The final project was to analyze the Bobwhite-Manatee Transmission Line. The four objectives were to identify and quantify the environmentally sensitive lands, digitize the homes within proximity to the corridor, quantify the schools and daycares within proximity to the corridor, and calculate the length of the proposed corridor.
For the first
objective, I used the "intersect" tool to see what wetlands and conservation lands intersect the proposed corridor.
The second
objective involved digitizing homes in the corridor and a 400ft buffer that
was created using the "buffer" tool. I also identified parcels with the corridor and 400ft buffer. To digitize the homes, I created a new feature class and created points to represent the homes as I analyzed the aerial imagery.
For
objective three , I cleaned up raw data regarding school addresses in Excel. I pulled the daycare data from FDGL. After this, I created an address locator to begin the process of
geocoding. For the unmatched addresses, I referred to Google Earth as I worked to identify their locations.
To measure the corridor's length, I used the "Measure" tool to measure the length of the corridor's centerline.
Overall, the final project was fairly difficult as I had to determine how to achieve the objectives with minimal instructions. However, I realized that I have grown comfortable using ArcGIS this semester.
