between water and roads as camp sites. Then conservation areas were placed into the map to define if there were overlaps between the camp sites and the conservation areas. Areas of intersections between the two were erased (using the Erase Tool) so the camping spots were no longer overlapping the conservation areas. The different colors of the areas represent the largest percentage of an area in hectares to be used as a possible camping spots.

This map depicts 4 counties being compared by 3 different mapping Projection Coordinate Systems. Projection coordinate systems all differ in how they measure areas on Earth. Albers is used for large regions or counties and is good for accurate area representation. UTM is more applicable for local or regional mapping, and specifically Zone 16N covers a specific section of the globe. The State Plane N Coordinate system is specifically designed for the United States and is used for local and regional mapping like UTM, but is more specific to each state. With these 3 coordinate systems, 4 different counties in Florida were projected. There are small differences in the square mileage, however State Plane N seems to be the most accurate. This seems to be due to how Florida has its own specific State Plane Zone (i.e East, West, South, North) depending on the county that is mapped. To add to this, since State Plane N is specific to the United States coordinate and the counties are being mappe...

  This map is to mark University of West Florida and the two major cities close to it in Escambia County. It also shows the main interstates that run through the county and their distance in miles with the help of a scale bar. This project was focused mainly on how to create a cartographic map, but also applied organizational methods and specific map elements as well. The use of clipping map elements so that only specific county/roads/cities/and rivers are displayed. Text boxes, scale bars, and legends were also learned to implement into the map. These elements added substance so an outside reader would not be confused as to what they are looking at. With the all map elements, adjusting their x and y axis position on the Layout helped center and organize the map. Map making takes practice and consideration as to what is being made. This is why these essential map elements are important, as a map needs to be legible and well-thought out so an outside reader can easily interpret the ...

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.