Our final project primarily focused on earthquakes specifically around the Los Angeles county area. We wanted to investigate the dangers of the aftermath of an earthquake. Physically we focussed on the location of faults, and the potential of mass wasting by examining the types of soil, as well as the hydrology of the different areas. We also added an infrastructure aspect by looking at the location of hospitals with emergency services and the areas that lacked proximity to these emergency services. Below is a flowchart that was created for the final project report, about how the layers were manipulated and the different types of tools used to create the final map.
Our final goal for the final project was to put together a danger potential map on the aftermath of an earthquake, essentially where you should not be, or the areas that are at a higher risk.
For this project, we had 3 other people to work with. We divided ourselves into two groups, 2 of us focussed on the map, and the other 2 worked side by side with the others to make the flowchart, and we each had a part on the final project report. On this project we’ve learned a lot new skills on the ArcGIS program, especially some cool tools in the analysis toolbox!