In the 3 labs on GIS we have currently completed I have accomplished a number things that reflect the skills I have learned through different analyses scenarios.
- Used remotely sensed landsat data in the geographic analysis of the Mt. St. Helen’s volcano eruption to create a model that shows the event’s effects and the current recovery process.
- Constructed a complex tsunami risks map for the city of Vancouver by using and combining a wide array of datasets to identify specific points of interest to focus relief efforts on.
- Learned the various tools of GIS to modify data and create layers to project a map that takes a broad set of data and focuses them towards expressing a common goal. The end result is the ability to create a map that is easily understood and tells the audience of the goals of the project.