Month: March 2020

In this lab, we explored how the landscape around Edmonton, Alberta has changed over time (1966 to 1976). I examined some Fragstats metrics and created a transition matrix that explicitly shows the transformation of land uses over time. The report was written from the perspective of a consultant (who could be an urban planner, an agriculturalist, an environmentalist, an outdoor enthusiast, etc.

Maps included in the report:

Full text of the report:

lab1 report

This tutorial exercise we use CDC Wonder Data and Model Builder to create yearly hot spot
maps of Heart Disease. I used CDC Wonder Heart Disease data for the
Southern United States by Country then we create one model to process the data into individual feature classes, one for each year and create
a second model to perform hot spot analysis on each year’s feature class, finally we animate the yearly hot spot feature class maps showing below.